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Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature | | Japanese term or phrase: 忍耐戯,よくよくしよう | | 暫(しばら)くして、女は、鞄から取り出して来たトランプを、ペタリペタリと餉台の上に並べだした。忍耐戯(ペーシェンス)と呼ばれるくらいで、よくよくしようことなしの暇潰(ひまつぶ)しだっだ。それでも、出来れば出来たで、出来なければ出来ないで、あとを引いた。その日は、どのやり方でも、不思議なくらい出来が悪かったが。 |
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| | Solitaire, desperately for lack of an alternative | Explanation:
忍耐戯(ペーシェンス)＝A card game called Solitaire, which is also called “patience.” (Agree with Nicholas. See aslo Wikipedia, et al)
よくよく＝Here it means; really (negative), badly, deadly, desperately
しょうことなしの＝against one’s will, for lack of na alternative
暇潰し＝time killing
Tentative Translation:
As they call it Solitaire or a card game of patience, it was a desperate time killer for lack of an alternative.
Hope it helps.
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