It's Asako. いかが?is a female way of saying there.「矢崎さん、いかが? それ位のこと出来ませんか」By the context, I would say that it is still Ida talking, but it could also be Asako...
世話役 means "manager (of the organization)."I suppose the 世話役の人 is a man by the way he talks, right?
The former.And how do you interpret 店へ行ったら、そこは下諏訪警察の近くだし? Does it mean that the place was actually close to the police station or that it seemed so to her?
Thank you, Tori!It's Asako. いかが?is a female way of saying there.
世話役 means "manager (of the organization)."
The former.
Thank you!It's the latter. She doesn't want to be in the role of someone who gives Asako's mother her(= Asako's) excuses, i.e., she refuses to explain Asako's mother why Asako won't return home.
So, Asako would be saying something like: "Ah, I'm so glad I came!" followed by: "That goes without saying/it is something I don't need to mention", right? I had never seen 今更 used this way. And how would you interpret the 心の中まで調べずにはいられないような視線 in the passage below this dialogue? Would it mean that the way she looked at Asako betrayed her indifferent behavior?今更 doesn't mean "the late time of the day" there. The nuance is that it is a common/normal thing Asako comes to Olga, so her words ああ来てよかった! is not like what she says again now. 改めて言わなくてもいい makes more sense, maybe?
今更みたいに! is Origa's words. (Sorry, I misread her name as オルガ.) She said it in a meaning 今更そんなこと言わなくても(いいのに).So, Asako would be saying something like: "Ah, I'm so glad I came!" followed by: "That goes without saying/it is something I don't need to mention", right?
I think it's just the way it's written. She wants to know Asako's real thoughts.And how would you interpret the 心の中まで調べずにはいられないような視線 in the passage below this dialogue? Would it mean that the way she looked at Asako betrayed her indifferent behavior?
Yes, I think it is a nickname for Olga, I had never heard it as well, but I saw that some women called Olga are nicknamed "Origa". So it was Origa's words! Thank you!今更みたいに! is Origa's words. (Sorry, I misread her name as オルガ.) She said it in a meaning 今更そんなこと言わなくても(いいのに).
Hum, then 心の中まで調べずにはいられないような視線 boils down to "she gave Asako an inquisitive look"...I think it's just the way it's written. She wants to know Asako's real thoughts.
That's right.Hum, then 心の中まで調べずにはいられないような視線 boils down to "she gave Asako an inquisitive look"...
So, it would be something like: Asako has the absent-minded quietness, the kindness, of someone whose heart/mind is somewhere else?おとなしさ would be more likely quietness as opposed to activeness.
上の空 is a set phrase, meaning vacant/absent‐minded.
人間 doesn't refer to herself, but people who are in that state. Thus, Asako has 上の空のおとなしさ、優しさ which is peculiar to 心がどこかへかたまっている人間.
Right.So, it would be something like: Asako has the absent-minded quietness, the kindness, of someone whose heart/mind is somewhere else?
その refers to ここの三年, and ここ is Moscow/Russia.Now does そのかげに refer to the place she is leaving? Does it express the idea that her brother's life is behind/in the background supporting the time she spent in Russia? Those 3 years?
It's the latter, as I wrote above.And does ここに止めておこうとする好意があるならば is still refering to the previous idea? If there is some affection she has to put an end to (or would it be in the sense of giving up?) here. Or could 好意 mean the favor/proposal she received to stay in Russia?
それ refers to 自分がこれから起きたりころんだりすること.What does なおそれ is refering to? Her brother, time spent in Russia, the affection?
よみする is 嘉する, meaning "to recognize the value and praise", not 読みする.Who would this "reader" she is refering to be when she says よみしてくれる? Readers in general? Or to the person whose favor she gave up?
Thank you, you helped me a lot here!Yes, you got the gist of it.