1. "No doubt the shock she subsequently received was a bitter one, but it seems to me unnecessary for her to have made insinuations such as she did that afternoon."
Insinuation: an indirect or devious hint or suggestion
2. "It may well be that the tension of the occasion made me drink a little more quickly that I intended, for my memories of the evening are not as clear as they might be. "
Tension: mental or emotional strain; intense, suppressed suspense, anxiety, or excitement.
Ono feel nervous when he met Dr Saito's family for her daughter's marriage.
3. "Although at this point Mitsuo was behaving with all due decorum, there was something in the way I would catch him looking at me, or about the way he would pass a bowl to me across the table, that made me sense his hostility and accusation. "
Hostility: a hostile state, condition, or attitude; enmity; antagonism; unfriendly.
Ono feel Mitsuo doesn't like him, even though he didn't say.
4. "His wife, a handsome woman in her fifties, I had likewise exchanged greetings with, but little else; I could see she was, like her husband any awkward situation that might arise. "
Awkward: lacking social graces or manners
5. "And as for myself, I am now quite prepared to accept the validity of such an opinion. "
Validity:the state or quality of being valid
When Ono meets Dr Saito he maybe drink too much, so he say something shocked others.
6. "And as I followed Mrs Kawakami's glance around the room that summer's evening, I was struck by the thought of how small, shabby and out of place her little bar would seem amidst the large concrete buildings the city corporation was even at that moment erecting around us."
Shabby: run-down, seedy, or dilapidated
It's the last time Ono in the bar and talk with Mrs Kawakami, and that is then environment around the bar.
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