お見合い(おみあい)相手が決まり(きまり)、結婚式の(けっこんしきの)ために薬を(くすりお)飲みながら「汽車(きしゃ)」に乗った

Finally, Yukiko's ideal matchmaking partner is decided, and the long saga ends with the humorous yet realistic scene of her riding the train while taking diarrhea medicine for her wedding to be held in Tokyo. Storing forever the vanishing, elegant pre-war Japanese tradition within the novel, it is the peak masterpiece of Tanizaki's literature.