不可解(ふかかい)な人生(じんせい)の疲れ(つかれ)と、陰鬱(いんうつ)な退屈さ(たいくつさ)を抱えながら

'Mandarin Oranges' (Mikan) is a gem of a short story written by Ryunosuke Akutagawa during the Taisho period, depicting how a daily gloomy mood is rescued by a single moment of a beautiful event. The protagonist, 'I,' carrying an inexplicable fatigue of life and tediousness, boarded a second-class carriage of a train departing from Yokosuka on a dull, overcast day.