Gokaisho de mite bakari oru tsuyoi yatsu.
The guy who's so strong he only watches at the go club.

Koshimoto wa inkyo ni nujuugo moku oki.
The chambermaid having to take 25 stones from her retired master [he has nothing else to do so lumbers her with learning go].

Gokaisho to isha to e tsukai futari dashi.
[An emergency at home] Two messages sent out: to the go club [for the master of the house] and the doctor.

Sumi no ishi korosarete kara o-ki ga tsuku.
Now that the group in the corner has been killed, he pays attention.

Go no rusu e maotoko uttegae ni kuru.
While he's away playing go, the lover comes in for a snapback.

Shinchou ni utsu wa saisho no ichi-ni ban.
Playing circumspectly, [it must be] the first couple of games.

Kuroishi no goke o hikiai hisashiburi.
They tug for the bowl of black stones, it's been so long.

Keisei ga yoi to sensei sekibarai.
As if to say, "I'm ahead," he coughs like a pro.

Tatta hitoban to uchihajimeta was sakujitsu nari.
It was yesterday when they began to play by saying, "Just one game"

O-aite no go ni kachisou de kangaeru.
Seeming he might win against his honourable [socially superior] opponent, he has to think.

Kaku utaba nado to hebo go no make-oshimi.
The go duffer's lament: if I had played here...