Thinking that he ought to kill time enjoying his igo that he liked, he played igo with an old man who was staying in the same inn, and as he did so, his skill remarkably progressed for some reason.
暇つぶしに好きな碁を楽しもうかと、同じ宿にいた老人と碁を打っていると、なぜか碁の腕前がめきめきと上達した。