是は父の言葉であつた。父は彼等の陰口を氣にしてゐた。實際彼等はこんな場合に、自分達の豫期通りにならないと、すぐ何とか云ひたかる人々であつた。
translation
"These were my father's words." My father was worried about their backbiting. In fact, they were the kind of people who could easily say something in a situation like this that things would not go according to their schedule.
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 是: here (ここ), this place, this point, here, now | 父: father (あて), father (かそ), father (かぞ), father (しし), father (ちち) | 言葉: language (けとば), language (ことば), dialect, dialect, word | 彼等: they (かれら), them, those (あれら), they, they (of people) |
| 氣: spirit (き), mind, heart, nature, disposition | 彼等: they (かれら), them, those (あれら), they, they (of people) | 場合: case (ばあい), occasion, situation, circumstances, case (ばやい) | 自分: myself (じぶん), yourself, oneself, himself, herself |
| 何: what (なに), what (ナニ), you-know-what, you-know-what, that thing | 人々: people (ひとびと), men and women, each person, everybody, each person (にんにん) |