私は郷里の事に就いて餘り多くを語らなかつたのです。ことに今度の事件に就いては何にも云はなかつたのです。私はそれを念頭に浮べてさへ既に一種の不愉快を感じました。私は成るべく奥さんの方の話だけを聞かうと力めました。所がそれでは向ふが承知しません。何かに付けて、私の國元の事情を知りたがるのです。私はとう／＼何もかも話してしまひました。私は二度と國へは歸らない、歸つても何にもない、あるのはたゞ父と母の墓ばかりだと告げた時、奥さんは大變感働したらしい樣子を見せました。御孃さんは泣きました。私は話して好い事をしたと思ひました。私は嬉しかつたのです。
translation
"I didn't say much about my hometown." In particular, nothing was said about this incident. I already felt kind of uncomfortable just thinking about it. I tried my best to listen only to the wife. The other side will not accept that. For some reason, he wants to know the circumstances of my hometown. I've finally told you everything. When I told him that I would never return to the country again, that even if I returned, there would be nothing, and that all I had was the graves of my father and mother, Okusan seemed greatly moved. The daughter cried. I thought I did a good job by talking. I was happy.
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 私: I (わたし), me, I (あたくし), I (あたし), I (アタシ) | 郷里: hometown (きょうり), birthplace | 事: thing (こと), thing (こん), matter, matter, incident | 餘: other (よ), another, remaining, leftover, over |
| 語: word (ご), language, speech, talk (かたり), recital | 今度: this time (こんど), now, next time, another time, shortly | 事件: event (じけん), affair, incident, case, plot | 何: what (なに), what (ナニ), you-know-what, you-know-what, that thing |
| 一種: a kind (いっしゅ), a sort, a variety, a species, of sorts | 不愉快: unpleasant (ふゆかい), disagreeable, displeasing, uncomfortable, unhappy | 感: feeling (かん), sensation, emotion, admiration, impression | 奥: inner part (おく), interior, back (of a drawer, one’s throat, etc.), depths (e.g. of a forest), recesses (e.g. of a cave) |
| 話: talk (はなし), speech, chat, conversation, topic | 力: force (ちから), strength, might, vigour, vigor | 所: place (とこ), place (ところ), spot, spot, scene | 承知: knowledge (しょうち), awareness, acceptance, consent, assent |
| 事情: circumstances (じじょう), conditions, situation, reasons, state of affairs | 知: wisdom (ち), jnana (higher knowledge) | 二度: again (ふたたび), once more, a second time, two times (にど), twice | 國: country (くに), state, region, national government, central government |
| 母: mother (あも), mother (いろは), mother (おも), mother (かか), mother (はは) | 墓: grave (はか), gravesite, tomb | 見: looking (み), viewing, (please) try (to), view (of life, etc.) (けん), outlook | 好: friendship (ぎ), friendship (よしび), friendship (よしみ), friendly relations, friendly relations |