「小供に學問をさせるのも、好し惡しだね。折角修業をさせると、其小供は決して宅へ歸つて來ない。是ぢや手もなく親子を隔離するために學問させるやうなものだ」
translation
"Forcing a child to study is good and bad, isn't it? If you take the time to train, the child will never come home. It's boring."
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 小供: child (こども), children | 好: friendship (ぎ), friendship (よしび), friendship (よしみ), friendly relations, friendly relations | 惡: evil (あく), wickedness, (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.), the bad guy | 折角: with trouble (せっかく), at great pains, rare, valuable, precious |
| 修業: pursuit of knowledge (しゅうぎょう), pursuit of knowledge (しゅぎょう), studying, studying, learning | 小供: child (こども), children | 決: decision (けつ), vote | 宅: house (たく), home, one’s house, one’s home, one’s husband |
| 手: hand (て), arm, forepaw, foreleg, handle | 親子: parent and child (おやこ), parent and child (しんし) | 隔離: isolation (かくり), segregation, separation, quarantine |