奥さんは最初から、無人で淋しいから、客を置いて世話をするのだと公言してゐました。私も夫を嘘とは思ひませんでした。懇意になつて色々打ち明け話を聞いた後でも、其所に間違はなかつたやうに思はれます。然し一般の經濟状態は大して豐だと云ふ程ではありませんでした。利害問題から考へて見て、私と特殊の關係をつけるのは、先方に取つて決して損ではなかつたのです。
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From the beginning, Okusan had professed that she would leave guests behind and take care of them because she was lonely and unattended. I didn't think my husband was a liar either. Even after becoming acquainted and listening to a lot of confided stories, it seems that there was nothing wrong with that. But the economic situation in general was not very plentiful. Considering the issue of interest, it was never a loss for the other party to have a special relationship with me.
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 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) | 最初: beginning (さいしょ), outset, first, onset | 無人: unmanned (ぶにん), unmanned (むじん), unmanned (むにん), uninhabited, uninhabited | 客: guest (かく), guest (きゃく), visitor, visitor, customer |
| 公言: declaration (こうげん), profession | 私: I (わたし), me, I (あたくし), I (あたし), I (アタシ) | 夫: husband (おっと), male (お), manly, brave, heroic | 嘘: lie (うそ), lie (ウソ), fib, fib, falsehood |
| 色々: various (いろいろ), all sorts of, variety of, various colors (colours) | 打: dozen (ダース), hitting a ball (with a bat, golf club, etc.) (だ), batting, stroke | 明: vidya (wisdom) (みょう), mantra, the coming (July 4, etc.), brightness (めい), discernment | 話: talk (はなし), speech, chat, conversation, topic |
| 其所: there (place relatively near listener) (そこ), there (place just mentioned), that place, then (of some incident just spoken of), that (of point just raised) | 然: -like (ぜん), so (さ), like that, in that way, like that (しか) | 一般: general (いっぱん), universal, ordinary, average, common | 状態: state (じょうたい), condition, situation, appearance, circumstances |
| 程: extent (ほど), degree, measure, limit, bounds | 利害: advantages and disadvantages (りがい), interests (of parties) | 問題: question (e.g. on a test) (もんだい), problem, problem (e.g. societal, political), question, issue | 問題: question (e.g. on a test) (もんだい), problem, problem (e.g. societal, political), question, issue |
| 見: looking (み), viewing, (please) try (to), view (of life, etc.) (けん), outlook | 特殊: special (とくしゅ), particular, peculiar, unique | 先方: other party (さきかた), other party (せんぽう), other side, other side, ahead | 取: taking (とり), taker, collecting, collector, remover |
| 損: loss (そん), damage, harm, unprofitable, disadvantage |