Kokoro, by Natsume Soseki (paragraph #1226)

私は仕方がないから云はないで可い事迄喋舌つた。父はまた、滿足らしくそれを聞いてゐた。

translation

"I couldn't help it, so I kept talking until I didn't have to say anything." Father listened with satisfaction.

kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
: I (わたし), me, I (あたくし), I (あたし), I (アタシ) 仕方: way (しかた), method, means, resource, course : acceptable (か), satisfactory, allowed, permitted, approval : father (あて), father (かそ), father (かぞ), father (しし), father (ちち)

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