是は奧さんに特色がないと云ふよりも、特色を示す機會が來なかつたのだと解釋する方が正當かも知れない。然し私はいつでも先生に付屬した一部分の樣な心持で奧さんに對してゐた。奧さんも自分の夫の所へ來る書生だからといふ好意で、私を遇してゐたらしい。だから中間に立つ先生を取り除ければ、つまり二人はばら／＼になつてゐた。それで始めて知り合になつた時の奧さんに就いては、たゞ美くしいといふ外に何の感じも殘つてゐない。
translation
It may be more correct to interpret that the wife did not have the opportunity to show her peculiarities, rather than saying that she did not have any peculiarities. However, I always dealt with Okusan with the same feeling that I had attached to Sensei. It seems that my wife also treated me kindly because I was a student coming to her husband's place. Therefore, if the teacher standing in the middle was removed, the two would have been separated. When I first became acquainted with her, I had no impression of her other than that she was beautiful.
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 是: here (ここ), this place, this point, here, now | 奧: 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) | 特色: characteristic (とくしょく), feature, idiosyncrasy, personal colour, spot color | 方: direction (かた), way, person, lady, gentleman |
| 然: -like (ぜん), so (さ), like that, in that way, like that (しか) | 私: I (わたし), me, I (あたくし), I (あたし), I (アタシ) | 先生: teacher (せんせい), instructor, master, sensei, title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc. | 一部分: one part (いちぶぶん), one portion, one section |
| 對: versus (たい), against, vs., v., to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180) | 自分: myself (じぶん), yourself, oneself, himself, herself | 夫: husband (おっと), male (お), manly, brave, heroic | 所: place (とこ), place (ところ), spot, spot, scene |
| 好意: kindness (こうい), favor, favour, friendliness, goodwill | 中間: middle (ちゅうかん), midway, halfway, centre, center | 取: taking (とり), taker, collecting, collector, remover | 除: division (じょ) |
| 合: between-season wear (あい), spring and autumn clothing, spring and fall clothing, together, condition | 時: time (とき), hour, moment, occasion, case | 美: beauty (び), august (み), beautiful | 外: outside (そと), outside (と), exterior, exterior, the open (air) |
| 感: feeling (かん), sensation, emotion, admiration, impression |