兄と私が茶の間で落ち合つた時、兄は「聞いたか」と云つた。それは醫者が歸り際に兄に向つて云つた事を聞いたかといふ意味であつた。私には説明を待たないでも其意味が能く解つてゐた。
translation
When my brother and I met in the living room, he said, "Did you hear that?" It meant that he had heard what the doctor had said to his brother on his way home. Even without waiting for an explanation, I understood its meaning.
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 兄: older brother (あに), elder brother, you (けい), Mr, Mister | 私: I (わたし), me, I (あたくし), I (あたし), I (アタシ) | 茶: tea (ちゃ), tea plant (Camellia sinensis), tea preparation, making tea, brown | 間: space (between) (あいだ), space (between) (あわい), gap, gap, interval |
| 合: between-season wear (あい), spring and autumn clothing, spring and fall clothing, together, condition | 醫者: doctor (いしゃ), physician | 際: edge (きわ), edge (ぎわ), brink, brink, verge | 事: thing (こと), thing (こん), matter, matter, incident |
| 説明: explanation (せつめい), exposition, description, account, caption | 意味: meaning (いみ), significance, sense | 能: talent (のう), gift, function, noh (theatre) | 解: solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.) (かい), root (e.g. of a polynomial), solution (to a given problem), answer, explanation |