私は其所迄讀んで、始めて此長いものが何のために書かれたのか、其理由を明らかに知る事が出來た。私の衣食の口、そんなものに就いて先生が手紙を寄こす氣遣はないと、私は初手から信じてゐた。然し筆を執ることの嫌な先生が、何うしてあの事件を斯う長く書いて、私に見せる氣になつたのだらう。先生は何故私の上京する迄待つてゐられないだらう。
translation
After reading up to that point, for the first time I was able to clearly understand why this long story was written. From the beginning, I believed that Sensei would not write to me about my food and clothing. But how did a teacher who hated writing a pen end up writing about that incident for so long and showing it to me? Why can't Sensei wait for me to come to Tokyo?
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 私: I (わたし), me, I (あたくし), I (あたし), I (アタシ) | 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) | 何: what (なに), what (ナニ), you-know-what, you-know-what, that thing | 書: letter (ふみ), writings, book (しょ), document, calligraphy (esp. Chinese) |
| 明: vidya (wisdom) (みょう), mantra, the coming (July 4, etc.), brightness (めい), discernment | 知: wisdom (ち), jnana (higher knowledge) | 事: thing (こと), thing (こん), matter, matter, incident | 衣食: food and clothing (いしょく), livelihood, living, to feed and clothe |
| 先生: teacher (せんせい), instructor, master, sensei, title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc. | 手紙: letter (てがみ), missive, note, mail | 初手: first move (in shogi, go, etc.) (しょて), beginning, start | 信: honesty (しん), sincerity, fidelity, trust, reliance |
| 筆: writing brush (ひつ), writing brush (ふで), paintbrush, paintbrush, pen | 執: bow (and arrow; esp. of a noble) (たらし), attachment (しゅう), obsession, persistence | 嫌: disliking (いや), disliking (や), disliking (イヤ), not wanting, not wanting | 事件: event (じけん), affair, incident, case, plot |
| 見: looking (み), viewing, (please) try (to), view (of life, etc.) (けん), outlook | 氣: spirit (き), mind, heart, nature, disposition | 何故: why (なぜ), why (なにゆえ), how, how | 私: I (わたし), me, I (あたくし), I (あたし), I (アタシ) |