私は又彼の室に聖書を見ました。私はそれ迄に御經の名を度々彼の口から聞いた覺がありますが、基督教に就いては、問はれた事も答へられた例もなかつたのですから、一寸驚ろきました。私は其理由を訊ねずにはゐられませんでした。Ｋは理由はないと云ひました。是程人の有難がる書物なら讀んで見るのが當り前だらうとも云ひました。其上彼は機會があつたら、コーランも讀んで見る積だと云ひました。彼はモハメツドと劒といふ言葉に大いなる興味を有つてゐるやうでした。
translation
"I also saw a Bible in his room." Up until then, I had heard the name of Mitsuru from his mouth many times, but I was a little surprised because I had never been asked or answered about Christianity. . I couldn't help but ask why. K said there was no reason. He also said that if it is a book that people appreciate, it is time to read it. Besides, he said that he would read the Quran when he had the chance. He seemed to take great interest in the words Mohammed and the sword.
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 私: I (わたし), me, I (あたくし), I (あたし), I (アタシ) | 室: room (しつ), wife (of someone of high rank), scabbard, Chinese “Encampment” constellation (one of the 28 mansions), greenhouse (むろ) | 聖書: Bible (せいしょ), the Scriptures, Holy Writ | 見: looking (み), viewing, (please) try (to), view (of life, etc.) (けん), outlook |
| 名: name (な), given name, title, fame, renown | 度々: often (たびたび), again and again, over and over again, repeatedly, frequently | 彼: that (あ), that (あれ), that (アレ), that thing, that thing | 口: mouth (くち), opening, hole, gap, orifice |
| 問: question (とい), query, counter for questions (もん) | 事: thing (こと), thing (こん), matter, matter, incident | 答: answer (こたえ), reply, response, answer, solution | 例: example (れい), instance, illustration, case, precedent |
| 理由: reason (りゆう), reason (わけ), pretext, pretext, motive | Ｋ: K (ケイ), K (ケー), k, k, kilo- | 理由: reason (りゆう), reason (わけ), pretext, pretext, motive | 是程: so (これほど), so much, this much |
| 書物: book (しょもつ), volume | 前: point (さき), tip, end, nozzle, head (of a line) | 積: product (せき), volume, area | 彼: that (あ), that (あれ), that (アレ), that thing, that thing |
| 言葉: language (けとば), language (ことば), dialect, dialect, word | 大: large (おお), big, great, major, important | 興味: interest (in something) (きょうみ), curiosity (about something), zest (for) | 有: existence (ゆう), possession, having, limited company, bhava (becoming, existence) (う) |