二年目の夏に彼は國から催促を受けて漸く歸りました。歸つても專問の事は何にも云はなかつたものと見えます。家でも亦其所に氣が付かなかつたのです。あなたは學校教育を受けた人だから、斯ういふ消息を能く解してゐるでせうが、世間は學生の生活だの、學校の規則だのに關して、驚ろくべく無知なものです。我々に何でもない事が一向外部へは通じてゐません。我々は又比較的内部の空氣ばかり吸つてゐるので、校内の事は細大共に世の中に知れ渡つてゐる筈だと思ひ過ぎる癖があります。Ｋは其點にかけて、私より世間を知つてゐたのでせう、澄ました顏で又戻つて來ました。國を立つ時は私も一所でしたから、汽車へ乘るや否やすぐ何うだつたとＫに問ひました。Ｋは何うでもなかつたと答へたのです。
translation
In the summer of his second year, he finally returned after receiving a request from the country. Even when I returned, it seemed that nothing had been said about my question. Even at home I didn't notice it. Since you were educated at school, you must be well aware of such news, but the world is surprisingly ignorant when it comes to student life and school rules. is. Things that are nothing to us are never communicated to the outside world. Also, since we breathe relatively little air inside, we have a habit of overthinking that every detail of the school must be known to the world. K probably knew more about the world than I did, so he came back with a clear face. I was alone when I left the country, so as soon as I got on the train I asked K what was going on. K replied that it didn't matter.
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 夏: summer (なつ), Xia dynasty (of China; c. 2070-1600 BCE; possibly mythological) (か), Hsia dynasty, summer (on the lunisolar calendar: 16th day of the 4th month to the 15th day of the 7th month) (げ) | 彼: that (あ), that (あれ), that (アレ), that thing, that thing | 國: country (くに), state, region, national government, central government | 催促: pressing (さいそく), urging, demanding, demand |
| 漸: a little (やや), partially, somewhat, slightly, semi- | 事: thing (こと), thing (こん), matter, matter, incident | 何: what (なに), what (ナニ), you-know-what, you-know-what, that thing | 見: looking (み), viewing, (please) try (to), view (of life, etc.) (けん), outlook |
| 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) | 氣: spirit (き), mind, heart, nature, disposition | 付: furnished with (つき), furnished with (づき), furnished with (ツキ), including, including | 學校: school (がっこう) |
| 教育: education (きょういく), schooling, training, instruction, teaching | 人: -ian (e.g. Italian) (じん), -ite (e.g. Tokyoite), -er (e.g. performer, etc.), person working with …, man | 消息: news (from someone) (しょうそく), news (from someone) (しょうそこ), letter, letter, contact | 能: talent (のう), gift, function, noh (theatre) |
| 世間: world (せけん), society, people, the public | 學生: student (esp. a university student) (がくせい) | 生活: life (せいかつ), living, livelihood, (one’s) living | 學校: school (がっこう) |
| 無知: ignorance (むち), innocence, stupidity | 我々: we (われわれ) | 一向: intently (ひたすら), single-mindedly, devotedly, solely, earnestly | 外部: outside (e.g. of a building) (がいぶ), exterior, outside (of a group, company, etc.), outside world |
| 通: authority (つう), expert, connoisseur, well-informed person, counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc. | 内部: interior (ないぶ), inside, internal | 校内: within a school (こうない) | 細大: great and small (さいだい), in detail, all |
| 世: world (よ), society, public, life, lifetime | 中: inside (なか), interior, among, within, middle | 知: wisdom (ち), jnana (higher knowledge) | 筈: should (be) (はず), bound (to be), expected (to be), must (be), nock (of a bow) |
| 癖: habit (usu. a bad one) (くせ), habit (usu. a bad one) (へき), habit (usu. a bad one) (クセ), tendency, tendency | Ｋ: K (ケイ), K (ケー), k, k, kilo- | 私: I (わたし), me, I (あたくし), I (あたし), I (アタシ) | 顏: face (かお), face (がん), visage, visage, look |
| 一所: one place (いっしょ), one place (ひとところ), the same place, the same place, one person | 汽車: train (esp. long distance train) (きしゃ), steam train | 否: no (ひ), the noes, no (いや), no (いな), nay | 問: question (とい), query, counter for questions (もん) |