私はＫに手紙を見せました。Ｋは何とも云ひませんでしたけれども、自分の所へ此姉から同じやうな意味の書状が二三度來たといふ事を打ち明けました。Ｋは其度に心配するに及ばないと答へて遣つたのださうです。運惡く此姉は生活に餘裕のない家に片付いたゝめに、いくらＫに同情があつても、物質的に弟を何うして遣る譯にも行かなかつたのです。
translation
"I showed K the letter." K didn't say anything, but he confided that he had received two or three similar letters from his sister. It seems that K replied that there was nothing to worry about. Unfortunately, this older sister ended up in a house with little room to live, so no matter how much she sympathized with K, she couldn't do anything to help her brother materially.
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 私: I (わたし), me, I (あたくし), I (あたし), I (アタシ) | Ｋ: K (ケイ), K (ケー), k, k, kilo- | 手紙: letter (てがみ), missive, note, mail | 見: looking (み), viewing, (please) try (to), view (of life, etc.) (けん), outlook |
| 自分: myself (じぶん), yourself, oneself, himself, herself | 所: place (とこ), place (ところ), spot, spot, scene | 同: the same (どう), the said, likewise | 意味: meaning (いみ), significance, sense |
| 二三: two or three (にさん) | 事: thing (こと), thing (こん), matter, matter, incident | 打: dozen (ダース), hitting a ball (with a bat, golf club, etc.) (だ), batting, stroke | 明: vidya (wisdom) (みょう), mantra, the coming (July 4, etc.), brightness (めい), discernment |
| 及: and (および), as well as | 答: answer (こたえ), reply, response, answer, solution | 生活: life (せいかつ), living, livelihood, (one’s) living | 家: house (いえ), residence, dwelling, family, household |
| 物質的: material (ぶっしつてき), physical | 弟: younger brother (おとうと), younger brother (てい), little brother, little brother, kid brother | 行: line (of text) (ぎょう), row, verse, carya (austerities), samskara (formations) |