私は彼に向つて、餘計な仕事をするのは止せと云ひました。さうして當分身體を樂にして、遊ぶ方が大きな將來のために得策だと忠告しました。剛情なＫの事ですから、容易に私のいふ事などは聞くまいと、かねて豫期してゐたのですが、實際云ひ出して見ると、思つたよりも説き落すのに骨が折れたので弱りました。Ｋはたゞ學問が自分の目的ではないと主張するのです。意志の力を養つて強い人になるのが自分の考だと云ふのです。それには成るべく窮屈な境遇にゐなくてはならないと結論するのです。普通の人から見れば、丸で醉狂です。其上窮屈な境遇にゐる彼の意志は、ちつとも強くなつてゐないのです。彼は寧ろ神經衰弱に罹つてゐる位なのです。私は仕方がないから、彼に向つて至極同感であるやうな樣子を見せました。自分もさういふ點に向つて、人生を進む積だつたと遂には明言しました。（尤も是は私に取つてまんざら空虚な言葉でもなかつたのです。Ｋの説を聞いてゐると、段々さういふ所に釣り込まれて來る位、彼には力があつたのですから）。最後に私はＫと一所に住んで、一所に向上の路を辿つて行きたいと發議しました。私は彼の剛情を折り曲げるために、彼の前に跪まづく事を敢てしたのです。さうして漸との事で彼を私の家に連れて來ました。
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I turned to him and told him not to overwork. I advised him that it would be better for him to enjoy himself and play for the sake of his great future. Since it was about K, who was stubborn, I had hoped not to listen to what I said so easily, but when I actually brought it up, it took more effort than I thought to persuade him. weakened. K just insists that learning is not his end. He says that his idea is to cultivate willpower and become a strong person. I conclude that I must be in as cramped a situation as possible for that. From the point of view of ordinary people, it is completely crazy. On top of that, his willpower hadn't grown stronger in the least. Rather, he is suffering from nervous breakdown. I had no choice but to look at him as if I agreed with him. I finally made it clear that I too had reached that point in my life. (Of course, this was not at all an empty word for me. When I listened to K's theory, I realized that he had the power to gradually lure me into such a place. ). In the end, I proposed to K that I would like to live in one place and follow the road to improvement in one place. In order to bend his stubbornness, I dared to kneel before him. Then, finally, I brought him to my house.
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 私: I (わたし), me, I (あたくし), I (あたし), I (アタシ) | 彼: that (あ), that (あれ), that (アレ), that thing, that thing | 仕事: work (しごと), job, labor, labour, business | 身體: body (しんたい), body (しんだい), body (しんてい), physical system, physical system |
| 大: large (おお), big, great, major, important | 將來: future (しょうらい), (future) prospects, bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.), bringing about, giving rise to | 得策: good policy (とくさく), wise policy, best plan | 忠告: advice (ちゅうこく), warning |
| Ｋ: K (ケイ), K (ケー), k, k, kilo- | 事: thing (こと), thing (こん), matter, matter, incident | 容易: easy (ようい), simple, plain | 出: coming out (で), going out, outflow, efflux, rising (of the Sun or the Moon) |
| 説: theory (せつ), doctrine, opinion, view, rumour | 落: slip (おち), slip (オチ), omission, omission, upshot | 骨: knack (こつ), knack (コツ), skill, skill, trick | 折: opportunity (おり), chance, occasion, time, folding |
| 自分: myself (じぶん), yourself, oneself, himself, herself | 目的: purpose (もくてき), goal, aim, objective, intention | 主張: claim (しゅちょう), insistence, assertion, advocacy, emphasis | 意志: will (いし), volition, intention, intent, determination |
| 強: a little over (きょう), a little more than, strength, the strong, powerhouse | 人: -ian (e.g. Italian) (じん), -ite (e.g. Tokyoite), -er (e.g. performer, etc.), person working with …, man | 考: thought (こう), report on one’s investigation into …, deceased father | 窮屈: narrow (きゅうくつ), tight, cramped, formal, stiff |
| 結論: conclusion (of an argument, discussion, study, etc.) (けつろん), conclusion | 普通: normal (ふつう), ordinary, regular, usual, common | 丸: circle (まる), circle (マル), entirety, entirety, whole | 窮屈: narrow (きゅうくつ), tight, cramped, formal, stiff |
| 衰弱: weakness (すいじゃく), debility, breakdown, prostration | 位: throne (くらい), crown, (nobleman’s) seat, government position, court rank | 仕方: way (しかた), method, means, resource, course | 至極: very (しごく), extremely, exceedingly, quite, most |
| 同感: same feeling (どうかん), same sentiment, same opinion, sympathy, agreement | 人生: (one’s) life (じんせい) | 積: product (せき), volume, area | 遂: end (つい), final, end of life, death, never |
| 是: here (ここ), this place, this point, here, now | 取: taking (とり), taker, collecting, collector, remover | 空虚: emptiness (くうきょ), hollowness, vacancy, void, inanity | 言葉: language (けとば), language (ことば), dialect, dialect, word |
| 所: place (とこ), place (ところ), spot, spot, scene | 釣: fishing (つり), angling, change (for a purchase), clickbaiting, trolling | 最後: end (さいご), conclusion, last, final, latest | 一所: one place (いっしょ), one place (ひとところ), the same place, the same place, one person |
| 向上: elevation (こうじょう), rise, improvement, advancement, progress | 路: road (みち), path, street, lane, passage | 行: line (of text) (ぎょう), row, verse, carya (austerities), samskara (formations) | 曲: composition (きょく), piece of music, song, track (on a record), tune |
| 漸: a little (やや), partially, somewhat, slightly, semi- | 家: house (いえ), residence, dwelling, family, household | 連: two reams (of paper) (れん), 1000 sheets (of paper), stanza, verse, tribe (in taxonomy) |