實をいふと私だつて強ひてＫと一所にゐる必要はなかつたのです。けれども月々の費用を金の形で彼の前に竝べて見せると、彼は屹度それを受取る時に躊躇するだらうと思つたのです。彼はそれ程獨立心の強い男でした。だから私は彼を私の宅へ置いて、二人前の食料を彼の知らない間にそつと奥さんの手に渡さうとしたのです。然し私はＫの經濟問題について、一言も奥さんに打ち明ける氣はありませんでした。
translation
To tell the truth, even I didn't have to force myself to be with K. But when I showed him the monthly expenses in the form of money, I thought that he would often hesitate to accept them. He was such an independent man. That's why I left him at my house and tried to hand over two servings of food to his wife without his knowledge. However, I had no intention of confiding a single word about K's financial problems to her wife.
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 私: I (わたし), me, I (あたくし), I (あたし), I (アタシ) | 強: a little over (きょう), a little more than, strength, the strong, powerhouse | Ｋ: K (ケイ), K (ケー), k, k, kilo- | 一所: one place (いっしょ), one place (ひとところ), the same place, the same place, one person |
| 月々: every month (つきづき), monthly, month by month | 費用: cost (ひよう), expense | 金: money (かな), money (かね), metal, metal, gold (metal) (きん) | 形: form (かたち), form (よう), shape, shape, figure |
| 前: point (さき), tip, end, nozzle, head (of a line) | 見: looking (み), viewing, (please) try (to), view (of life, etc.) (けん), outlook | 屹度: surely (きっと), surely (キッと), undoubtedly, undoubtedly, almost certainly | 受取: receiving (うけとり), receipt |
| 躊躇: hesitation (ちゅうちょ), indecision, vacillation | 男: man (おっこ), man (おとこ), male, male, fellow | 宅: house (たく), home, one’s house, one’s home, one’s husband | 二人前: for two people (ににんまえ), (work) of two, (meals) for two |
| 知: wisdom (ち), jnana (higher knowledge) | 間: space (between) (あいだ), space (between) (あわい), gap, gap, interval | 奥: inner part (おく), interior, back (of a drawer, one’s throat, etc.), depths (e.g. of a forest), recesses (e.g. of a cave) | 手: hand (て), arm, forepaw, foreleg, handle |
| 問題: question (e.g. on a test) (もんだい), problem, problem (e.g. societal, political), question, issue | 一言: single word (いちげん), single word (いちごん), single word (ひとこと), a few words, a few words | 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 |