私はたゞＫの健康に就いて云々しました。一人で置くと益人間が偏窟になるばかりだからと云ひました。それに付け足して、Ｋが養家と折合の惡かつた事や、實家と離れてしまつた事や、色色話して聞かせました。私は溺れかゝつた人を抱いて、自分の熱を向ふに移してやる覺悟で、Ｋを引き取るのだと告げました。其積であたゝかい面倒を見て遣つて呉れと、奥さんにも御孃さんにも頼みました。私はここ迄來て漸々奥さんを説き伏せたのです。然し私から何にも聞かないＫは、此顛末を丸で知らずにゐました。私も却つてそれを滿足に思つて、のつそり引き移つて來たＫを、知らん顏で迎へました。
translation
I was just talking about K's health. I said that if I left it alone, it would only make me an unpopular person. On top of that, I told him about K's bad relationship with his adoptive family and how he had separated from his real family. I held the drowning man in my arms and told him that I was going to take him in with the intention of transferring my heat away. I begged Okusan and her daughter to take care of him warmly. Since coming here, I have gradually persuaded Okusan. However, K, who had not heard anything from me, was totally ignorant of the whole story. On the contrary, I found it quite satisfying, so I greeted K, who had quietly moved in, without noticing it.
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- | 健康: health (けんこう), healthy, sound, fit, wholesome | 云々: and so on (うんぬん), and so forth, et cetera, and such, and the like |
| 益人: people (ますひと), subjects, populace | 間: space (between) (あいだ), space (between) (あわい), gap, gap, interval | 人間: human being (にんげん), human, person, man, mankind | 偏窟: narrow-minded (へんくつ), obstinate, stubborn, perverse, unreasonable |
| 足: foot (あし), paw, arm (of an octopus, squid, etc.), leg, gait | 養家: adoptive family (ようか) | 惡: evil (あく), wickedness, (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.), the bad guy | 事: thing (こと), thing (こん), matter, matter, incident |
| 色色: various (いろいろ), all sorts of, variety of, various colors (colours) | 話: talk (はなし), speech, chat, conversation, topic | 人: -ian (e.g. Italian) (じん), -ite (e.g. Tokyoite), -er (e.g. performer, etc.), person working with …, man | 自分: myself (じぶん), yourself, oneself, himself, herself |
| 引: -off (price reduction) (びき), discount, -coated, -plated | 取: taking (とり), taker, collecting, collector, remover | 面倒: trouble (めんどう), bother, trouble, difficulty, care | 見: looking (み), viewing, (please) try (to), view (of life, etc.) (けん), outlook |
| 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) | 漸々: gradually (ぜんぜん), by degrees, the sight of a tall soaring rock, crying, weeping | 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) | 説: theory (せつ), doctrine, opinion, view, rumour |
| 何: what (なに), what (ナニ), you-know-what, you-know-what, that thing | 顛末: details (of an incident, event, etc.) (てんまつ), whole story, course of events, facts, circumstances | 丸: circle (まる), circle (マル), entirety, entirety, whole | 知: wisdom (ち), jnana (higher knowledge) |
| 顏: face (かお), face (がん), visage, visage, look |