奥さんは取り付き把のない人だと云つて笑つてゐました。御孃さんは又わざ／＼其例を擧げて私に説明して聞かせるのです。火鉢に火があるかと尋ねると、Ｋは無いと答へるさうです。では持つて來ようと云ふと、要らないと斷わるさうです。寒くはないかと聞くと、寒いけれども要らないんだと云つたぎり應對をしないのださうです。私はたゞ苦笑してゐる譯にも行きません。氣の毒だから、何とか云つて其場を取り繕ろつて置かなければ濟まなくなります。尤もそれは春の事ですから、強ひて火にあたる必要もなかつたのですが、是では取り付き把がないと云はれるのも無理はないと思ひました。
translation
Mrs. Okusan said with a smile that she was a no-nonsense person. The daughter deliberately gave me an example and explained it to me. When asked if there is a fire in the brazier, K seems to answer no. Then when I asked him to bring it, he said he didn't want it. When I asked him if it was cold, he said it was cold but he didn't need it, but he didn't respond. I can't even say that I'm just smiling bitterly. It's a pity, so I'll have to do something to fix the situation. Of course, since it was spring, I didn't have to force myself into the fire.
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 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) | 取: taking (とり), taker, collecting, collector, remover | 付: furnished with (つき), furnished with (づき), furnished with (ツキ), including, including | 把: bundle (たば), bunch, sheaf, counter for bundles (ば), counter for bundles (ぱ) |
| 笑: laugh (わらい), laughter, smile, sneer, sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.) | 又: again (また), once more, once again, another time, some other time | 私: I (わたし), me, I (あたくし), I (あたし), I (アタシ) | 説明: explanation (せつめい), exposition, description, account, caption |
| 火: fire (ひ), flame, blaze, Tuesday (か), fire (second of the five elements) | 尋: fathom (じん), fathom (ひろ) | Ｋ: K (ケイ), K (ケー), k, k, kilo- | 無: nothing (む), naught, nought, nil, zero |
| 持: draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.) (じ), tie | 要: pivot (かなめ), vital point, cornerstone, keystone, Japanese photinia | 寒: midwinter (かん), cold season, coldest days of the year, cold (さぶ), cold (さむ) | 苦笑: bitter smile (くしょう), wry smile, strained laugh, sarcastic laugh |
| 氣: spirit (き), mind, heart, nature, disposition | 毒: poison (どく), toxicant, harm, evil influence, ill will | 何: what (なに), what (ナニ), you-know-what, you-know-what, that thing | 尤: superb (ゆう), outstanding |
| 事: thing (こと), thing (こん), matter, matter, incident | 強: a little over (きょう), a little more than, strength, the strong, powerhouse | 必要: necessary (ひつよう), needed, essential, indispensable, necessity | 是: here (ここ), this place, this point, here, now |