今迄書物で城壁をきづいて其中に立て籠つてゐたやうなＫの心が、段々打ち解けて來るのを見てゐるのは、私に取つて何よりも愉快でした。私は最初からさうした目的で事を遣り出したのですから、自分の成功に伴ふ喜悦を感ぜずにはゐられなかつたのです。私は本人に云はない代りに、奥さんと御孃さんに自分の思つた通りを話しました。二人も滿足の樣子でした。
translation
It was the most enjoyable thing for me to see K's heart, which until now had been holed up inside the castle walls through books, gradually opening up. Since I had set out with this aim in mind from the beginning, I could not help but feel the joy that accompanies my success. Instead of saying anything to him, I told Okusan and her daughter exactly what I thought. They were both happy.
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 今迄: until now (いままで), so far, up to the present | 書物: book (しょもつ), volume | 書物: book (しょもつ), volume | 城壁: castle wall (じょうへき), town walls, defensive wall, rampart |
| Ｋ: K (ケイ), K (ケー), k, k, kilo- | 心: mind (こころ), heart, spirit, the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.), heart (しん) | 段々: notches (ぎざぎざ), notches (ギザギザ), serration, serration, indentation | 打: dozen (ダース), hitting a ball (with a bat, golf club, etc.) (だ), batting, stroke |
| 見: looking (み), viewing, (please) try (to), view (of life, etc.) (けん), outlook | 私: I (わたし), me, I (あたくし), I (あたし), I (アタシ) | 取: taking (とり), taker, collecting, collector, remover | 何: what (なに), what (ナニ), you-know-what, you-know-what, that thing |
| 最初: beginning (さいしょ), outset, first, onset | 目的: purpose (もくてき), goal, aim, objective, intention | 事: thing (こと), thing (こん), matter, matter, incident | 出: coming out (で), going out, outflow, efflux, rising (of the Sun or the Moon) |
| 成功: success (せいこう), achievement, succeeding (in life), (worldly) success, prosperity | 伴: companion (とも), follower, attendant, retinue | 喜悦: joy (きえつ) | 感: feeling (かん), sensation, emotion, admiration, impression |
| 代: substitution (しろ), material, price, margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.), area required for something | 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) | 通: authority (つう), expert, connoisseur, well-informed person, counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc. | 話: talk (はなし), speech, chat, conversation, topic |
| 滿足: satisfaction (まんぞく), contentment, gratification, sufficient, satisfactory |