私は夏休みに何處かへ行かうかとＫに相談しました。Ｋは行きたくないやうな口振を見せました。無論彼は自分の自由意志で何處へも行ける身體ではありませんが、私が誘ひさへすれば、また何處へ行つても差支へない身體だつたのです。私は何故行きたくないのかと彼に尋ねて見ました。彼は理由も何にもないと云ふのです。宅で書物を讀んだ方が自分の勝手だと云ふのです。私が避暑地へ行つて涼しい所で勉強した方が、身體の爲だと主張すると、それなら私一人行つたら可からうと云ふのです。然し私はＫ一人を此所に殘して行く氣にはなれないのです。私はたゞでさへＫと宅のものが段々親しくなつて行くのを見てゐるのが、餘り好い心持ではなかつたのです。私が最初希望した通りになるのが、何で私の心持を惡くするのかと云はれゝば夫迄です。私は馬鹿に違ないのです。果しのつかない二人の議論を見るに見かねて奥さんが仲に入りました。二人はとう／＼一所に房州へ行く事になりました。
translation
"I consulted with K about going somewhere during the summer vacation." K made a gesture as if he didn't want to go. Of course, he could not go anywhere of his own free will, but if I lured him, he could go anywhere again. I asked him why he didn't want to go. He says there is no reason. He said that it would be better for him to read books at home. When I insisted that it would be better for my health to go to a summer resort and study in a cool place, he said that it would be all right if I went alone. However, I can't bring myself to leave K alone here. I just didn't feel comfortable watching K and the people at home grow closer and closer. It is up to my husband if you ask me why it hurts my feelings that things are going exactly as I had hoped in the first place. I must be an idiot. Seeing the endless debate between the two, Okusan became involved. The two finally decided to go to Boshu together.
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 私: I (わたし), me, I (あたくし), I (あたし), I (アタシ) | 何處: where (いずく), where (いずこ), where (いづこ), where (いどこ), where (どこ) | 行: line (of text) (ぎょう), row, verse, carya (austerities), samskara (formations) | Ｋ: K (ケイ), K (ケー), k, k, kilo- |
| 口振: direct debit (こうふり), account-to-account transfer | 見: looking (み), viewing, (please) try (to), view (of life, etc.) (けん), outlook | 無論: of course (むろん), certainly, naturally | 彼: that (あ), that (あれ), that (アレ), that thing, that thing |
| 自由意志: free will (じゆういし) | 身體: body (しんたい), body (しんだい), body (しんてい), physical system, physical system | 何故: why (なぜ), why (なにゆえ), how, how | 行: line (of text) (ぎょう), row, verse, carya (austerities), samskara (formations) |
| 尋: fathom (じん), fathom (ひろ) | 理由: reason (りゆう), reason (わけ), pretext, pretext, motive | 何: what (なに), what (ナニ), you-know-what, you-know-what, that thing | 宅: house (たく), home, one’s house, one’s home, one’s husband |
| 方: direction (かた), way, person, lady, gentleman | 勝手: one’s own convenience (かって), one’s way, selfishness, surroundings, environment | 避暑地: place that is cool in the summer (ひしょち), place one goes to escape the heat of summer, summer retreat | 涼: cool breeze (りょう), cool air, refreshing coolness |
| 勉強: study (べんきょう), diligence, working hard, experience, lesson (for the future) | 爲: good (ため), advantage, benefit, welfare, sake | 主張: claim (しゅちょう), insistence, assertion, advocacy, emphasis | 可: acceptable (か), satisfactory, allowed, permitted, approval |
| 一人: one person (いちにん), one person (ひとり), being alone, being alone, being by oneself | 此所: here (ここ), this place, this point, here, now | 氣: spirit (き), mind, heart, nature, disposition | 段々: notches (ぎざぎざ), notches (ギザギザ), serration, serration, indentation |
| 餘: other (よ), another, remaining, leftover, over | 好: friendship (ぎ), friendship (よしび), friendship (よしみ), friendly relations, friendly relations | 心持: feeling (こころもち), mood, sensation, disposition, mental attitude | 最初: beginning (さいしょ), outset, first, onset |
| 希望: hope (きぼう), wish, aspiration, (bright) prospects, expectation | 通: authority (つう), expert, connoisseur, well-informed person, counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc. | 惡: evil (あく), wickedness, (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.), the bad guy | 馬鹿: idiot (ばか), idiot (バカ), moron, moron, fool |
| 二人: two persons (ににん), two persons (ふたり), two people, two people, pair | 議論: argument (ぎろん), discussion, dispute, controversy | 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) | 仲: relation (なか), relationship, broker (すあい), broker (すわい), brokerage |
| 一所: one place (いっしょ), one place (ひとところ), the same place, the same place, one person | 事: thing (こと), thing (こん), matter, matter, incident |