Ｋと私は何でも話し合へる中でした。偶には愛とか戀とかいふ問題も、口に上らないではありませんでしたが、何時でも抽象的な理論に落ちてしまふ丈でした。それも滅多には話題にならなかつたのです。大抵は書物の話と學問の話と、未來の事業と、抱負と、修養の話位で持ち切つてゐたのです。いくら親しくつても斯う堅くなつた日には、突然調子を崩せるものではありません。二人はたゞ堅いなりに親しくなる丈です。私は御孃さんの事をＫに打ち明けやうと思ひ立つてから、何遍齒掻ゆい不快に惱まされたか知れません。私はＫの頭の何處か一ケ所を突き破つて、其所から柔らかい空氣を吹き込んでやりたい氣がしました。
translation
"K and I were able to discuss anything." At times, though I did not refrain from mentioning such matters as love, I always fell into abstract theories. It was seldom talked about. Most of the conversations were about books, learning, future projects, aspirations, and training. No matter how close you are, on a day when you've become so firm, you can't suddenly lose your temper. The two of them are just stiff and close. Ever since I decided to tell K about my daughter, I don't know how many times I've been tortured by the unpleasantness of scratching my teeth. I had the urge to pierce K's head at some point and blow soft air through that point.
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| Ｋ: K (ケイ), K (ケー), k, k, kilo- | 私: I (わたし), me, I (あたくし), I (あたし), I (アタシ) | 何: what (なに), what (ナニ), you-know-what, you-know-what, that thing | 話: talk (はなし), speech, chat, conversation, topic |
| 中: inside (なか), interior, among, within, middle | 偶: by chance (たまたま), by accident, accidentally, happen to (be, do), unexpectedly | 愛: love (あい), affection, care, attachment, craving | 戀: (romantic) love (こい) |
| 口: mouth (くち), opening, hole, gap, orifice | 上: above (うえ), over, up, top, summit | 何時: when (いつ), at what time, how soon, normal times, ordinary days | 抽象的: abstract (ちゅうしょうてき) |
| 落: slip (おち), slip (オチ), omission, omission, upshot | 丈: only (だけ), just, merely, simply, no more than | 滅多: thoughtless (めった), reckless, careless, rash, seldom | 話題: topic (わだい), subject, much talked about, topical, in the news |
| 書物: book (しょもつ), volume | 事業: project (ことわざ), project (じぎょう), enterprise, enterprise, business | 抱負: aspiration (ほうふ), ambition, plan, hopes, wishes | 修養: self-improvement (しゅうよう), (mental) training, self-discipline, cultivation |
| 切: eager (せつ), earnest, ardent, kind, keen | 親: parent (おや), parents, mother and father, dealer, banker | 堅: strength (けん), solidity, firmness, armour, armor | 日: day (ひ), days, sun, sunshine, sunlight |
| 調子: tune (ちょうし), tone, key, pitch, time | 調子: tune (ちょうし), tone, key, pitch, time | 二人: two persons (ににん), two persons (ふたり), two people, two people, pair | 事: thing (こと), thing (こん), matter, matter, incident |
| 明: vidya (wisdom) (みょう), mantra, the coming (July 4, etc.), brightness (めい), discernment | 何遍: how many times (なんべん), how often | 不快: displeasure (ふかい), discomfort, unpleasantness, indisposition, ailment | 知: wisdom (ち), jnana (higher knowledge) |
| 何處: where (いずく), where (いずこ), where (いづこ), where (いどこ), where (どこ) | 一: one (いち), 1, best, first, foremost | 所: place (とこ), place (ところ), spot, spot, scene | 突: very (とっ), much |
| 其所: there (place relatively near listener) (そこ), there (place just mentioned), that place, then (of some incident just spoken of), that (of point just raised) | 柔: soft (やわ), soft (ヤワ), weak, weak, fragile | 氣: spirit (き), mind, heart, nature, disposition |