たしかその翌る晩の事だと思ひますが、二人は宿へ着いて飯を食つて、もう寐やうといふ少し前になつてから、急に六づかしい問題を論じ合ひ出しました。Ｋは昨日自分の方から話しかけた日蓮の事に就いて、私が取り合はなかつたのを、快よく思つてゐなかつたのです。精神的に向上心がないものは馬鹿だと云つて、何だか私をさも輕薄ものゝやうに遣り込めるのです。ところが私の胸には御孃さんの事が蟠まつてゐますから、彼の侮蔑に近い言葉をたゞ笑つて受け取る譯に行きません。私は私で辯解を始めたのです。
translation
I believe it was the next night, when the two of them had arrived at the inn and had eaten, and shortly before they were about to go to sleep, they suddenly began discussing a difficult problem. K didn't take pleasure in the fact that I didn't care about Nichiren, who had been the one to talk to me the previous day. They say that those who lack mental ambition are idiots, and for some reason they trick me into thinking that I'm insignificant. However, my heart is filled with thoughts about the daughter, so I can't just laugh at his insults. I started the misunderstanding myself.
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 翌: the following (よく), next | 晩: evening (ばん), night, dinner, evening meal, counter for nights | 事: thing (こと), thing (こん), matter, matter, incident | 二人: two persons (ににん), two persons (ふたり), two people, two people, pair |
| 着: arrival (ちゃく), arriving at …, counter for items or suits of clothing, nth place (in a race), counter for moves | 飯: cooked rice (めし), meal, food, one’s living, livelihood | 食: food (し), food (しょく), food (じき), foodstuff, foodstuff | 少: small (しょう), little, few |
| 急: sudden (きゅう), abrupt, unexpected, urgent, pressing | 六: six (む), six (むう), six (ろく), 6, 6 | 問題: question (e.g. on a test) (もんだい), problem, problem (e.g. societal, political), question, issue | 論: argument (ろん), discussion, dispute, controversy, discourse |
| 出: coming out (で), going out, outflow, efflux, rising (of the Sun or the Moon) | Ｋ: K (ケイ), K (ケー), k, k, kilo- | 昨日: yesterday (きのう), yesterday (さくじつ) | 自分: myself (じぶん), yourself, oneself, himself, herself |
| 方: direction (かた), way, person, lady, gentleman | 話: talk (はなし), speech, chat, conversation, topic | 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 |
| 精神的: mental (せいしんてき), spiritual, emotional | 向上心: ambition (こうじょうしん), aspiration, desire to improve oneself | 馬鹿: idiot (ばか), idiot (バカ), moron, moron, fool | 何: what (なに), what (ナニ), you-know-what, you-know-what, that thing |
| 彼: that (あ), that (あれ), that (アレ), that thing, that thing | 侮蔑: scorn (ぶべつ), disdain, contempt, slight | 言葉: language (けとば), language (ことば), dialect, dialect, word | 笑: laugh (わらい), laughter, smile, sneer, sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.) |
| 行: line (of text) (ぎょう), row, verse, carya (austerities), samskara (formations) | 辯解: explanation (e.g. for one’s actions) (べんかい), excuse, justification, defense, defence |