私は次の日も同じ時刻に濱へ行つて先生の顏を見た。其次の日にも亦同じ事を繰り返した。けれども物を云ひ掛ける機會も、挨拶をする場合も、二人の間には起らなかつた。其上先生の態度は寧ろ非社交的であつた。一定の時刻に超然として來て、また超然と歸つて行つた。周圍がいくら賑やかでも、それには殆んど注意を拂ふ樣子が見えなかつた。最初一所に來た西洋人は其後丸で姿を見せなかつた。先生はいつでも一人であつた。
translation
The next day, at the same time, I went to the beach and saw Sensei's face. The same thing happened again the next day. However, neither an opportunity to speak nor a greeting arose between the two of them. On top of that, Sensei's demeanor was rather unsociable. He came aloof at a certain time and left aloof again. No matter how lively the surroundings were, they hardly seemed to pay any attention to them. The Westerners who first came to one place did not show up after that. Sensei was always alone.
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 私: I (わたし), me, I (あたくし), I (あたし), I (アタシ) | 次: next (つぎ), following, subsequent, stage, station | 日: day (ひ), days, sun, sunshine, sunlight | 同: the same (どう), the said, likewise |
| 行: line (of text) (ぎょう), row, verse, carya (austerities), samskara (formations) | 先生: teacher (せんせい), instructor, master, sensei, title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc. | 顏: face (かお), face (がん), visage, visage, look | 見: looking (み), viewing, (please) try (to), view (of life, etc.) (けん), outlook |
| 返: number of times (へん), reply, answer | 物: thing (もの), thing (もん), thing (モノ), object, object | 掛: credit (かけ), money owed on an account, bill, hanger, holder | 挨拶: greeting (あいさつ), greetings, salutation, salute, condolences |
| 二人: two persons (ににん), two persons (ふたり), two people, two people, pair | 間: space (between) (あいだ), space (between) (あわい), gap, gap, interval | 起: source (おこり), origin, cause, beginning, genesis | 先生: teacher (せんせい), instructor, master, sensei, title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc. |
| 寧: rather (むしろ), better, instead, if anything | 非社交的: unsociable (ひしゃこうてき), retiring, solitude-loving | 一定: fixed (いちじょう), fixed (いってい), settled, settled, constant | 超然: detached (ちょうぜん), aloof, indifferent |
| 注意: attention (ちゅうい), notice, heed, care, caution | 最初: beginning (さいしょ), outset, first, onset | 一所: one place (いっしょ), one place (ひとところ), the same place, the same place, one person | 一所: one place (いっしょ), one place (ひとところ), the same place, the same place, one person |
| 其後: after that (そのあと), after that (そのご), after that (そののち), afterwards, afterwards | 丸: circle (まる), circle (マル), entirety, entirety, whole | 姿: figure (すがた), form, shape, appearance, dress | 一人: one person (いちにん), one person (ひとり), being alone, being alone, being by oneself |