「Ｋの生返事は翌日になつても、其翌日になつても、彼の態度によく現はれてゐました。彼は自分から進んで例の問題に觸れようとする氣色を決して見せませんでした。尤も機會もなかつたのです。奥さんと御孃さんが揃つて一日宅を空けでもしなければ、二人はゆつくり落付いて、左右いふ事を話し合ふ譯にも行かないのですから。私はそれを能く心得てゐました。心得てゐながら、變にいら／＼し出すのです。其結果始めは向ふから來るのを待つ積で、暗に用意をしてゐた私が、折があつたら此方で口を切らうと決心するやうになつたのです。
translation
"K's vague reply was reflected in his demeanor even the next day and the day after that. Of course, there was no chance, and if the wife and daughter hadn't been away from home for a day, they would have calmed down and talked about things. I knew it very well, and even though I knew it, I began to change. However, I decided that if the time came, I would cut my mouth.
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| Ｋ: K (ケイ), K (ケー), k, k, kilo- | 生返事: half-hearted reply (なまへんじ), vague answer, reluctant answer | 翌日: next day (よくじつ) | 翌日: next day (よくじつ) |
| 態度: attitude (たいど), manner, behaviour, demeanour, bearing | 現: reality (うつつ), consciousness, present (e.g. government, administration) (げん), current, existing | 自分: myself (じぶん), yourself, oneself, himself, herself | 例: example (れい), instance, illustration, case, precedent |
| 決: decision (けつ), vote | 見: looking (み), viewing, (please) try (to), view (of life, etc.) (けん), outlook | 尤: superb (ゆう), outstanding | 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) |
| 宅: house (たく), home, one’s house, one’s home, one’s husband | 空: emptiness (から), emptiness (カラ), being empty, being empty, not carrying anything | 二人: two persons (ににん), two persons (ふたり), two people, two people, pair | 左右: left and right (さう), left and right (さゆう), left and right (そう), right and left, right and left |
| 話: talk (はなし), speech, chat, conversation, topic | 合: between-season wear (あい), spring and autumn clothing, spring and fall clothing, together, condition | 行: line (of text) (ぎょう), row, verse, carya (austerities), samskara (formations) | 私: I (わたし), me, I (あたくし), I (あたし), I (アタシ) |
| 心得: knowledge (こころえ), understanding, rules, regulations, guideline | 變: strange (へん), odd, peculiar, weird, curious | 出: coming out (で), going out, outflow, efflux, rising (of the Sun or the Moon) | 積: product (せき), volume, area |
| 用意: preparation (ようい), arrangements, provision, getting ready, laying out (e.g. a meal) | 折: opportunity (おり), chance, occasion, time, folding | 此方: this way (こち), this way (こちら), this way (こっち), this direction, this direction | 口: mouth (くち), opening, hole, gap, orifice |
| 決心: determination (けっしん), resolution |