同時に私は默つて家のものゝ樣子を觀察して見ました。然し奥さんの態度にも御孃さんの素振にも、別に平生と變つた點はありませんでした。Ｋの自白以前と自白以後とで、彼等の擧動に是といふ差違が生じないならば、彼の自白は單に私丈に限られた自白で、肝心の本人にも、又其監督者たる奥さんにも、まだ通じてゐないのは慥でした。さう考へた時私は少し安心しました。それで無理に機會を拵えて、わざとらしく話を持ち出すよりは、自然の與へて呉れるものを取り逃さないやうにする方が好からうと思つて、例の問題にはしばらく手を着けずにそつとして置く事にしました。
translation
At the same time, I silently surveyed what the house looked like. However, neither the wife's demeanor nor the daughter's demeanor showed anything unusual. If there is no difference in their actions before and after K's confession, then his confession is a self-confidence, and it is important not only for the principal himself but also for his supervisor. It was a pity that I hadn't gotten to know my wife yet. When I thought about it, I felt a little relieved. Rather than forcibly creating an opportunity and bringing up a topic on purpose, I thought it would be better not to miss out on what nature has to offer, so I decided to leave the problem untouched for a while. I decided to leave it.
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 同時: simultaneous (どうじ), concurrent, same time, synchronous, together | 私: I (わたし), me, I (あたくし), I (あたし), I (アタシ) | 家: house (いえ), residence, dwelling, family, household | 見: looking (み), viewing, (please) try (to), view (of life, etc.) (けん), outlook |
| 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) | 態度: attitude (たいど), manner, behaviour, demeanour, bearing | 素振: behavior (そぶり), behaviour, manner, attitude, bearing | 別: distinction (べち), distinction (べつ), difference, difference, discrimination |
| 變: strange (へん), odd, peculiar, weird, curious | Ｋ: K (ケイ), K (ケー), k, k, kilo- | 自白: confession (じはく), admission | 以前: before (いぜん), prior to, ago, the past, before |
| 自白: confession (じはく), admission | 以後: after this (いご), from now on, hereafter, thereafter, since (then) | 以後: after this (いご), from now on, hereafter, thereafter, since (then) | 彼等: they (かれら), them, those (あれら), they, they (of people) |
| 差違: difference (さい), disparity, gap | 生: pure (き), undiluted, raw, crude, raw (なま) | 彼: that (あ), that (あれ), that (アレ), that thing, that thing | 自白: confession (じはく), admission |
| 肝心: essential (かんじん), important, crucial, vital, main | 本人: the person in question (ほんにん), the person themselves, said person | 監督者: superintendent (かんとくしゃ), supervisor, warden | 通: authority (つう), expert, connoisseur, well-informed person, counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc. |
| 少: small (しょう), little, few | 安心: peace of mind (あんしん), relief, (sense of) security, safety, assurance | 無理: unreasonable (むり), unreasonable (ムリ), unnatural, unnatural, unjustifiable | 話: talk (はなし), speech, chat, conversation, topic |
| 出: coming out (で), going out, outflow, efflux, rising (of the Sun or the Moon) | 自然: nature (しぜん), natural, spontaneous, automatic, naturally | 呉: go (ご), soy beans soaked and mashed to a creamy paste (ingredient of tofu and soy milk), Wu (region in China, south of the lower Yangtze), Wu (kingdom in China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era; 902-937 CE), Southern Wu | 取: taking (とり), taker, collecting, collector, remover |
| 好: friendship (ぎ), friendship (よしび), friendship (よしみ), friendly relations, friendly relations | 例: example (れい), instance, illustration, case, precedent | 問題: question (e.g. on a test) (もんだい), problem, problem (e.g. societal, political), question, issue | 手: hand (て), arm, forepaw, foreleg, handle |
| 事: thing (こと), thing (こん), matter, matter, incident |