其晩私は先生と一所に麥酒を飮んだ。先生は元來酒量に乏しい人であつた。ある程度迄飮んで、それで醉へなければ、醉ふ迄飮んで見るといふ冒險の出來ない人であつた。
translation
That night, I had a drink with Sensei in one place. Sensei had always been a man of limited drinking. He was a person who could not dare to drink until he was drunk if he hadn't drunk to a certain extent.
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 先生: teacher (せんせい), instructor, master, sensei, title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc. | 一所: one place (いっしょ), one place (ひとところ), the same place, the same place, one person | 酒量: amount of drink (しゅりょう), one’s drinking capacity | 人: -ian (e.g. Italian) (じん), -ite (e.g. Tokyoite), -er (e.g. performer, etc.), person working with …, man |
| 見: looking (み), viewing, (please) try (to), view (of life, etc.) (けん), outlook |