Kokoro, by Natsume Soseki (paragraph #520)

私には先生の話が益解らなくなつた。然し先生はそれぎり戀を口にしなかつた。

translation

"I couldn't understand what the teacher was saying." Sensei, however, did not mention his romance until then.

kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
: I (わたし), me, I (あたくし), I (あたし), I (アタシ) 先生: teacher (せんせい), instructor, master, sensei, title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc. : talk (はなし), speech, chat, conversation, topic : -like (ぜん), so (さ), like that, in that way, like that (しか)
: mouth (くち), opening, hole, gap, orifice

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