單純な私は從妹との結婚問題に就いて、左程頭を痛める必要がないと思つてゐました。厭なものは斷る、斷つてさへしまへば後には何も殘らない、私は斯う信じてゐたのです。だから伯父の希望通りに意志を曲げなかつたにも關らず、私は寧ろ平氣でした。過去一年の間いまだかつて其んな事に屈托した覺もなく、相變らずの元氣で國へ歸つたのです。
translation
As a naive person, I didn't think there was much need to worry about the issue of marrying my sister-in-law. I believed that if I cut off the things I didn't like, nothing would be left behind. So even though I didn't bend my will according to my uncle's wishes, I was rather calm. During the past year, I have not once felt like giving in to such a thing, and I have returned to my country in the same spirit as before.
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 私: I (わたし), me, I (あたくし), I (あたし), I (アタシ) | 結婚: marriage (けっこん) | 問題: question (e.g. on a test) (もんだい), problem, problem (e.g. societal, political), question, issue | 問題: question (e.g. on a test) (もんだい), problem, problem (e.g. societal, political), question, issue |
| 頭: counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle) (とう), counter for insects in a collection, counter for helmets, masks, etc., head (あたま), head (かしら) | 痛: ouch (いた), ow, that hurt, pain (つう), ache | 必要: necessary (ひつよう), needed, essential, indispensable, necessity | 厭: disliking (いや), disliking (や), disliking (イヤ), not wanting, not wanting |
| 何: what (なに), what (ナニ), you-know-what, you-know-what, that thing | 信: honesty (しん), sincerity, fidelity, trust, reliance | 伯父: uncle (おじ), uncle (しゅくふ), uncle (はくふ), uncle (one’s father’s older brother) (えおじ) | 希望: hope (きぼう), wish, aspiration, (bright) prospects, expectation |
| 意志: will (いし), volition, intention, intent, determination | 曲: composition (きょく), piece of music, song, track (on a record), tune | 寧: rather (むしろ), better, instead, if anything | 過去: the past (かこ), bygone days, one’s past (that one would prefer remained secret), past (tense), preterit |
| 過去一: most … ever (かこいち), most … up to now, more … than ever before | 年: year (とし), age, years, past one’s prime, old age | 一年: one year (いちねん), one year (ひととし), one year (ひととせ), some time ago, some time ago | 間: space (between) (あいだ), space (between) (あわい), gap, gap, interval |
| 事: thing (こと), thing (こん), matter, matter, incident | 屈托: worry (くったく), care, concern, ennui, boredom | 元氣: lively (げんき), full of spirit, energetic, vigorous, vital | 國: country (くに), state, region, national government, central government |