私の行つたのはまだ灯の點くか點かない暮方であつたが、几帳面な先生はもう宅にゐなかつた。「時間に後れると惡いつて、つい今しがた出掛けました」と云つた奧さんは、私を先生の書齋へ案内した。
translation
It was late at night when I went, but the methodical teacher was no longer at home. "I'm afraid I'll be late, so I've just set out," said Oku-san, guiding me to the teacher's writing.
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 私: I (わたし), me, I (あたくし), I (あたし), I (アタシ) | 行: line (of text) (ぎょう), row, verse, carya (austerities), samskara (formations) | 灯: light (ひ), lamp, light (あかり), illumination, glow | 暮方: evening (くれがた), sunset, nightfall |
| 先生: teacher (せんせい), instructor, master, sensei, title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc. | 宅: house (たく), home, one’s house, one’s home, one’s husband | 時間: time (じかん), hour, period, class, lesson | 後: behind (あと), rear, after, later, remainder |
| 今: now (いま), the present time, just now, soon, immediately | 出掛: (on the) point of going out (でかけ), (on the) point of going out (でがけ), (at the) moment one is about to leave, (at the) moment one is about to leave, just after leaving | 奧: 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) | 案内: guidance (あない), guidance (あんない), leading (the way), leading (the way), showing around |