私は奧さんの後に尾いて書齋を出た。茶の間には綺麗な長火鉢に鐵瓶が鳴つてゐた。私は其處で茶と菓子の御馳走になつた。奧さんは寐られないと不可いといつて、茶碗に手を觸れなかつた。
translation
I followed Oku-san out of the writing room. In the tea room, an iron kettle resounded in a beautiful long brazier. There I was treated to tea and sweets. Okusan insisted that it was impossible to sleep, so she could not touch the bowl.
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 私: I (わたし), me, I (あたくし), I (あたし), I (アタシ) | 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) | 後: behind (あと), rear, after, later, remainder | 尾: tail (of an animal) (お), tail (of a kite, etc.), tail end, tail (of a comet), slope at the foot of a mountain |
| 茶: tea (ちゃ), tea plant (Camellia sinensis), tea preparation, making tea, brown | 間: space (between) (あいだ), space (between) (あわい), gap, gap, interval | 綺麗: pretty (きれい), pretty (キレイ), lovely, lovely, beautiful | 長火鉢: oblong brazier (ながひばち) |
| 御馳走: treat (esp. food and drink) (ごちそう), entertainment, treating someone (to a meal), taking someone to dinner, gorgeous dinner | 不可: wrong (ふか), bad, improper, unjustifiable, inadvisable | 茶碗: rice bowl (ちゃわん), tea cup, teacup | 手: hand (て), arm, forepaw, foreleg, handle |