私は默つてゐた。奧さんも言葉を途切らした。下女部屋にゐる下女はことりとも音をさせなかつた。私は丸で泥棒の事を忘れて仕舞つた。
translation
I was silent. Oku-san was also at a loss for words. The maid in the maid's room made no noise at all. I completely forgot about the thief.
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) | 言葉: language (けとば), language (ことば), dialect, dialect, word | 下女: maidservant (げじょ) |
| 部屋: room (へや), chamber, apartment, flat, pad | 女部屋: room for female servants (おんなべや), room where there are women, jail for women | 下女: maidservant (げじょ) | 音: sound (おと), sound (おん), sound (ね), noise, noise |
| 泥棒: thief (どろぼう), thief (どろぼー), thief (ドロボー), burglar, burglar | 事: thing (こと), thing (こん), matter, matter, incident | 仕舞: end (しまい), close, finish, termination, noh dance in plain clothes |