それでも彼等は私のために、私の所有にかゝる一切のものを纏めて呉れました。それは金額に見積ると、私の豫期より遙かに少ないものでした。私としては黙つてそれを受け取るか、でなければ伯父を相手取つて公け沙汰にするか、二つの方法しかなかつたのです。私は憤りました。又迷ひました。訴訟にすると落着迄に長い時間のかゝる事も恐れました。私は修業中のからだですから、學生として大切な時間を奪はれるのは非常の苦痛だとも考へました。私は思案の結果、市に居る中學の舊友に頼んで、私の受け取つたものを、凡て金の形に變へやうとしました。舊友は止した方が得だといつて忠告して呉れましたが、私は聞きませんでした。私は永く故郷を離れる決心を其時に起したのです。伯父の顏を見まいと心のうちで誓つたのです。
translation
"Even so, they were able to put together everything I owned for my sake." In terms of money, it was far less than my Yuan period. I had no choice but to either accept it in silence or go public with my uncle. I was outraged. I got lost again. I was also afraid that a lawsuit would take a long time to settle. Since I am in the process of training, I thought it would be very painful to be deprived of precious time as a student. After much thought, I asked an old friend from middle school in the city to turn everything I received into gold. My old friend advised me to stop, but I didn't listen. It was then that I made the decision to leave my hometown forever. I swore in my heart that I would never see my uncle's face again.
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 彼等: they (かれら), them, those (あれら), they, they (of people) | 私: I (わたし), me, I (あたくし), I (あたし), I (アタシ) | 所有: one’s possessions (しょゆう), ownership | 一切: all (いっさい), everything, entirety, the whole, absolutely (not) |
| 呉: go (ご), soy beans soaked and mashed to a creamy paste (ingredient of tofu and soy milk), Wu (region in China, south of the lower Yangtze), Wu (kingdom in China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era; 902-937 CE), Southern Wu | 金額: amount of money (きんがく), sum of money | 見積: estimate (みつもり), estimation, valuation, quotation | 少: small (しょう), little, few |
| 受: vedana (sensation) (じゅ) | 取: taking (とり), taker, collecting, collector, remover | 伯父: uncle (おじ), uncle (しゅくふ), uncle (はくふ), uncle (one’s father’s older brother) (えおじ) | 相手: companion (あいて), partner, company, other party, addressee |
| 公: you (きみ), buddy, pal, monarch, ruler | 沙汰: affair (さた), state, incident, issue, matter | 二: two (に), two (ふ), two (ふう), two (ふた), 2 | 方法: method (ほうほう), process, manner, way, means |
| 落着: being settled (らくちゃく), coming to a conclusion | 迄: until (a time) (まで), till, to, up to, to (a place or person) | 長: height (たき), height (たけ), stature, stature, length (esp. of clothing) | 時間: time (じかん), hour, period, class, lesson |
| 恐: frightening (こわ), terrifying, yours sincerely (かしく), yours sincerely (かしこ), respectfully yours | 修業: pursuit of knowledge (しゅうぎょう), pursuit of knowledge (しゅぎょう), studying, studying, learning | 中: inside (なか), interior, among, within, middle | 學生: student (esp. a university student) (がくせい) |
| 非常: emergency (ひじょう), extreme, great, extraordinary, remarkable | 苦痛: pain (くつう), agony, suffering, distress, torment | 考: thought (こう), report on one’s investigation into …, deceased father | 思案: careful thought (しあん), consideration, deliberation, reflection, rumination |
| 市: market (いち), fair, city (し) | 居: residence (きょ), being (somewhere) (い), sitting | 凡: about (おおよそ), roughly, approximately, generally, on the whole | 金: money (かな), money (かね), metal, metal, gold (metal) (きん) |
| 變: strange (へん), odd, peculiar, weird, curious | 方: direction (かた), way, person, lady, gentleman | 得: profit (とく), advantage, benefit, gain, rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana | 忠告: advice (ちゅうこく), warning |
| 故郷: hometown (きゅうり), hometown (ふるさと), birthplace, birthplace, native place | 離: li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south) (り) | 決心: determination (けっしん), resolution | 起: source (おこり), origin, cause, beginning, genesis |
| 見: looking (み), viewing, (please) try (to), view (of life, etc.) (けん), outlook | 心: mind (こころ), heart, spirit, the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.), heart (しん) |