先生の言葉は寧ろ平靜であつた。世間に脊中を向けた人の苦味を帶びてゐなかつた丈に、私にはそれ程の手應もなかつた。私は先生を老い込んだとも思はない代りに、偉いとも感心せずに歸つた。
translation
The teacher's words were rather calm. I didn't feel the bitterness of those who turned their backs on the world, so I didn't have much of a response. Although I didn't think Sensei was old, I returned without being impressed by his greatness.
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 先生: teacher (せんせい), instructor, master, sensei, title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc. | 言葉: language (けとば), language (ことば), dialect, dialect, word | 寧: rather (むしろ), better, instead, if anything | 世間: world (せけん), society, people, the public |
| 苦味: bitterness (くみ), bitterness (にがみ), bitter taste, bitter taste | 帶: obi (kimono sash) (おび), obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product), band, belt, strip | 丈: only (だけ), just, merely, simply, no more than | 私: I (わたし), me, I (あたくし), I (あたし), I (アタシ) |
| 老: old age (ろう), age, old people, the old, the aged | 代: substitution (しろ), material, price, margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.), area required for something | 偉: greatness (い), tremendous (えら), huge | 感心: admiration (かんしん), being impressed, admirable, praiseworthy, astonishment |