先生は苦笑した。懷中から蟇口を出して、五錢の白銅を小供の手に握らせた。
translation
The teacher smiled wryly. He pulled out his mouthpiece from his middle and put a five centimeter cup of cupronickel in the child's hand.
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. | 苦笑: bitter smile (くしょう), wry smile, strained laugh, sarcastic laugh | 蟇口: (coin) purse with a metal clasp (がまぐち) | 出: coming out (で), going out, outflow, efflux, rising (of the Sun or the Moon) |
| 小供: child (こども), children | 手: hand (て), arm, forepaw, foreleg, handle |