先生の談話は、此犬と小供のために、結末迄進行する事が出來なくなつたので、私はついに其要領を得ないでしまつた。先生の氣にする財産云々の掛念は其時の私には全くなかつた。私の性質として、又私の境遇からいつて、其時の私には、そんな利害の念に頭を惱ます餘地がなかつたのである。考へると是は私がまだ世間に出ない爲でもあり、又實際其場に臨まない爲でもあつたらうが、兎に角若い私には何故か金の問題が遠くの方に見えた。
translation
Because of the dog and the child, the teacher's discourse could not proceed to the end, so I finally did not get the point. At that time, I was not at all worried about Sensei's wealth. Due to my nature and circumstances, at that time I had no reason to be overwhelmed by such interests. Come to think of it, it was partly because I hadn't made it out into the world yet, and partly because I hadn't actually been there, but for some reason the money problem seemed far off to me, who was so young.
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. | 談話: talk (だんわ), conversation, dialogue, informal expression of opinion, off-the-cuff remarks | 小供: child (こども), children | 結末: end (けつまつ), conclusion |
| 事: thing (こと), thing (こん), matter, matter, incident | 私: I (わたし), me, I (あたくし), I (あたし), I (アタシ) | 要領: point (ようりょう), gist, essentials, tenets, outline | 得: profit (とく), advantage, benefit, gain, rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana |
| 財産: property (ざいさん), fortune, assets | 云々: and so on (うんぬん), and so forth, et cetera, and such, and the like | 云々: and so on (うんぬん), and so forth, et cetera, and such, and the like | 全: all (ぜん), whole, entire, complete, total |
| 境遇: one’s circumstances (きょうぐう), environment, situation (in life) | 利害: advantages and disadvantages (りがい), interests (of parties) | 念: sense (ねん), idea, thought, feeling, desire | 頭: counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle) (とう), counter for insects in a collection, counter for helmets, masks, etc., head (あたま), head (かしら) |
| 考: thought (こう), report on one’s investigation into …, deceased father | 是: here (ここ), this place, this point, here, now | 世間: world (せけん), society, people, the public | 出: coming out (で), going out, outflow, efflux, rising (of the Sun or the Moon) |
| 兎: rabbit (う), rabbit (うさぎ), rabbit (ウサギ), hare, hare | 何故: why (なぜ), why (なにゆえ), how, how | 金: money (かな), money (かね), metal, metal, gold (metal) (きん) | 問題: question (e.g. on a test) (もんだい), problem, problem (e.g. societal, political), question, issue |
| 方: direction (かた), way, person, lady, gentleman | 見: looking (み), viewing, (please) try (to), view (of life, etc.) (けん), outlook |