「カラやカフスと同じ事さ。汚れたのを用ひる位なら、一層始から色の着いたものを使ふが好い。白ければ純白でなくつちや」
translation
"It's the same thing as collars and cufflinks. If you're going to use dirty ones, it's better to use colored ones from the beginning. If it's white, it's not pure white."
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 同: the same (どう), the said, likewise | 事: thing (こと), thing (こん), matter, matter, incident | 汚: oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) (よごれ), oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) (ヨゴレ) | 用: business (よう), task, errand, engagement, use |
| 一層: even more (いっそう), still more, all the more, more than ever, one layer | 色: colour (いろ), color, hue, tint, tinge | 着: arrival (ちゃく), arriving at …, counter for items or suits of clothing, nth place (in a race), counter for moves | 使: messenger (し), police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods), klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering) |
| 白: white (しろ), innocence, innocent person, blank space, white go stone | 純白: pure white (じゅんぱく), snow white |