私の友達には卒業しない前から、中學教師の口を探してゐる人があつた。私は腹の中で奧さんのいふ事實を認めた。然し斯う云つた。
translation
I had a friend who was looking for a junior high school teacher even before he graduated. In my heart, I recognized the truth of what Okusan had said. But he said so.
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 私: I (わたし), me, I (あたくし), I (あたし), I (アタシ) | 友達: friend (ともだち), companion | 卒業: graduation (そつぎょう), completion (of a course), moving on (from), outgrowing (something), leaving (a group, company, etc.) | 前: point (さき), tip, end, nozzle, head (of a line) |
| 口: mouth (くち), opening, hole, gap, orifice | 人: -ian (e.g. Italian) (じん), -ite (e.g. Tokyoite), -er (e.g. performer, etc.), person working with …, man | 腹: abdomen (はら), belly, stomach, womb, one’s mind | 中: inside (なか), interior, among, within, middle |
| 然: -like (ぜん), so (さ), like that, in that way, like that (しか) |