JLPT N5 • GENERAL

世間を避けて静かに暮らし、自己の過去を冷淡な態度で隠し続ける態度

I met an older man carrying a mysterious atmosphere at a bathing beach in Kamakura, and began to call him 'Sensei' with deep respect. Sensei lived quietly, avoiding society. Even when I asked him about life and thought, he kept hiding his past with a somewhat cold attitude. There drifted a shadow of incomprehensible distrust of humanity.

Practice Question

私は鎌倉で「先生」と呼ばれる知的な年長者と出会いましたが、彼は過去の出来事を一切隠して沈黙を守っていました。
Explanation

私は鎌倉で「先生」と呼ばれる知的な年長者と出会いましたが、彼は過去の出来事を一切隠して沈黙を守っていました。

English Explanation

Sensei lived in isolation and coldly concealed his past from the narrator: 'どこか冷淡な態度で自己の過去を隠し続けていた。'

日本語解説

夏目漱石の最高傑作。語り手の青年である「私」は、冷淡でありながら惹きつける魅力を持つ謎の知識人「先生」と出会います。

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