親譲りの(おやゆずりの)無鉄砲で(むてっぽうで)まっすぐな性格(せいかく)で、松山(まつやま)の中学校(ちゅうがっこう)へ数学の(すうがくの)教師として(きょうしとして)行った

'Botchan' is Natsume Soseki's most popular youth novel, full of humor and a sense of justice. It begins with the delightful line, 'Because of an hereditary recklessness, I have done nothing but lose since childhood.' The protagonist, Botchan, born in Tokyo with a straightforward personality, is appointed to a middle school in Matsuyama, Shikoku, as a mathematics teacher.