長吉choukichiはha人間ningenというtoiuものmonoはha年toshiをwo取るtoruとto、若いwakai時分jibunにni経験keikenしshiたta若いwakaiものmonoしかshika知らshiraないnai煩悶hanmon不安fuanをwoばbaけろりとkerorito忘れwasureてteしまっshimaてte、次tsugiのno時代jidaiにni生れumareてte来るkuru若いwakaiものmonoのno身の上minoueをwo極めてkiwamete無頓着mutonjakuにni訓戒kunkai批評hihyouするsuru事kotoのnoできるdekiru便利benriなna性質seishitsuをwo持っmoてteいるiruものmonoだda、年toshiをwo取っtoたtaものmonoとto若いwakaiものmonoのno間maにniはha到底toutei一致itchiさsaれreないnai懸隔kenkakuのnoあるaru事kotoをwoつくづくtsukuzuku感じkanjiたta。 Chokichi keenly felt that people, as they get older, forget entirely about the worries that only young people know about and that they themselves experienced in their youth; and that they nonchalantly take this convenient disposition where they judge harshly the circumstances of the young persons born of the next generation. He felt that there was truly an irreconcilable gap between the old and the young.