He went through many hardships in his youth.

He used to play the violin in his youth.

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.

When I was in elementary school I thought, from the bottom of my heart, that the teachers were great people and I was influenced by the teachers' attitudes and moral lessons, but middle school was just a business like any other.

What kind of sweets did I like as a child? Even if I try to remember, I can't.

What kind of sweets did I like as a child? Even if I try to remember, I can't.