civilized personとは 意味・読み方・使い方

When I persisted in my views on the west being barbaric, that person vehemently objected and asked what made me say so whereby I answered, 'If the west is truly civilized, they should deal with an undeveloped country with fundamental kindness and should admonish that country with patience to lead it to become civilized but, instead of doing so, they have been hardhearted and brutal towards the undeveloped and unilluminated country to their own benefit which is barbaric,' that person pursed his lips with words failing him," chuckled Saigo.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

「否な否な野蛮ぢや」と畳みかけしに、「何とて夫（そ）れ程に申すにや」と推せしゆゑ、「実に文明ならば、未開の国に対しなば、慈愛を本とし、懇懇説諭して開明に導く可きに、左は無くして未開蒙昧の国に対する程むごく残忍の事を致し己れを利するは野蛮ぢや」と申せしかば、其の人口を莟（つぼ）めて言無かりきとて笑はれける。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

However, on August, 1990 in a farewell party for Yosaburo TAKEKOSHI, who is going to Europe, one of the guest speakers, Midori KOMATSU stood and made a funny speech about being haikara, in which he said that a majority of the world were using the word haikara as a meaning of derision (pp.67-68), but it was not true, rather it meant being civilized or a clean, noble character of a person.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

然るに、三十三年八月、築地のメトロポールホテルに於て、竹越与三郎氏の洋行送別会を開きたる時、来客代る代る起ちて演説を試みたりしが、其の際、小松緑氏起ちて、ハイカラーといふに就いて一場の演説を試み、世間多くは、ハイカラーを嘲笑の意味（p67/p68）に用ゆれども、決して左には非ず、ハイカラーは文明的にして、其の人物の清く高きを顕はすものなり。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス