Yoken could not effectively express his thoughts and feelings due to his stammer, and felt there to be large mental barrier between himself and his peers, the contemporary militaristic young men and women during World War II.
養賢は、吃音のため自己の意思や感情の表現ができず、戦前当時の軍国的な若者たち、同年代の女性たちと自分とのあいだに精神的な高い壁を感じていた。