私は月に二度若くは三度づゝ必ず先生の宅へ行くやうになつた。私の足が段々繁くなつた時のある日、先生は突然私に向つて聞いた。
translation
I began to visit Sensei's house twice or three times a month without fail. One day when my legs were getting worse, Sensei suddenly turned to me and asked.
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 私: I (わたし), me, I (あたくし), I (あたし), I (アタシ) | 月: Moon (つき), month, moonlight, (a) moon, natural satellite | 二度: again (ふたたび), once more, a second time, two times (にど), twice | 若: youth (わか), child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing), young, new, like (こと) |
| 必: definiteness (ひつ), certainty | 先生: teacher (せんせい), instructor, master, sensei, title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc. | 宅: house (たく), home, one’s house, one’s home, one’s husband | 行: line (of text) (ぎょう), row, verse, carya (austerities), samskara (formations) |
| 段々: notches (ぎざぎざ), notches (ギザギザ), serration, serration, indentation | 繁: complexity (はん), frequency, trouble, traditional Chinese character, unsimplified Chinese character | 時: time (とき), hour, moment, occasion, case | 先生: teacher (せんせい), instructor, master, sensei, title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc. |
| 私: I (わたし), me, I (あたくし), I (あたし), I (アタシ) |