父は庭へ出て何か爲てゐた所であつた。古い麥藁帽の後へ、日除のために括り付けた薄汚ないハンケチをひら／＼させながら、井戸のある裏手の方へ廻つて行つた。
translation
My father was out in the garden doing something. Unfolding the dirty handkerchief tied behind my old straw hat to protect me from the sun, I went around to the back of the well.
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 父: father (あて), father (かそ), father (かぞ), father (しし), father (ちち) | 庭: garden (にわ), yard, courtyard, field (of action), area | 出: coming out (で), going out, outflow, efflux, rising (of the Sun or the Moon) | 何: what (なに), what (ナニ), you-know-what, you-know-what, that thing |
| 所: place (とこ), place (ところ), spot, spot, scene | 古: antiquity (いにしえ), ancient times, used item (ふる), secondhand item, old | 後: behind (あと), rear, after, later, remainder | 付: furnished with (つき), furnished with (づき), furnished with (ツキ), including, including |
| 裏手: back (esp. of a building, etc.) (うらて), rear, behind | 方: direction (かた), way, person, lady, gentleman | 行: line (of text) (ぎょう), row, verse, carya (austerities), samskara (formations) |