乃木大將の死んだ時も、父は一番さきに新聞でそれを知つた。
translation
When Daisuke Nogi died, my father was the first to find out about it from the newspaper.
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 死: death (し), death (ﾀﾋ), decease, decease, (an) out | 時: time (とき), hour, moment, occasion, case | 父: father (あて), father (かそ), father (かぞ), father (しし), father (ちち) | 一番: number one (いちばん), first, first place, best, most |
| 知: wisdom (ち), jnana (higher knowledge) |