其頃の新聞は實際田舍ものには日毎に待ち受けられるやうな記事ばかりあつた。私は父の枕元に坐つて鄭寧にそれを讀んだ。讀む時間のない時は、そつと自分の室へ持つて來て、殘らず眼を通した。私の眼は長い間、軍服を着た乃木大將と、それから官女見たやうな服裝をした其夫人の姿を忘れる事が出來なかつた。
translation
At that time, the newspapers in the countryside were filled with articles that could be expected every day. I sat at my father's bedside and read it to Zheng Ning. When I didn't have time to read it, I would quietly bring it to my room and read through it. For a long time, I could not forget the sight of General Nogi in military uniform and his wife, dressed like a court lady.
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 新聞: newspaper (しんぶん) | 田舍: rural area (いなか), countryside, the sticks, hometown | 日毎: every day (ひごと), daily | 受: vedana (sensation) (じゅ) |
| 私: I (わたし), me, I (あたくし), I (あたし), I (アタシ) | 父: father (あて), father (かそ), father (かぞ), father (しし), father (ちち) | 枕元: bedside (まくらもと), near one’s pillow | 時間: time (じかん), hour, period, class, lesson |
| 自分: myself (じぶん), yourself, oneself, himself, herself | 室: room (しつ), wife (of someone of high rank), scabbard, Chinese “Encampment” constellation (one of the 28 mansions), greenhouse (むろ) | 持: draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.) (じ), tie | 眼: eye (め), eyeball, eyesight, sight, vision |
| 長: height (たき), height (たけ), stature, stature, length (esp. of clothing) | 軍服: military uniform (ぐんぷく) | 着: arrival (ちゃく), arriving at …, counter for items or suits of clothing, nth place (in a race), counter for moves | 官女: court lady (かんじょ) |
| 夫人: wife (はしかし), wife (ふじん), wife (ぶにん), Mrs, Mrs | 姿: figure (すがた), form, shape, appearance, dress | 事: thing (こと), thing (こん), matter, matter, incident |