話はとう／＼愚圖々々になつて仕舞つた。そのうちに昏睡が來た。例の通り何も知らない母は、それをたゞの眠と思ひ違へて反つて喜こんだ。「まああゝして樂に寐られゝば、傍にゐるものも助かります」と云つた。
translation
The conversation finally ended in a silly way. In the meantime, a coma came. As usual, my mother, who knew nothing about it, mistook it for mere sleep and was overjoyed. ``Well, if you can sleep comfortably like that, it will help those around you,'' he said.
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 話: talk (はなし), speech, chat, conversation, topic | 仕舞: end (しまい), close, finish, termination, noh dance in plain clothes | 昏睡: coma (こんすい), deep sleep, falling fast asleep | 例: example (れい), instance, illustration, case, precedent |
| 何: what (なに), what (ナニ), you-know-what, you-know-what, that thing | 知: wisdom (ち), jnana (higher knowledge) | 母: mother (あも), mother (いろは), mother (おも), mother (かか), mother (はは) | 反: variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width) (たん), for kimonos: at least 10 m in length, for haori: at least 7.27 m in length, for other clothes: at least 6.06 m in length, 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres) |
| 助: help (じょ), rescue, assistant, assistance (すけ), help |