「私が家へ這入ると間もなく俥の音が聞こえました。今のやうに護謨輪のない時分でしたから、がら／＼いふ厭な響が可なりの距離でも耳に立つのです。車はやがて門前で留まりました。
translation
"Shortly after I entered the house, I heard the sound of a truck. It was a time like now, when there were no rubber wheels. eventually stopped at the gate.
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 私: I (わたし), me, I (あたくし), I (あたし), I (アタシ) | 家: house (いえ), residence, dwelling, family, household | 間: space (between) (あいだ), space (between) (あわい), gap, gap, interval | 俥: rickshaw (くるま), jinrikisha |
| 今: now (いま), the present time, just now, soon, immediately | 護謨: gum (ゴム), rubber, eraser, condom | 輪: counter for wheels and flowers (りん), ring (わ), circle, loop, hoop | 時分: time (じぶん), hour, season, time of the year |
| 響: echo (ひびき), reverberation, sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum), noise, quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell) | 可: acceptable (か), satisfactory, allowed, permitted, approval | 距離: distance (きょり), range, interval, difference (e.g. in opinion), gap | 耳: ear (みみ), hearing, ear (for music, etc.), edge, crust |
| 門前: before the gate (もんぜん), in front of the gate, one’s hand being completely concealed (メンゼン), not having called any tiles | 留: ruble (Russian currency) (ルーブリ), ruble (Russian currency) (ルーブル), rouble, rouble, stationary point (りゅう) |