Ｋはやがて開けた襖をぴたりと立て切りました。私の室はすぐ元の暗闇に歸りました。私は其暗闇より靜かな夢を見るべく又眼を閉ぢました。私はそれぎり何も知りません。然し翌朝になつて、昨夕の事を考へて見ると、何だか不思議でした。私はことによると、凡てが夢ではないかと思ひました。それで飯を食ふ時、Ｋに聞きました。Ｋはたしかに襖を開けて私の名を呼んだと云ひます。何故そんな事をしたのかと尋ねると、別に判然した返事もしません。調子の拔けた頃になつて、近頃は熟睡が出來るのかと却つて向ふから私に問ふのです。私は何だか變に感じました。
translation
K eventually snapped open the fusuma. My room soon returned to its original darkness. I closed my eyes again to see a dream quieter than the darkness. I know nothing beyond that. The next morning, however, when I thought about what had happened last night, I was struck by a strange feeling. I thought perhaps it was all a dream. So when I was eating, I asked K. It is said that K certainly opened the fusuma and called my name. When I asked him why he did that, he didn't even give me a clear answer. When I was feeling better, he asked me if I had been able to get a good night's sleep recently. I felt strange.
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| Ｋ: K (ケイ), K (ケー), k, k, kilo- | 襖: fusuma (ふすま), Japanese sliding screen, everyday garment worn by men in ancient Japan (あお) | 切: eager (せつ), earnest, ardent, kind, keen | 私: I (わたし), me, I (あたくし), I (あたし), I (アタシ) |
| 元: origin (もと), source, base, basis, foundation | 暗闇: darkness (くらやみ), the dark | 暗闇: darkness (くらやみ), the dark | 夢: dream (ゆめ) |
| 何: what (なに), what (ナニ), you-know-what, you-know-what, that thing | 知: wisdom (ち), jnana (higher knowledge) | 然: -like (ぜん), so (さ), like that, in that way, like that (しか) | 翌朝: next morning (よくあさ), next morning (よくちょう) |
| 事: thing (こと), thing (こん), matter, matter, incident | 考: thought (こう), report on one’s investigation into …, deceased father | 不思議: wonderful (ふしぎ), marvelous, strange, incredible, amazing | 凡: about (おおよそ), roughly, approximately, generally, on the whole |
| 食: food (し), food (しょく), food (じき), foodstuff, foodstuff | 名: name (な), given name, title, fame, renown | 何故: why (なぜ), why (なにゆえ), how, how | 尋: fathom (じん), fathom (ひろ) |
| 判然: clear (はんぜん), distinct, evident, definite | 返事: reply (へんじ), answer, response | 調子: tune (ちょうし), tone, key, pitch, time | 頃: (approximate) time (ころ), (approximate) time (ごろ), around, around, about |
| 熟睡: deep sleep (じゅくすい), sound sleep, profound sleep | 問: question (とい), query, counter for questions (もん) | 變: strange (へん), odd, peculiar, weird, curious | 感: feeling (かん), sensation, emotion, admiration, impression |