「先生がまだ大學にゐる時分、大變仲の好い御友達が一人あつたのよ。其方が丁度卒業する少し前に死んだんです。急に死んだんです」
translation
"When I was still in college, I had a friend with whom I was very close. He died just before he graduated. He died suddenly."
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 先生: teacher (せんせい), instructor, master, sensei, title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc. | 大學: university (だいがく), college, former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators), the Great Learning (one of the Four Books) | 時分: time (じぶん), hour, season, time of the year | 好: friendship (ぎ), friendship (よしび), friendship (よしみ), friendly relations, friendly relations |
| 一人: one person (いちにん), one person (ひとり), being alone, being alone, being by oneself | 其方: that way (そち), that way (そちら), that way (そっち), that way (そなた), that direction | 丁度: exactly (ちょうど), precisely, just, right, opportunely | 卒業: graduation (そつぎょう), completion (of a course), moving on (from), outgrowing (something), leaving (a group, company, etc.) |
| 少: small (しょう), little, few | 前: point (さき), tip, end, nozzle, head (of a line) | 死: death (し), death (ﾀﾋ), decease, decease, (an) out | 急: sudden (きゅう), abrupt, unexpected, urgent, pressing |