病室には何時の間にか醫者が來てゐた。なるべく病人を樂にするといふ主意から又浣腸を試みる所であつた。看護婦は昨夜の疲れを休める爲に別室で寐てゐた。慣れない兄は起つてまご／＼してゐた。私の顏を見ると、「一寸手を御貸し」と云つた儘、自分は席に着いた。私は兄に代つて、油紙を父の尻の下に宛てがつたりした。
translation
Before I knew it, a doctor had arrived in the hospital room. I was about to try an enema again, with the intention of making the sick person as happy as possible. The nurse was sleeping in a separate room to rest from the fatigue of the previous night. My older brother, who wasn't used to it, was awake and confused. When he saw my face, he said, "Please lend me a hand," and sat down. In my brother's place, I applied oiled paper to the bottom of my father's buttocks.
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 病室: sickroom (びょうしつ), hospital room, ward | 何時: when (いつ), at what time, how soon, normal times, ordinary days | 間: space (between) (あいだ), space (between) (あわい), gap, gap, interval | 醫者: doctor (いしゃ), physician |
| 主意: main meaning (しゅい), opinion, idea, aim, motive | 浣腸: (giving an) enema (かんちょう), (giving an) enema (カンチョウ) | 試: testing (し), experiment, test, examination, exam | 所: place (とこ), place (ところ), spot, spot, scene |
| 昨夜: evening (さくや), evening (ゆうべ), evening (ゆんべ), last night, last night | 爲: good (ため), advantage, benefit, welfare, sake | 別室: separate room (べっしつ), another room, special room, concubine (of a noble) | 兄: older brother (あに), elder brother, you (けい), Mr, Mister |
| 私: I (わたし), me, I (あたくし), I (あたし), I (アタシ) | 顏: face (かお), face (がん), visage, visage, look | 見: looking (み), viewing, (please) try (to), view (of life, etc.) (けん), outlook | 一寸: one sun (approx. 3.03 cm) (いっすん), little bit (of time, distance, etc.), a little (ちょいと), a little (ちょっと), a little (ちょと) |
| 自分: myself (じぶん), yourself, oneself, himself, herself | 席: seat (せき), location (of a gathering, etc.), place, position, post | 着: arrival (ちゃく), arriving at …, counter for items or suits of clothing, nth place (in a race), counter for moves | 代: substitution (しろ), material, price, margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.), area required for something |
| 父: father (あて), father (かそ), father (かぞ), father (しし), father (ちち) | 尻: ass (けつ), ass (ケツ), arse, arse, buttocks | 下: below (した), down, under, younger (e.g. daughter), bottom | 宛: aim (あて), object, purpose, end, expectations |