室の廣さは八疊でした。床の横に違ひ棚があつて、縁と反對の側には一間の押入が付いてゐました。窓は一つもなかつたのですが、其代り南向の縁に明るい日が能く差しました。
translation
The size of the room was 8 tatami mats. There was a different shelf on the side of the floor, and a closet on the opposite side of the edge. There were no windows, but the bright sun shined brightly on the south-facing rim.
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 室: room (しつ), wife (of someone of high rank), scabbard, Chinese “Encampment” constellation (one of the 28 mansions), greenhouse (むろ) | 床: bed (とこ), bedding, sickbed, alcove, riverbed | 横: horizontal (as opposed to vertical) (よこ), horizontal (as opposed to vertical) (ヨコ), lying down, lying down, side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back) | 棚: shelf (たな), ledge, rack, trellis |
| 側: near (そく), near (そば), near (はた), close, close | 一間: one ken (approx. 1.8 m) (いっけん), one room (ひとま) | 押入: closet (built into the wall of a room) (おしいれ), (built-in) wardrobe | 付: furnished with (つき), furnished with (づき), furnished with (ツキ), including, including |
| 一: one (いち), 1, best, first, foremost | 明: vidya (wisdom) (みょう), mantra, the coming (July 4, etc.), brightness (めい), discernment | 日: day (ひ), days, sun, sunshine, sunlight | 能: talent (のう), gift, function, noh (theatre) |