奧さんは私に「結構ね。嘸御父さんや御母さんは御喜びでせう」と云つて呉れた。私は突然病氣の父の事を考へた。早くあの卒業證書を持つて行つて見せて遣らうと思つた。
translation
Okusan told me, ``It's fine. Your father and mother will be pleased.'' I suddenly thought of my sick father. I thought I'd quickly bring that diploma and show it to him.
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 奧: inner part (おく), interior, back (of a drawer, one’s throat, etc.), depths (e.g. of a forest), recesses (e.g. of a cave) | 私: I (わたし), me, I (あたくし), I (あたし), I (アタシ) | 結構: splendid (けっこう), nice, wonderful, delightful, lovely | 御父: daddy (おとう), father, husband |
| 呉: go (ご), soy beans soaked and mashed to a creamy paste (ingredient of tofu and soy milk), Wu (region in China, south of the lower Yangtze), Wu (kingdom in China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era; 902-937 CE), Southern Wu | 突然: abrupt (とつぜん), sudden, unexpected | 病氣: illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold) (びょうき), disease, sickness, bad habit, bad behaviour | 病氣: illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold) (びょうき), disease, sickness, bad habit, bad behaviour |
| 事: thing (こと), thing (こん), matter, matter, incident | 考: thought (こう), report on one’s investigation into …, deceased father | 早: already (はや), now, by this time, quick, early | 卒業: graduation (そつぎょう), completion (of a course), moving on (from), outgrowing (something), leaving (a group, company, etc.) |
| 行: line (of text) (ぎょう), row, verse, carya (austerities), samskara (formations) | 見: looking (み), viewing, (please) try (to), view (of life, etc.) (けん), outlook |