Kokoro, by Natsume Soseki (paragraph #944)

「何だつてそんな事を御聞になるの」

translation

"Why are you asking me that?"

kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
: what (なに), what (ナニ), you-know-what, you-know-what, that thing : thing (こと), thing (こん), matter, matter, incident

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