#163 - With friends.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke

#163　芥川龍之介「魚河岸」

去年の春の夜、――と云ってもまだ風の寒い、月の冴えた夜の九時ごろ、保吉は三人の友だちと、魚河岸の往来を歩いていた。

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Vocabulary:

• 芥川龍之介　あくたがわりゅうのすけ　Akutagawa Ryunosuke (author, 1892-1927)

• 冴える　　　さえる　　　　　　　　　to be clear

• 保吉　　　　やすきち　　　　　　 　 Yasukichi

• 魚河岸　　　うおがし　　　　　　　　riverside fishmarket

• 往来　　　　おうらい　　　　　　　　street, road

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Translation:

One spring evening last year, ―although, it was a night on which the wind was still cold and the moon was clear, at around nine o'clock, Yasukichi was walking along the road of the riverside fishmarket with three of his friends.

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Link for the text I used:

芥川龍之介「魚河岸」