#324 谷崎潤一郎「悪魔」
敷島を一本吸うと、口中が不愉快に乾燥して、すぐゲロゲロと物を嘔きたくなる。それでも関らず、唇を歪めて、涙をぼろぼろとこぼして、剛情に煙を吸い込む。
Vocabulary:
谷崎潤一郎 たにざきじゅんいちろう Tanizaki Jun’ichiro (1886-1965)
敷島 しきしま Shikishima (cigarette brand)
口中 こうちゅう inside of one’s mouth
乾燥する かんそうする to become dry
嘔く はく to throw up, to spit out (sim. to 吐く)
歪める ゆがめる to contort
剛情に ごうじょうに stubbornly
Translation:
As he took a puff of his cigarette, his mouth became uncomfortably dry and he immediatly started to gag. And yet, contorting his lips, tears spilling from his eyes, he stubbornly inhaled the smoke.
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