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蜜柑

芥川龍之介

中級 Intermediate新字新仮名1919年(大正)

Sentence Count

61

Reading Time

~13 min

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Original Script

Introduction

憂鬱な気分で列車に乗った「私」は、同じ車内の田舎娘に嫌悪を覚えます。しかし娘が踏切で待つ弟たちへ蜜柑を投げる光景を目にした瞬間、退屈で不可解に思えた人生の中に、鮮やかな温かさを見いだします。

English Note

A weary narrator boards a train and looks with distaste at a poorly dressed country girl in his carriage. When she opens the window and tosses bright mandarins to her younger brothers waiting beside the tracks, the sudden act of affection briefly transforms his bleak view of life.

Sample Passage

A short taste of the text.

或曇った冬の日暮である。