a shadow on water #2『A Dead Secret』

Story with Japanese translation

On the night after the funeral of O-Sono, her little son said that his mamma had come back, and was in the room upstairs.

A Dead Secret

• modifier: オソノの・そうぎが・おわった・よるに
• subject: かのじょの・おさない・むすこが
• predicate: みる
• modifier: かれの・ははおやを

オソノの葬儀が終わった夜に、彼女の幼い息子は母親を見ました。

She had smiled at him, but would not talk to him: so he became afraid, and ran away.

A Dead Secret

• subject: かのじょの・むすこが
• predicate: はなす
• modifier: ははおやを・みたことを・おとなに

彼女の息子は、自分の母親を見たことを大人に話しました。

Then some of the family went upstairs to the room which had been O-Sono’s;

A Dead Secret

• subject: いちぞくの・すうにんが
• predicate: いく
• modifier: オソノの・へやへ

一族の数人がオソノの部屋へ行きました。

and they were startled to see, by the light of a small lamp which had been kindled before a shrine in that room, the figure of the dead mother.

A Dead Secret

• subject: かれらが
• predicate: おどろく
• modifier: オソノの・すがたを・みて

オソノの姿を見て、彼らは驚きました。

She appeared as if standing in front of a tansu, or chest of drawers, that still contained her ornaments and her wearing-apparel.

A Dead Secret

• subject: かのじょが
• predicate: みえる
• modifier: じぶんのものが・はいった・タンスのまえに・いるように

彼女は自分の物が入ったタンスの前にいるように見えました。

Her head and shoulders could be very distinctly seen; but from the waist downwards the figure thinned into invisibility;—it was like an imperfect reflection of her, and transparent as a shadow on water.

A Dead Secret

• subject: かのじょは
• predicate: かはんしんが・すけた・すがた

彼女は下半身が透けた姿をしていました。

Reference : Kwaidan by Lafcadio Hearn (project gutenberg)
English Story With Easy Japanese Translation