それからまもなく幾人かの測量士と自称する変な服装をした人たちが集落にやってきて、祖母の小屋の前を測っていきました。

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English Translation

Pretty soon along came to the village some strangely dressed people who called themselves surveyors; and they surveyed a line in front of my grandmother's little house.

Furigana

それからまもなく幾(いく)人(にん)かの測量士(そくりょうし)と自称(じしょう)する変(へん)な服装(ふくそう)をした人(ひと)たちが集落(しゅうらく)にやってきて、祖母(そぼ)の小屋(こや)の前(まえ)を測(はか)っていきました。

Romanji

Sorekara mamonaku iku nin ka no sokuryōshi to jishōsuru henna fukusō o shita hitotachi ga shūraku ni yattekite, sobo no koya no mae o hakatteikimashita.

Words

其れから (それから)

and then; after that

間もなく (まもなく)

soon; before long; in a short time; lacking time to ...; without time to ...

幾 (いく)

some; several; many; how many?; how much?

人 (じん)

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

測量士 (そくりょうし)

registered surveyor

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

自称 (じしょう)

self-alleged; self-proclaimed; calling oneself; self-styled; would-be; first person

変 (へん)

strange; odd; peculiar; weird; curious; queer; eccentric; funny; suspicious; fishy; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance; disaster; accident; flat

服装 (ふくそう)

garments; attire

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

人達 (ひとたち)

people

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

集落 (しゅうらく、じゅらく)

village; community; settlement; town; colony (animals, etc.)

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

やって来る (やってくる)

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

祖母 (そぼ、ばば、おおば、おば、うば)

grandmother

小屋 (こや)

hut; cabin; shed; (animal) pen

前 (まえ)

ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts

計る (はかる)

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to time (sound, gauge, estimate); to conjecture; to infer; to surmise