何分か経ったのか、それとも何時間か経ったのか、沼田先生が家に入ってきて、禎子の額に手を当てた。

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English Translation

Minutes or hours later Dr. Numata came in and felt Sadako's forehead.

Furigana

何(なん)分(ふん)か経(た)ったのか、それとも何(なん)時間(じかん)か経(た)ったのか、沼田(ぬまた)先生(せんせい)が家(いえ)に入(はい)ってきて、禎子(さだこ)の額(がく)に手(て)を当(あ)てた。

Romanji

Nan fun ka tatta no ka, soretomo nan jikan ka tatta no ka, Numata sensei ga ie ni haittekite, Sadako no gaku ni te o ateta.

Words

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

分 (ぶん)

part; segment; share; ration; rate; degree; one's lot; one's status; relation; duty; kind; lot; in proportion to; just as much as

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

経つ (たつ)

to pass; to lapse

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

其れ共 (それとも)

or; or else

時間 (じかん)

time; hours

沼田 (ぬまた、ぬまだ)

marshy rice field or paddy

先生 (せんせい、せんじょう)

teacher; master; doctor; with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific; previous existence

が (が)

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

家 (いえ)

house; residence; dwelling; family; household; lineage; family name

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

入る (いる)

to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in

額 (がく)

picture (framed); amount or sum (of money)

手 (て)

hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker; help; trouble; care; effort; means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; hand; handwriting; kind; type; sort; one's hands; one's possession; ability to cope; hand (of cards); direction; move (in go, shogi, etc.)

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.

当てる (あてる)

to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to put against; to hold on; to hold against; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer); to make a hit (e.g. in a lottery)