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Unhuman tour

Chapter VIII

Chapter 8 of Unhuman tour is here in full — 138 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

By Soseki Natsume • Curated US English Learning Edition
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I had tea, with a priest named Daitetsu, the abbot of Kaikanji temple, and a lay-youth of about twenty-four years, as my fellow-guests, and Nami-san’s father, of course as mine host, in his own room.
Nami-san is the name of the O-Jo-san of Shiota.
The room was one of about six mats, but looked rather small and narrow, with a large square short-legged rose-wood table in the centre.
The table stood partly on a Chinese rug and partly on a tiger skin, which together nearly filled the floor of the room.
The youth and I squatted cross-legged on the rug, and the priest and the host on the skin.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Unhuman tour

Chapter VIII

Chapter 8 of Unhuman tour is here in full — 138 sentences across 28 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/27 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
I had tea, with a priest named Daitetsu, the abbot of Kaikanji temple, and a lay-youth of about twenty-four years, as my fellow-guests, and Nami-san’s father, of course as mine host, in his own room.
Line 2
Nami-san is the name of the O-Jo-san of Shiota.
Line 3
The room was one of about six mats, but looked rather small and narrow, with a large square short-legged rose-wood table in the centre.
Line 4
The table stood partly on a Chinese rug and partly on a tiger skin, which together nearly filled the floor of the room.
/ðə ˈteɪbəl stʊd ˈpɑːrtli ɑːn ə tʃaɪˈniːz rʌɡ ənd ˈpɑːrtli ɑːn ə ˈtaɪɡər skɪn wɪtʃ təˈɡeðər ˈnɪrli fɪld ðə flɔːr ʌv ðə ruːm/
Line 5
The youth and I squatted cross-legged on the rug, and the priest and the host on the skin.

Learner Dictionary

These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.

abbot noun US /ˈæbət/

the superior of an abbey of monks

From this reading “I had tea, with a priest named Daitetsu, the abbot of Kaikanji temple, and a lay-youth of about twenty-four years, as my fellow-guests, and Nami-san’s father, of course as mine host, in his own room.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Chinese noun US /tʃaɪˈniːz/

any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system

From this reading “The table stood partly on a Chinese rug and partly on a tiger skin, which together nearly filled the floor of the room.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
host noun US /hoʊst/

a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there

From this reading “I had tea, with a priest named Daitetsu, the abbot of Kaikanji temple, and a lay-youth of about twenty-four years, as my fellow-guests, and Nami-san’s father, of course as mine host, in his own room.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
mats noun US /mæts/

plural of “mat” — a thick flat pad used as a floor covering

From this reading “The room was one of about six mats, but looked rather small and narrow, with a large square short-legged rose-wood table in the centre.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
partly adverb US /ˈpɑːrtli/

to some extent; in some degree; not wholly

From this reading “The table stood partly on a Chinese rug and partly on a tiger skin, which together nearly filled the floor of the room.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
rug noun US /rʌɡ/

floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)

From this reading “The table stood partly on a Chinese rug and partly on a tiger skin, which together nearly filled the floor of the room.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
tiger noun US /ˈtaɪɡər/

a fierce or audacious person

From this reading “The table stood partly on a Chinese rug and partly on a tiger skin, which together nearly filled the floor of the room.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
twenty-four adjective US /ˈtwentifɔːr/

being four more than twenty

From this reading “I had tea, with a priest named Daitetsu, the abbot of Kaikanji temple, and a lay-youth of about twenty-four years, as my fellow-guests, and Nami-san’s father, of course as mine host, in his own room.”

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

Word partnerships in these lines

English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.

Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.

twenty-four years adjective + noun

In this reading “I had tea, with a priest named Daitetsu, the abbot of Kaikanji temple, and a lay-youth of about twenty-four years, as my fellow-guests, and Nami-san’s father, of course as mine host, in his own room.”

610 times in 426,212 chapters
about six preposition + noun

In this reading “The room was one of about six mats, but looked rather small and narrow, with a large square short-legged rose-wood table in the centre.”

6,637 times in 426,212 chapters
of course preposition + noun

as might be expected

In this reading “I had tea, with a priest named Daitetsu, the abbot of Kaikanji temple, and a lay-youth of about twenty-four years, as my fellow-guests, and Nami-san’s father, of course as mine host, in his own room.”

307,822 times in 426,212 chapters
own room verb + noun

In this reading “I had tea, with a priest named Daitetsu, the abbot of Kaikanji temple, and a lay-youth of about twenty-four years, as my fellow-guests, and Nami-san’s father, of course as mine host, in his own room.”

11,613 times in 426,212 chapters
in the centre preposition + article + noun counted as “in … centre”

In this reading “The room was one of about six mats, but looked rather small and narrow, with a large square short-legged rose-wood table in the centre.”

14,768 times in 426,212 chapters
nearly filled adverb + adjective

In this reading “The table stood partly on a Chinese rug and partly on a tiger skin, which together nearly filled the floor of the room.”

373 times in 426,212 chapters
on the rug preposition + article + noun counted as “on … rug”

In this reading “The youth and I squatted cross-legged on the rug, and the priest and the host on the skin.”

1,370 times in 426,212 chapters
name of verb + particle

In this reading “Nami-san is the name of the O-Jo-san of Shiota.”

77,320 times in 426,212 chapters

All words in this reading · 65

Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.

Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.

adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading I had tea, with a priest named Daitetsu, the abbot of Kaikanji temple, and a lay-youth of about twenty-four years, as my fellow-guests, and Nami-san’s father, of course as mine host, in his own room.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
abbotnounUS /ˈæbət/

the superior of an abbey of monks

From this reading I had tea, with a priest named Daitetsu, the abbot of Kaikanji temple, and a lay-youth of about twenty-four years, as my fellow-guests, and Nami-san’s father, of course as mine host, in his own room.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading I had tea, with a priest named Daitetsu, the abbot of Kaikanji temple, and a lay-youth of about twenty-four years, as my fellow-guests, and Nami-san’s father, of course as mine host, in his own room.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading I had tea, with a priest named Daitetsu, the abbot of Kaikanji temple, and a lay-youth of about twenty-four years, as my fellow-guests, and Nami-san’s father, of course as mine host, in his own room.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading I had tea, with a priest named Daitetsu, the abbot of Kaikanji temple, and a lay-youth of about twenty-four years, as my fellow-guests, and Nami-san’s father, of course as mine host, in his own room.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading The room was one of about six mats, but looked rather small and narrow, with a large square short-legged rose-wood table in the centre.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
centrenounUS /ˈsentər/

a low-lying region in central France

From this reading The room was one of about six mats, but looked rather small and narrow, with a large square short-legged rose-wood table in the centre.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
ChinesenounUS /tʃaɪˈniːz/

any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system

From this reading The table stood partly on a Chinese rug and partly on a tiger skin, which together nearly filled the floor of the room.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
coursenounUS /kɔːrs/

education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings

From this reading I had tea, with a priest named Daitetsu, the abbot of Kaikanji temple, and a lay-youth of about twenty-four years, as my fellow-guests, and Nami-san’s father, of course as mine host, in his own room.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
cross-leggedadverb

with the legs crossed

From this reading The youth and I squatted cross-legged on the rug, and the priest and the host on the skin.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Daitetsu

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I had tea, with a priest named Daitetsu, the abbot of Kaikanji temple, and a lay-youth of about twenty-four years, as my fellow-guests, and Nami-san’s father, of course as mine host, in his own room.

Pending verification
fathernounUS /ˈfɑːðər/

a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)

From this reading I had tea, with a priest named Daitetsu, the abbot of Kaikanji temple, and a lay-youth of about twenty-four years, as my fellow-guests, and Nami-san’s father, of course as mine host, in his own room.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
fellow-guests

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I had tea, with a priest named Daitetsu, the abbot of Kaikanji temple, and a lay-youth of about twenty-four years, as my fellow-guests, and Nami-san’s father, of course as mine host, in his own room.

Pending verification
filledadjectiveUS /fɪld/

(usually followed by “with” or used as a combining form) generously supplied with

From this reading The table stood partly on a Chinese rug and partly on a tiger skin, which together nearly filled the floor of the room.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
floornounUS /flɔːr/

the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)

From this reading The table stood partly on a Chinese rug and partly on a tiger skin, which together nearly filled the floor of the room.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading I had tea, with a priest named Daitetsu, the abbot of Kaikanji temple, and a lay-youth of about twenty-four years, as my fellow-guests, and Nami-san’s father, of course as mine host, in his own room.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading I had tea, with a priest named Daitetsu, the abbot of Kaikanji temple, and a lay-youth of about twenty-four years, as my fellow-guests, and Nami-san’s father, of course as mine host, in his own room.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
hostnounUS /hoʊst/

a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there

From this reading I had tea, with a priest named Daitetsu, the abbot of Kaikanji temple, and a lay-youth of about twenty-four years, as my fellow-guests, and Nami-san’s father, of course as mine host, in his own room.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading I had tea, with a priest named Daitetsu, the abbot of Kaikanji temple, and a lay-youth of about twenty-four years, as my fellow-guests, and Nami-san’s father, of course as mine host, in his own room.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading I had tea, with a priest named Daitetsu, the abbot of Kaikanji temple, and a lay-youth of about twenty-four years, as my fellow-guests, and Nami-san’s father, of course as mine host, in his own room.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Nami-san is the name of the O-Jo-san of Shiota.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
Kaikanji

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I had tea, with a priest named Daitetsu, the abbot of Kaikanji temple, and a lay-youth of about twenty-four years, as my fellow-guests, and Nami-san’s father, of course as mine host, in his own room.

Pending verification
largeadjectiveUS /lɑːrdʒ/

above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading The room was one of about six mats, but looked rather small and narrow, with a large square short-legged rose-wood table in the centre.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
lay-youth

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I had tea, with a priest named Daitetsu, the abbot of Kaikanji temple, and a lay-youth of about twenty-four years, as my fellow-guests, and Nami-san’s father, of course as mine host, in his own room.

Pending verification
lookedverbUS /lʊkt/

past form of “look” — perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards

From this reading The room was one of about six mats, but looked rather small and narrow, with a large square short-legged rose-wood table in the centre.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
matsnounUS /mæts/

plural of “mat” — a thick flat pad used as a floor covering

From this reading The room was one of about six mats, but looked rather small and narrow, with a large square short-legged rose-wood table in the centre.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
minepronounUS /maɪn/

the one or ones belonging to the person speaking

From this reading I had tea, with a priest named Daitetsu, the abbot of Kaikanji temple, and a lay-youth of about twenty-four years, as my fellow-guests, and Nami-san’s father, of course as mine host, in his own room.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading I had tea, with a priest named Daitetsu, the abbot of Kaikanji temple, and a lay-youth of about twenty-four years, as my fellow-guests, and Nami-san’s father, of course as mine host, in his own room.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
nameverbUS /neɪm/

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading Nami-san is the name of the O-Jo-san of Shiota.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
namedverbUS /neɪmd/

past form of “name” — assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading I had tea, with a priest named Daitetsu, the abbot of Kaikanji temple, and a lay-youth of about twenty-four years, as my fellow-guests, and Nami-san’s father, of course as mine host, in his own room.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Nami-san

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Nami-san is the name of the O-Jo-san of Shiota.

Pending verification
Nami-san's

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading I had tea, with a priest named Daitetsu, the abbot of Kaikanji temple, and a lay-youth of about twenty-four years, as my fellow-guests, and Nami-san’s father, of course as mine host, in his own room.

Pending verification
narrowverbUS /ˈneroʊ/

make or become more narrow or restricted

From this reading The room was one of about six mats, but looked rather small and narrow, with a large square short-legged rose-wood table in the centre.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
nearlyadverbUS /ˈnɪrli/

(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

From this reading The table stood partly on a Chinese rug and partly on a tiger skin, which together nearly filled the floor of the room.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
O-Jo-san

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Nami-san is the name of the O-Jo-san of Shiota.

Pending verification
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading I had tea, with a priest named Daitetsu, the abbot of Kaikanji temple, and a lay-youth of about twenty-four years, as my fellow-guests, and Nami-san’s father, of course as mine host, in his own room.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading The table stood partly on a Chinese rug and partly on a tiger skin, which together nearly filled the floor of the room.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading The room was one of about six mats, but looked rather small and narrow, with a large square short-legged rose-wood table in the centre.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
ownverbUS /oʊn/

have ownership or possession of

From this reading I had tea, with a priest named Daitetsu, the abbot of Kaikanji temple, and a lay-youth of about twenty-four years, as my fellow-guests, and Nami-san’s father, of course as mine host, in his own room.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
partlyadverbUS /ˈpɑːrtli/

to some extent; in some degree; not wholly

From this reading The table stood partly on a Chinese rug and partly on a tiger skin, which together nearly filled the floor of the room.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
priestnounUS /priːst/

a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders

From this reading I had tea, with a priest named Daitetsu, the abbot of Kaikanji temple, and a lay-youth of about twenty-four years, as my fellow-guests, and Nami-san’s father, of course as mine host, in his own room.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
ratheradverbUS /ˈræðər/

on the contrary

From this reading The room was one of about six mats, but looked rather small and narrow, with a large square short-legged rose-wood table in the centre.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
roomnounUS /ruːm/

an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling

From this reading I had tea, with a priest named Daitetsu, the abbot of Kaikanji temple, and a lay-youth of about twenty-four years, as my fellow-guests, and Nami-san’s father, of course as mine host, in his own room.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
rose-wood

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The room was one of about six mats, but looked rather small and narrow, with a large square short-legged rose-wood table in the centre.

Pending verification
rugnounUS /rʌɡ/

floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile)

From this reading The table stood partly on a Chinese rug and partly on a tiger skin, which together nearly filled the floor of the room.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
Shiota

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Nami-san is the name of the O-Jo-san of Shiota.

Pending verification
short-legged

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The room was one of about six mats, but looked rather small and narrow, with a large square short-legged rose-wood table in the centre.

Pending verification
sixnounUS /sɪks/

the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

From this reading The room was one of about six mats, but looked rather small and narrow, with a large square short-legged rose-wood table in the centre.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
skinnounUS /skɪn/

a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch

From this reading The table stood partly on a Chinese rug and partly on a tiger skin, which together nearly filled the floor of the room.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
smalladjectiveUS /smɔːl/

limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent

From this reading The room was one of about six mats, but looked rather small and narrow, with a large square short-legged rose-wood table in the centre.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
squareverbUS /skwer/

make square

From this reading The room was one of about six mats, but looked rather small and narrow, with a large square short-legged rose-wood table in the centre.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
squatted

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading The youth and I squatted cross-legged on the rug, and the priest and the host on the skin.

Pending verification
stoodverbUS /stʊd/

Maintained an upright posture.

From this reading The table stood partly on a Chinese rug and partly on a tiger skin, which together nearly filled the floor of the room.

Velmora curated lexicon
tablenounUS /ˈteɪbəl/

a set of data arranged in rows and columns

From this reading The room was one of about six mats, but looked rather small and narrow, with a large square short-legged rose-wood table in the centre.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
teanounUS /tiː/

a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water

From this reading I had tea, with a priest named Daitetsu, the abbot of Kaikanji temple, and a lay-youth of about twenty-four years, as my fellow-guests, and Nami-san’s father, of course as mine host, in his own room.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
templenounUS /ˈtempəl/

place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity

From this reading I had tea, with a priest named Daitetsu, the abbot of Kaikanji temple, and a lay-youth of about twenty-four years, as my fellow-guests, and Nami-san’s father, of course as mine host, in his own room.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading I had tea, with a priest named Daitetsu, the abbot of Kaikanji temple, and a lay-youth of about twenty-four years, as my fellow-guests, and Nami-san’s father, of course as mine host, in his own room.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
tigernounUS /ˈtaɪɡər/

a fierce or audacious person

From this reading The table stood partly on a Chinese rug and partly on a tiger skin, which together nearly filled the floor of the room.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
togetheradverbUS /təˈɡeðər/

in contact with each other or in proximity

From this reading The table stood partly on a Chinese rug and partly on a tiger skin, which together nearly filled the floor of the room.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
twenty-fouradjectiveUS /ˈtwentifɔːr/

being four more than twenty

From this reading I had tea, with a priest named Daitetsu, the abbot of Kaikanji temple, and a lay-youth of about twenty-four years, as my fellow-guests, and Nami-san’s father, of course as mine host, in his own room.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading The room was one of about six mats, but looked rather small and narrow, with a large square short-legged rose-wood table in the centre.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading The table stood partly on a Chinese rug and partly on a tiger skin, which together nearly filled the floor of the room.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading I had tea, with a priest named Daitetsu, the abbot of Kaikanji temple, and a lay-youth of about twenty-four years, as my fellow-guests, and Nami-san’s father, of course as mine host, in his own room.

Velmora grammar entry · CMU Pronouncing Dictionary
yearsnounUS /jɪrz/

a late time of life

From this reading I had tea, with a priest named Daitetsu, the abbot of Kaikanji temple, and a lay-youth of about twenty-four years, as my fellow-guests, and Nami-san’s father, of course as mine host, in his own room.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1
youthnounUS /juːθ/

a young person (especially a young man or boy)

From this reading The youth and I squatted cross-legged on the rug, and the priest and the host on the skin.

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

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How do I study chapter 8 of Unhuman tour?

Work through the 28 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.

Each of the 28 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.

Can chapter 8 be read aloud to me?

Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 8 can be played aloud in United States English.

Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.

Questions about reading Unhuman tour

Common questions about reading Unhuman tour by Soseki Natsume on this page, its source edition and its audio.

Is this the complete text of Unhuman tour?

Yes. All 2431 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #73131 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.

Which edition of Unhuman tour is used?

Project Gutenberg eBook #73131, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.

How long does Unhuman tour take to read?

About 202 minutes of reading across 487 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.

How to read Unhuman tour section by section

How to work through Unhuman tour section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.

  1. Open a chapter

    Choose one of the 13 chapters of Unhuman tour to begin.

  2. Read one section

    Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.

  3. Listen and tap

    Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.

Vocabulary met early in Unhuman tour

Words and structures a reader meets early in Unhuman tour, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.

Table
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Unhuman tour; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Contents
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Unhuman tour; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Added
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Unhuman tour; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.
Transcriber
A word that appears in the opening chapter of Unhuman tour; the reader can tap it to hear it and see its dictionary entry.