吉原の幇間・南瓜が人を殺した。

南瓜は風采の上がらない男で、奇妙な格好をして、いつも洒落ばかり言っていた。

だから、南瓜の言葉は全て洒落だと思われ、誰も本気にしなかった。

KABOCHA, an aider and abettor in Yoshiwara, has killed a man.

He was a man of low social standing, dressed strangely, and always talking nonsense.

He was a man of low social standing, dressed strangely, and was always making jokes, so everything he said was considered a joke and no one took him seriously.

#朗読

#芥川龍之介

#青空文庫

#RyunosukeAkutagawa

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