Questions about 絵本 by 林芙美子


I'm reading several short texts as a part of a university course that's
starting this fall, but I'm having problem understand parts of this one text.
It's called 絵本 and is written by 林芙美子

<http://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000291/files/24368_15542.html>

I know it's an older text, and I figured out some things, like how there's no
small っ and how ゐ is used instead of い and they use some older often more
complex kanji for a lot of words. I also think ぢ is used instead of じ, and
that わ is replaced with は for some words like ふわふわ that becomes ふはふは. I also
figured out that ゝ repeats the previous hiragana (is this ever used in modern
japanese? it seems pretty useless).

>   1. 何かいつも愉しさうだつた。 **娘の子のつかふやうな** 針箱をそばに置いて、涼しい処でゐねむりをするので好きだつた
>

I can't for the life of my figure out the part (in bold text).

>   2. **家ぢゆうあけつぱなし** なので白い蝶々がお婆さんの鼻さきにまで飛んで来た。
>

Is this 家中開けっ放し?

>   3. **初めは何かい喃と** 、ぢつと眼をこらしてめやにのたまつたまなじりをぱちぱちさせてゐたが、白い蝶々なのだと **おもふと**
> 、お婆さんは手を宙へあげてひらひらさせてみたりした。
>

What is 喃と and おもふと?

>   4. 土の上に冷えた、土鍋のふちに、もう蟻が四五匹 **這ひあがつてゐる** 。
>

Why is there a ひ in the text shouldn't this be 這 **い** 上がっている? (はいあがる）



  1. 娘の子のつかふやうな is 娘の子の使うような (or 女の子が使うような) in modern Japanese.
  2. Yes it's 家中開けっ放し.
  3. This 喃 is probably read [のう](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/171199/meaning/m0u/%E5%96%83/). なんかいのう ≒ 何かなあ. [おもふ](http://kobun.weblio.jp/content/%E6%80%9D%E3%81%B5) is the archaic equivalent of 思う.
  4. 這う was [這ふ](http://kobun.weblio.jp/content/%E9%80%99%E3%81%B5) in old Japanese, so it's not a typo.

See: [Historical kana
orthography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_kana_orthography)



  1. 娘の子のつかふやうな is 娘の子の使うような (or 女の子が使うような) in modern Japanese.
  2. Yes it's 家中開けっ放し.
  3. This 喃 is probably read [のう](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/171199/meaning/m0u/%E5%96%83/). なんかいのう ≒ 何かなあ. [おもふ](http://kobun.weblio.jp/content/%E6%80%9D%E3%81%B5) is the archaic equivalent of 思う.
  4. 這う was [這ふ](http://kobun.weblio.jp/content/%E9%80%99%E3%81%B5) in old Japanese, so it's not a typo.

See: [Historical kana
orthography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_kana_orthography)

