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Ga Ni I Endured Execution Left Miserable Secret

English I would have endured execution rather than have left my miserable secret as a family blot to my children.
Japanese この秘密があばかれて、子供たちを汚らわしい家名に苦しめるくらいなら、いっそわたしが死刑になってもよいと思ったのです。
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Meaning rather than…
Romanized kono himitsu ga abakarete, kodomotachi o kegarawashii kamei ni kurushimeru kurai nara, isso watashi ga shikei ni natte mo yoi to omotta no desu.
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