古墳症　Mai-sho

"I have a request," the woman whispered in a hoarse voice. "Even if something happens to me, I don't want to be buried in your ancestors' tomb." Was she trying to say she absolutely didn't want to live with them in the afterlife? "Then let's build a new house. What kind would you like?" Her eyes lit up. "I'm not asking for something like the Taj Mahal we saw in India. But wouldn't it be nice if it was the Aya Tombs we visited on our school trip, the ones we were in the same group as and complained about?" The man frowned. "A burial mound, huh? Burial mounds are ancient tombs. You can't build something new that's old." He was teary-eyed because his nasal passages were irritated by flower particles, a syndrome he shared with his wife.

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英語に挑戦。といっても翻訳アプリで英訳したのですが💦coughingとかcoffinとかダジャレしたかったなあ💦
元の文はこちらです。

お願いがあるんだけどと女は掠れた声で囁いた。「私にもしものことがあっても、あなたの先祖のお墓には入れないで欲しいの」あの世でまで同居なんてまっぴらと言いたいのだろうか。「じゃあ新居を建てようか。どんなのがいいかな」彼女の目が輝いた。「インドで見たタージマハルみたいなのとは言わないわ。でも修学旅行で同じ班になってブーブー言いながら見学した綾墓だったら素敵じゃない？」男は顔をしかめた。「古墳かあ。古墳は古い墓だからね。古いものを新築はできないよ」涙ぐんでいたのは妻とお揃いの症候群で鼻腔を花の粒子に刺激されたせいだった。

締切過ぎました💦