Day after day, the papers are alive with accounts of an apparition at Ryouunkaku. Rokurou, a man who sees to the running of Asakusa, commissions Takuboku to find the truth of the matter. On his way to the scene, Takuboku reunites with an old friend, former newspaper reporter Yamaoka. Takuboku soon sees that Yamaoka is somehow connected to the ghost, but Yamaoka walks away, leaving behind only the words "throat moon." Then, magic lantern projectionist Matsukichi is killed. Two months earlier, Matsukichi had come across a woman who had been sexually assaulted. Takuboku starts looking to see if the two cases might be related.
So, you're saying that just before 
Matsukichi's body was found,
،إذاً تقول أنّه قُبيل العثور على جثّة ماتسوكيتشي
Du willst mir also sagen, dass er euch
bis kurz vor dem Fund seiner Leiche
Dicen que Matsukichi los seguía
Decís que Matsukichi os seguía
Peu de temps avant qu’on découvre
le corps de Matsukichi,
In altre parole, dite che poco prima
che il cadavere di Matsukichi venisse rinvenuto
Está dizendo que, logo antes do
corpo do Matsukichi ser encontrado,
То есть прямо перед тем, 
как тело Мацукити нашли,