A Room with a View — Page 4

English → Japanese Chapter I Level 6/10

Lucy, too, was perplexed; but she saw that they were in for what is known as "quite a scene," and she had an odd feeling that whenever these ill-bred tourists spoke the contest widened and deepened till it dealt, not with rooms and views, but with—well, with something quite different, whose existence she had not realized before.

ルーシーもまた当惑していた。しかし彼女は、いわゆる「ちょっとした修羅場」になりそうだとわかった。そして、この育ちの悪い旅行者たちが口を開くたびに、争いがどんどん広がり深まって、部屋や眺めの話ではなく——そう、まったく別の何か、それまで存在すら気づかなかったものを扱うようになるという、奇妙な感覚を覚えた。

Now the old man attacked Miss Bartlett almost violently: Why should she not change?

そのとき老人はミス・バートレットにほとんど激しい勢いで迫った。なぜ部屋を替えないのか、と。

What possible objection had she?

いったいどんな不満があるというのか。

They would clear out in half an hour.

自分たちは三十分もすれば出て行く、と。

Miss Bartlett, though skilled in the delicacies of conversation, was powerless in the presence of brutality.

ミス・バートレットは会話の機微には長けていたが、粗暴さの前では無力だった。

It was impossible to snub any one so gross.

これほど下品な人間をたしなめることなど到底できなかった。

Her face reddened with displeasure.

彼女の顔は不快感で赤くなった。

She looked around as much as to say, "Are you all like this?"

彼女はあたりを見回した。その様子はまるで「あなたたちはみんなこんな人なの?」と言わんばかりだった。

And two little old ladies, who were sitting further up the table, with shawls hanging over the backs of the chairs, looked back, clearly indicating "We are not; we are genteel."

すると、テーブルの奥のほうに座り、椅子の背もたれにショールをかけた二人の小柄な老婦人が視線を返した。その目は明らかに「私たちは違います。私たちは上品ですよ」と示していた。

"Eat your dinner, dear," she said to Lucy, and began to toy again with the meat that she had once censured.

「夕食を食べなさい、ねえ」と彼女はルーシーに言い、かつて批判していた肉料理をまたもてあそび始めた。

Lucy mumbled that those seemed very odd people opposite.

ルーシーは向かいの人たちはずいぶん変わった人たちだとぼそぼそとつぶやいた。

"Eat your dinner, dear. This pension is a failure. To-morrow we will make a change."

「夕食を食べなさい、ねえ。このペンションは失敗だったわ。明日は替えましょう。」

Hardly had she announced this fell decision when she reversed it.

この重大な決断を口にするや否や、彼女はそれを撤回した。

The curtains at the end of the room parted, and revealed a clergyman, stout but attractive, who hurried forward to take his place at the table, cheerfully apologizing for his lateness.

部屋の奥のカーテンが左右に開き、太っているが魅力的な聖職者が現れた。彼は遅れたことを明るく詫びながら、テーブルの自分の席へと急ぎ足で進んできた。

Vocabulary

また: mata — Again; also; and; moreover.
当惑: tōwaku — Perplexity; confusion; bewilderment.
しかし: shikashi — However; but; nevertheless.
彼女: kanojo — She; her; girlfriend.
いわゆる: iwayuru — So-called; what is called; namely.
ちょっと: chotto — A little; a moment; somewhat; briefly.
修羅場: shurajō — Scene of carnage; terrible situation; messy drama.
なり: nari — Or; in the manner of; as it is.
そう: sō — So; like that; in that way.
わかっ: wakatta — Understood; I see; got it (past tense).
そして: soshite — And then; and; afterwards; thereby.
この: kono — This; this one; the present.
育ち: sodachi — Upbringing; breeding; growth; cultivation.
悪い: warui — Bad; evil; wrong; unpleasant.
旅行者: ryokōsha — Traveler; tourist; journeyer.
たち: tachi — Plural marker for people; group of.
開く: hiraku — To open; to spread; to unfold.
たび: tabi — Time; occasion; every time; whenever.
争い: arasoi — Conflict; quarrel; dispute; competition.
どんどん: dondon — Rapidly; increasingly; progressively; actively.
広がり: hirogari — Spreading; expansion; extent; breadth.
深まっ: fukamatta — Deepened; intensified; became deeper.
部屋: heya — Room; chamber; space in a house.
眺め: nagame — View; scene; prospect; scenery.
なく: naku — Without; to not exist; to cry.
まったく: mattaku — Completely; utterly; absolutely; really.
何か: nanika — Something; anything; some sort of thing.
それ: sore — That; it; that one; that thing.
まで: made — Until; to; up to; as far as.
存在: sonzai — Existence; being; entity; presence.
すら: sura — Even; even to the extent of.
気づか: kizuka — Notice; become aware of; realize.
なかっ: nakatta — Was not; did not exist (past tense).
もの: mono — Thing; object; matter; something.
扱う: atsukau — To handle; to treat; to deal with.
よう: yō — Way; manner; style; appearance; seems.
なる: naru — To become; to turn into; to get.
いう: iu — To say; to tell; to speak; to mean.
奇妙: kimyō — Mysterious; strange; odd; peculiar; curious.
感覚: kankaku — Sensation; feeling; sense; perception.
覚え: oboē — Memory; recollection; learning; memorization.
その: sono — That; those; the (in that direction).
とき: toki — Time; moment; when; at that time.
老人: rōjin — Old person; elderly person; aged man.
ミス: misu — Miss; error; mistake; unmarried woman.
ほとんど: hotondo — Almost; nearly; practically; hardly.
激しい: hageshii — Violent; fierce; intense; severe; harsh.
勢い: ikioi — Momentum; force; vigor; impetus; drive.
迫っ: 迫った — Pressed; urged; approached; threatened.
なぜ: naze — Why; for what reason; how come.
替え: kaē — Change; exchange; substitute; replacement.
ない: nai — Not; no; none; doesn't exist.
いったい: ittai — In the world; what on earth; really.
どんな: donna — What kind of; what sort of; such.
不満: fuman — Dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint.
ある: aru — To exist; to have; to be; there is.
自分: jibun — Oneself; myself; yourself; self.
三十分: sanjuppun — Thirty minutes; half an hour.
すれ: sure — Suppose; if; in case; when passing.
行く: iku — To go; to move; to proceed.
会話: kaiwa — Conversation; dialogue; talk; discussion.
機微: kibi — Subtlety; delicacy; nuance; intricacy.
長け: take — Excels; skilled; proficient; good at.
粗暴: sobō — Rough; coarse; violent; rude; crude.
無力: muryoku — Helplessness; powerlessness; weakness; impotence.
だっ: datta — Was; were; copula past tense form.
これ: kore — This; this one; this thing here.
ほど: hodo — Extent; degree; amount; about; to.
下品: gehin — Vulgar; coarse; indecent; unrefined; crude.
人間: ningen — Human being; person; human; mankind.
たしなめる: tashinameru — To admonish; to reprove; to rebuke.
こと: koto — Thing; matter; fact; event; circumstance.
など: nado — And so on; et cetera; such as.
到底: tōtei — After all; in the end; utterly; hardly.
でき: deki — Ability; capacity; possible; made of.
不快感: fukaikakan — Unpleasant feeling; discomfort; displeasure.
赤く: akaku — Redly; in a red manner; becoming red.

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