A Room with a View — Page 7
The Pension Bertolini had decided, almost enthusiastically, that they would do.
ベルトリーニ館は、ほとんど熱狂的なまでの勢いで、彼女たちを受け入れることに決めた。
Whichever way they looked, kind ladies smiled and shouted at them.
どちらを向いても、親切な婦人たちが微笑みかけ、声をかけてきた。
And above all rose the voice of the clever lady, crying: "Prato! They must go to Prato.
そしてなによりも、あの利口そうな婦人の声が響き渡った。「プラートよ！ あの方たちはぜひプラートへ行かなくては。
That place is too sweetly squalid for words.
あそこは言葉にならないくらい、甘美なほど薄汚くて素敵なの。
I love it; I revel in shaking off the trammels of respectability, as you know."
大好きなのよ。ご存知のとおり、私は体面という束縛を脱ぎ捨てることに無上の喜びを感じるんですもの」
The young man named George glanced at the clever lady, and then returned moodily to his plate.
ジョージという名の青年はその利口そうな婦人をちらりと見やり、それからふさぎこんだ様子で自分の皿に視線を戻した。
Obviously he and his father did not do.
明らかに、彼と父親は受け入れてもらえなかった。
Lucy, in the midst of her success, found time to wish they did.
ルーシーは自分が歓迎されている最中にも、彼らもそうであればよいのにと思わずにはいられなかった。
It gave her no extra pleasure that any one should be left in the cold; and when she rose to go, she turned back and gave the two outsiders a nervous little bow.
誰かが仲間外れにされているのを見ても、彼女にとっては少しも嬉しくなかった。そして席を立つとき、彼女は振り返り、その二人のよそ者に対して、おずおずとした小さなお辞儀をした。
The father did not see it; the son acknowledged it, not by another bow, but by raising his eyebrows and smiling; he seemed to be smiling across something.
父親はそれに気づかなかったが、息子はそれに応えた。もう一度お辞儀をするのではなく、眉を上げて微笑むことで。彼は何かを越えたところに向かって微笑んでいるようだった。
She hastened after her cousin, who had already disappeared through the curtains—curtains which smote one in the face, and seemed heavy with more than cloth.
彼女は急いで従姉の後を追った。従姉はすでにカーテンの向こうへ消えていた——顔に打ちつけてくるようなカーテンで、布地以上の何か重いものをたたえているように思われた。
Beyond them stood the unreliable Signora, bowing good-evening to her guests, and supported by 'Enery, her little boy, and Victorier, her daughter.
その向こうには信用のおけないシニョーラが立ち、宿泊客たちに「おやすみなさい」とお辞儀をしており、幼い息子の'エナリーと娘のヴィクトリアーに支えられていた。
It made a curious little scene, this attempt of the Cockney to convey the grace and geniality of the South.
それはなんとも奇妙な光景だった——コックニーの人間が南国の優雅さと温かみを伝えようとするこの試みは。
And even more curious was the drawing-room, which attempted to rival the solid comfort of a Bloomsbury boarding-house.
そしてさらに奇妙だったのは、ブルームズベリーの下宿屋の堅実な居心地よさと張り合おうとしているかのような、この客間だった。
Vocabulary
- は
- wa — Topic-marking particle in Japanese grammar.
- ほとんど
- hotondo — Almost, mostly, nearly all.
- 熱狂的
- nekkyōteki — Enthusiastic, frenzied, wildly passionate.
- な
- na — Adjectival particle linking na-adjectives to nouns.
- まで
- made — Until, up to, as far as.
- の
- no — Possessive or nominalizing particle.
- 勢い
- ikioi — Force, momentum, vigor, energy.
- で
- de — Particle indicating means, location of action.
- 彼女たち
- kanojotachi — They (referring to a group of women).
- を
- wo — Object-marking particle in Japanese grammar.
- 受け入れる
- ukeireru — To accept, welcome, or receive someone.
- こと
- koto — Thing, fact, act; nominalizer for verbs.
- に
- ni — Particle indicating direction, time, or purpose.
- 決め
- kime — Decided, determined (stem of 決める).
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary verb ending.
- どちら
- dochira — Which direction, which one (polite form).
- 向い
- mukai — Facing, turned toward a direction.
- て
- te — Connective particle linking sequential actions.
- も
- mo — Also, too, even; inclusive particle.
- 親切
- shinsetsu — Kindness, friendliness, warm helpfulness.
- 婦人
- fujin — Lady, woman, married female adult.
- たち
- tachi — Plural suffix for people or animate beings.
- が
- ga — Subject-marking particle in Japanese grammar.
- 微笑みかけ
- hohoemikake — Smiled at someone, directed a smile toward.
- 声
- koe — Voice, spoken sound.
- かけ
- kake — Called out to, addressed someone verbally.
- そして
- soshite — And then, and also, furthermore.
- なに
- nani — What; used in many expressions.
- より
- yori — More than, from, rather than.
- あの
- ano — That (over there); refers to known thing.
- 利口
- rikō — Clever, smart, intelligent, shrewd.
- そう
- sō — Seeming, appearing; looks like that way.
- 響き渡っ
- hibikiwatatte — Resounded, echoed throughout a space.
- よ
- yo — Sentence-final particle adding emphasis or assertion.
- 方
- kata — Person (polite); direction; way of doing.
- ぜひ
- zehi — By all means, definitely, certainly.
- へ
- e — Directional particle meaning toward or to.
- 行か
- ika — Go (negative stem of 行く).
- なく
- naku — Without, not (conjunctive negative form).
- あそこ
- asoko — Over there, that place over there.
- 言葉
- kotoba — Word, language, speech, expression.
- なら
- nara — If, as for, speaking of (conditional).
- ない
- nai — Not exist; negative auxiliary adjective.
- くらい
- kurai — About, approximately; to the extent that.
- 甘美
- kanbi — Sweet, delightful, pleasantly charming.
- ほど
- hodo — To the extent that, about, approximately.
- 薄汚く
- usugitatanaku — Somewhat dirty, slightly grimy or dingy.
- 素敵
- suteki — Wonderful, lovely, splendid, gorgeous.
- 大好き
- daisuki — Love very much, extremely fond of.
- ご存知
- gozonji — Knowing (honorific); you are aware of.
- とおり
- tōri — Just as, in the way that, as stated.
- 私
- watashi — I, me (standard first-person pronoun).
- 体面
- taimen — Honor, face, social reputation, dignity.
- と
- to — And; with; quotation particle in Japanese.
- いう
- iu — To say, called, known as.
- 束縛
- sokubaku — Restraint, shackle, constraint, binding restriction.
- 脱ぎ捨てる
- nugisuteru — To cast off, throw away clothing or constraints.
- 無上
- mujō — Supreme, utmost, unparalleled, greatest possible.
- 喜び
- yorokobi — Joy, delight, happiness, pleasure.
- 感じる
- kanjiru — To feel, sense, perceive emotionally.
- ん
- n — Informal contraction of の; soft explanatory ending.
- です
- desu — Polite copula meaning 'is' or 'are'.
- もの
- mono — Thing; explanatory sentence-final softening particle.
- 名
- na — Name; also counter for people.
- 青年
- seinen — Young man, youth, young adult male.
- その
- sono — That (near listener); demonstrative adjective.
- ちらり
- chirari — A quick glance, a fleeting look.
- 見やり
- miyari — Glanced at, cast a look toward someone.
- それ
- sore — That (near listener); that thing.
- から
- kara — From, after, because, since.
- ふさぎこん
- fusagikondi — Became gloomy, fell into sullen depression.
- だ
- da — Plain form copula meaning 'is' or 'are'.
- 様子
- yōsu — Appearance, state, manner, situation.
- 自分
- jibun — Oneself, one's own self.
- 皿
- sara — Plate, dish, saucer for food.
- 視線
- shisen — Gaze, line of sight, one's look.
- 戻し
- modoshi — Returned, put back (stem of 戻す).
- 明らか
- akiraka — Clear, obvious, evident, apparent.
- 彼
- kare — He, him; third-person male pronoun.
- 父親
- chichioya — Father, one's male parent.
- 受け入れ
- ukoire — Acceptance, receiving (stem of 受け入れる).
- もらえ
- morae — Receive a favor; get someone to do.
- なかっ
- nakatte — Was not (past negative conjunctive form).
- 歓迎
- kangei — Welcome, reception, warm greeting.
- さ
- sa — Passive or causative suffix; softening particle.
- れ
- re — Passive auxiliary verb form suffix.
- いる
- iru — To be, exist (for animate beings).
- 最中
- saichū — In the middle of, during, right now.
- 彼ら
- karera — They, them (mixed or male group).
- あれ
- are — That (over there); that thing yonder.
- ば
- ba — Conditional particle meaning 'if' or 'when'.
- よい
- yoi — Good, fine, acceptable, all right.
- 思わ
- omowa — Think (negative stem of 思う).
- ず
- zu — Classical negative form; without doing.
- いられ
- irare — Can be, able to remain (potential/passive).
- 誰か
- dareka — Someone, somebody, some person.
- 仲間外れ
- nakamahazure — Exclusion from a group, left out, ostracized.
- 見
- mi — See, look (stem of 見る).
- 彼女
- kanojo — She, her; girlfriend (third-person female).
- とっ
- totte — For, from the perspective of (て form).
- 少し
- sukoshi — A little, a small amount, slightly.
- 嬉しく
- ureshiku — Happily, gladly (adverbial form of 嬉しい).
- 席
- seki — Seat, place, one's position at table.
- 立つ
- tatsu — To stand up, rise from a seat.
- とき
- toki — Time, moment, when something occurs.
- 振り返り
- furikaeri — Turned back, looked back over shoulder.
- 二人
- futari — Two people, a pair of persons.
- よそ者
- yosomono — Outsider, stranger, someone from elsewhere.
- に対して
- ni taishite — Toward, with regard to, in relation to.
- おずおず
- ozuozu — Timidly, hesitantly, shyly, with diffidence.
- し
- shi — Do (conjunctive stem); and also (listing).
- 小さな
- chiisana — Small, little, tiny (attributive form).
- お辞儀
- ojigi — A bow, polite inclination of the head.
- 気づか
- kizuka — Notice, become aware of (negative stem).
- 息子
- musuko — Son, one's male child.
- 応え
- kotae — Response, reply, answered back to someone.
- もう
- mō — Already, anymore, soon, once more.
- 一度
- ichido — Once, one time, one occasion.
- する
- suru — To do, to perform an action.
- 眉
- mayu — Eyebrow.
- 上げ
- age — Raised, lifted up (stem of 上げる).
- 微笑む
- hohoemu — To smile gently, smile softly.
- 何か
- nanika — Something, some thing, anything.
- 越え
- koe — Beyond, over, exceeding (stem of 越える).
- ところ
- tokoro — Place, point, situation, just about to.
- 向かっ
- mukatte — Headed toward, directed at (te form).
- 微笑ん
- hohoeonde — Smiled (conjunctive form of 微笑む).
- よう
- yō — Seems, appears, like, as if.
- だっ
- datte — Was (past conjunctive form of だ).
- 急い
- isoi — Hurried, rushed (conjunctive form of 急ぐ).
- 従姉
- itoko — Female cousin (older female cousin).
- 後
- ato — After, behind, the back, remainder.
- 追っ
- otte — Chased after, followed (te form of 追う).
- すでに
- sudeni — Already, by now, previously.
- カーテン
- kāten — Curtain, drape covering a doorway or window.
- 向こう
- mukō — Beyond, the other side, over there.
- 消え
- kie — Disappeared, vanished (stem of 消える).
- い
- i — Be, exist (stem of いる, animate).
- 顔
- kao — Face, facial appearance.
- 打ちつけ
- uchitsuke — Hit against, strike into, slap against.
- くる
- kuru — Come; auxiliary indicating action toward speaker.
- 布地
- nunoji — Fabric, cloth, textile material.
- 以上
- ijō — More than, beyond, that is all.
- 重い
- omoi — Heavy, serious, weighty, burdensome.
- たたえ
- tatae — Filled with, brimming, expressed (stem form).
- 信用
- shin'yō — Trust, confidence, credit, reliability.
- おけない
- okenai — Cannot be trusted, cannot be relied upon.
- 立ち
- tachi — Standing, stood up (stem of 立つ).
- 宿泊客
- shukuhakukyaku — Guest, lodger, person staying at accommodation.
- おやすみなさい
- oyasuminasai — Good night (polite farewell before sleeping).
- おり
- ori — Being (humble form of いる); folding.
- 幼い
- osanai — Young, infant, childlike, immature.
- 娘
- musume — Daughter, young woman, girl.
- 支え
- sasae — Support, prop, hold up (stem form).
- られ
- rare — Passive or potential auxiliary verb suffix.
- なんとも
- nantomo — Quite, utterly, indescribably, awfully strange.
- 奇妙
- kimyō — Strange, odd, peculiar, curious.
- 光景
- kōkei — Scene, sight, spectacle, view.
- 人間
- ningen — Human being, person, humanity.
- 南国
- nangoku — Southern country, tropical or Mediterranean land.
- 優雅
- yūga — Elegant, graceful, refined, sophisticated.
- 温かみ
- atatakami — Warmth, warm quality, friendly feeling.
- 伝えよう
- tsutaeyō — Let's convey, will try to communicate.
- この
- kono — This (near speaker); demonstrative adjective.
- 試み
- kokoromi — Attempt, trial, effort, endeavor.
- さらに
- sara ni — Furthermore, even more, additionally, still more.
- 下宿屋
- geshukuya — Boarding house, lodging house for tenants.
- 堅実
- kenjitsu — Steady, solid, reliable, sound and prudent.
- 居心地よ
- igokochiyoku — Comfortable, pleasant to be in (adverbial).
- 張り合おう
- hariaoō — Let's compete with, rival each other.
- か
- ka — Question particle; or; expressing uncertainty.
- 客間
- kyakuma — Guest room, parlor, reception room.
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