A Room with a View — Page 14
I do not wish the acceptance to come from you. Grant me that, at all events."
承諾があなたから来ることは望みません。どうかそれだけは認めてください。」
Mr. Beebe was back, saying rather nervously:
ビーブ氏が戻ってきて、やや緊張した様子で言った。
"Mr. Emerson is engaged, but here is his son instead."
「エマーソン氏はただいま手が離せませんが、息子さんがいらっしゃいます。」
The young man gazed down on the three ladies, who felt seated on the floor, so low were their chairs.
青年は三人の女性たちを見下ろした。椅子があまりにも低かったので、彼女たちは床に座っているように感じていた。
"My father," he said, "is in his bath, so you cannot thank him personally.
「父は」と彼は言った、「入浴中ですので、直接お礼を申し上げることはできません。
But any message given by you to me will be given by me to him as soon as he comes out."
しかし、皆さまから私へのご伝言は、父が出てきたらすぐに私から伝えます。」
Miss Bartlett was unequal to the bath.
バートレット嬢は入浴という話題に太刀打ちできなかった。
All her barbed civilities came forth wrong end first.
彼女の棘のある愛想のよさはすべて的外れな形で出てきてしまった。
Young Mr. Emerson scored a notable triumph to the delight of Mr. Beebe and to the secret delight of Lucy.
若いエマーソン氏は注目すべき勝利を収め、ビーブ氏を喜ばせ、ルーシーをひそかに喜ばせた。
"Poor young man!" said Miss Bartlett, as soon as he had gone.
「かわいそうな若者!」と彼が立ち去るやいなや、バートレット嬢は言った。
"How angry he is with his father about the rooms! It is all he can do to keep polite."
「部屋のことでお父さんにどれほど腹を立てていることか！礼儀を保つのが精一杯なのですよ。」
"In half an hour or so your rooms will be ready," said Mr. Beebe.
「三十分ほどでお部屋の準備ができますよ」とビーブ氏は言った。
Then looking rather thoughtfully at the two cousins, he retired to his own rooms, to write up his philosophic diary.
それから二人の従姉妹をやや物思わしげに見つめると、彼は自分の部屋に引き上げ、哲学的な日記を書き綴った。
"Oh, dear!" breathed the little old lady, and shuddered as if all the winds of heaven had entered the apartment.
「まあ、大変!」と小柄な老婦人は息をもらし、天国のあらゆる風が部屋に吹き込んできたかのように身震いした。
"Gentlemen sometimes do not realize—" Her voice faded away, but Miss Bartlett seemed to understand and a conversation developed, in which gentlemen who did not thoroughly realize played a principal part.
「紳士方というのは時として理解されていないのですよ——」彼女の声は消えていったが、バートレット嬢は理解したようで、十分に理解していない紳士方が主役を演じる会話が展開されていった。
Vocabulary
- 承諾
- shoudaku — Consent, agreement, or acceptance of a request
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle in Japanese grammar
- あなた
- anata — You; second-person pronoun in Japanese
- から
- kara — From; because; starting point particle
- 来る
- kuru — To come; to arrive at a place
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; abstract nominalizer in Japanese
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle highlighting sentence subject
- 望み
- nozomi — Hope, wish, or desire for something
- ませ
- mase — Polite imperative verb ending in Japanese
- ん
- n — Negative contraction or explanatory sentence-final particle
- どうか
- douka — Please; somehow; earnest request expression
- それ
- sore — That; referring to something near the listener
- だけ
- dake — Only; just; limited to that amount
- 認め
- mitome — To recognize, acknowledge, or admit something
- て
- te — Te-form connective particle linking verb phrases
- ください
- kudasai — Please do; polite request form in Japanese
- 氏
- shi — Mr.; formal honorific title for a person
- 戻っ
- modot(te) — Returned; went back to a previous place
- き
- ki — Came; auxiliary indicating completion of motion
- やや
- yaya — Slightly; somewhat; a little bit
- 緊張
- kinchou — Tension, nervousness, or feeling of anxiety
- し
- shi — Te-form of suru; connecting verb or listing
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary verb in Japanese
- 様子
- yousu — Appearance, state, or manner of a person
- で
- de — At; by means of; location or method particle
- 言っ
- it(te) — Said; te-form of iu, to say
- ただいま
- tadaima — Just now; I'm home; returning greeting phrase
- 手
- te — Hand; can also mean means or help
- 離せ
- hanase — Let go; release; imperative form of hanasu
- 息子
- musuko — Son; one's own male child
- さん
- san — Polite honorific suffix attached to names
- いらっしゃい
- irasshai — Welcome; polite form of to be or come
- ます
- masu — Polite present or future tense verb ending
- 青年
- seinen — Young man; youth in early adulthood
- 三人
- sannin — Three people; counter for three persons
- の
- no — Possessive or nominalizing particle in Japanese
- 女性
- josei — Woman; female person or women in general
- たち
- tachi — Plural suffix for people and living things
- を
- wo — Object marker particle indicating direct object
- 見下ろし
- mikudaroshi — Looking down at; gazing downward upon someone
- 椅子
- isu — Chair; seat for sitting on
- あまり
- amari — Too much; excessively; not very (with negative)
- に
- ni — At, in, to; direction or location particle
- も
- mo — Also; even; too; inclusive particle in Japanese
- 低かっ
- hikakat(ta) — Was low; past form of hikui, low
- 彼女
- kanojo — She; her; also means girlfriend in Japanese
- 床
- yuka — Floor; the surface one walks on indoors
- 座っ
- suwat(te) — Sitting; te-form of suwaru, to sit down
- いる
- iru — To be; to exist (for animate beings)
- よう
- you — Seems like; manner; appearance or likeness
- 感じ
- kanji — Feeling, sense, or impression of something
- い
- i — Shortened form of iru; continuative ending
- 父
- chichi — Father; one's own father (plain form)
- と
- to — And; with; quotation particle in Japanese
- 彼
- kare — He; him; also can mean boyfriend
- 入浴
- nyuuyoku — Taking a bath; bathing in a bathtub
- 中
- chuu / naka — Inside; in the middle of; during an activity
- です
- desu — Polite copula meaning is, am, or are
- 直接
- chokusetsu — Directly; without intermediary; in person
- お礼
- orei — Thanks; gratitude expressed to someone politely
- 申し上げる
- moushiageru — To say humbly; polite humble verb for speaking
- でき
- deki — Can do; possible; stem of dekiru, can
- しかし
- shikashi — However; but; conjunction showing contrast
- 皆さま
- minasama — Everyone; all of you (very polite form)
- 私
- watashi — I; me; first-person singular pronoun
- へ
- e — To; toward; directional particle in Japanese
- ご伝言
- godengen — Message passed on; polite word for message
- 出
- de — Going out; stem of deru, to exit
- たら
- tara — If; when; conditional form in Japanese
- すぐ
- sugu — Immediately; right away; very soon
- 伝え
- tsutae — To convey, pass on, or communicate a message
- 嬢
- jou — Miss; young lady; honorific for young woman
- という
- to iu — Called; known as; named; quotation connector
- 話題
- wadai — Topic of conversation; subject being discussed
- 太刀打ち
- tachiuchi — To compete with; to match or rival someone
- なかっ
- nakat(ta) — Was not; past negative auxiliary form
- 棘
- toge — Thorn; prickle; sharp biting quality in words
- ある
- aru — To exist; there is (for inanimate things)
- 愛想
- aiso — Friendliness; amiability; social charm or warmth
- よ
- yo — Sentence-final particle asserting or emphasizing information
- さ
- sa — Nominalizing suffix; or casual sentence-final particle
- すべて
- subete — All; everything; entirely without exception
- 的外れ
- mato hazure — Off the mark; irrelevant; missing the point
- な
- na — Adjectival na-ending; or prohibitive sentence particle
- 形
- katachi — Shape; form; appearance of something
- しまっ
- shimat(te) — Ended up; completed regrettably; auxiliary of completion
- 若い
- wakai — Young; youthful in age or appearance
- 注目
- chuumoku — Attention; notice; focus directed at something
- す
- su — Shortened plain form of suru, to do
- べき
- beki — Should; ought to; expressing moral obligation
- 勝利
- shouri — Victory; triumph; winning in a contest
- 収め
- osome — To achieve; to obtain; to win or gain
- 喜ば
- yorokoba — To make happy; causative stem of yorokobu
- せ
- se — Causative auxiliary making someone do something
- ひそか
- hisoka — Secretly; privately; in a hidden manner
- かわいそう
- kawaisou — Pitiful; poor thing; feeling sorry for someone
- 若者
- wakamono — Young person; youth; young people generally
- 立ち去る
- tachisaru — To leave; to go away from a place
- や
- ya — And; or; listing particle or exclamatory particle
- いなや
- inaya — As soon as; no sooner than; immediately after
- 部屋
- heya — Room; a space within a building
- お父さん
- otousan — Father; dad; polite word for one's father
- どれ
- dore — Which one; interrogative for selecting among options
- ほど
- hodo — To the extent that; as much as; degree
- 腹
- hara — Stomach; belly; also anger in idioms
- 立て
- tate — To anger; stem of tateru in emotional idioms
- か
- ka — Question particle at end of a sentence
- 礼儀
- reigi — Manners; etiquette; proper social conduct
- 保つ
- tamotsu — To maintain; to keep; to preserve a state
- 精一杯
- sei ippai — With all one's might; to the best of ability
- 三十
- sanjuu — Thirty; the number thirty
- 分
- fun / bun — Minute; also portion or fraction
- お部屋
- oheya — Room; polite honorific form of heya
- 準備
- junbi — Preparation; getting ready for something
- 二人
- futari — Two people; a pair of persons
- 従姉妹
- itoko — Female cousin; a cousin on either side
- 物思わしげ
- monoomowashige — Appearing pensive; looking lost in deep thought
- 見つめる
- mitsumeru — To stare at; to gaze fixedly at something
- 自分
- jibun — Oneself; myself; reflexive pronoun in Japanese
- 引き上げ
- hikiage — To pull up; to raise; to withdraw from somewhere
- 哲学
- tetsugaku — Philosophy; the study of fundamental questions
- 的
- teki — Suffix meaning -ical or -like; relating to
- 日記
- nikki — Diary; journal recording daily events
- 書き綴っ
- kakitsuzut(te) — Writing continuously; putting thoughts down in writing
- まあ
- maa — Well; oh my; expression of mild surprise
- 大変
- taihen — Very; terrible; serious; extremely difficult situation
- 小柄
- kogara — Small build; petite; of small stature
- 老婦人
- roufujin — Elderly woman; old lady of dignified bearing
- 息
- iki — Breath; breathing; a sigh or exhalation
- もらし
- morashi — Leaking; letting out; emitting a breath or sigh
- 天国
- tengoku — Heaven; paradise; a blissful perfect place
- あらゆる
- arayuru — Every; all kinds of; without exception
- 風
- kaze — Wind; breeze; also cold (illness)
- 吹き込ん
- fukikon(de) — Blowing in; wind entering or infiltrating a space
- 身震い
- miburui — Shudder; shiver; trembling of the body
- 紳士
- shinshi — Gentleman; a refined and well-mannered man
- 方
- kata — Person (polite); direction; way of doing something
- 時として
- Sometimes; occasionally; at times
- 理解
- rikai — Understanding; comprehension; grasping meaning clearly
- れ
- re — Passive or potential verb suffix in Japanese
- ない
- nai — Not; negative form of verbs and adjectives
- 声
- koe — Voice; sound produced by a person speaking
- 消え
- kie — Fading; disappearing; stem of kieru, to vanish
- いっ
- it(te) — Going; te-form of iku, to go
- 十分
- juubun — Enough; sufficient; fully; adequately
- 主役
- shuyaku — Lead role; main character; protagonist in a story
- 演じる
- enjiru — To perform; to play a role or part
- 会話
- kaiwa — Conversation; dialogue between two or more people
- 展開
- tenkai — Development; unfolding; how events or story progress
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