A Tale of Two Cities — Page 11
The resemblance was not lessened by the accidental circumstance, that the mature Jerry bit and spat out straw, while the twinkling eyes of the youthful Jerry were as restlessly watchful of him as of everything else in Fleet-street.
成熟したジェリーが藁を噛んで吐き出し、若いジェリーのきらきらした目がフリート街の他の何もかもと同様に彼をも落ち着きなく見張っていたという偶然の状況によって、その類似はいささかも減じられなかった。
The head of one of the regular indoor messengers attached to Tellson's establishment was put through the door, and the word was given:
テルソン商会に属する常勤の屋内使い走りの一人が戸口から顔を出し、こう告げた。
"Porter wanted!"
「ポーター求む！」
"Hooray, father! Here's an early job to begin with!"
「やったぞ、お父さん！手始めに早速仕事が来た！」
Having thus given his parent God speed, young Jerry seated himself on the stool, entered on his reversionary interest in the straw his father had been chewing, and cogitated.
こうして親に門出の言葉をかけると、若いジェリーは腰掛けに座り、父親が噛んでいた藁の次の持ち主としての権利を行使し始め、考え込んだ。
"Al-ways rusty! His fingers is al-ways rusty!" muttered young Jerry. "Where does my father get all that iron rust from? He don't get no iron rust here!
「い――つも錆びてる！お父さんの指はい――つも錆びてる！」と若いジェリーはつぶやいた。「お父さんはあの鉄錆をどこから持ってくるんだろう？ここじゃ鉄錆なんてつかないのに！
Vocabulary
- 成熟した
- seijuku shita — Mature, fully developed, ripened
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle in Japanese grammar
- 藁
- wara — Straw, dried stalks of grain
- を
- wo — Object marker particle in Japanese grammar
- 噛ん
- kan — Chewing, biting (conjunctive form of 噛む)
- で
- de — Particle indicating means, location, or context
- 吐き出し
- hakidashi — Spitting out, expelling something from mouth
- 若い
- wakai — Young, youthful in age
- の
- no — Possessive or nominalizing particle in Japanese
- きらきら
- kirakira — Sparkling, glittering, shining brightly
- した
- shita — Did, past tense form of する
- 目
- me — Eye, eyes
- 他
- hoka — Other, else, another thing or person
- 何もかも
- nani mo kamo — Everything, absolutely everything without exception
- と
- to — Particle meaning and, with, or quotation marker
- 同様に
- dōyō ni — Similarly, in the same way as something
- 彼
- kare — He, him, that man
- も
- mo — Also, too, as well (particle)
- 落ち着き
- ochitsuki — Calmness, composure, settling down
- なく
- naku — Without, lacking (conjunctive negative form)
- 見張っ
- mihatt — Watching, keeping watch, guarding vigilantly
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle connecting verbs or clauses
- い
- i — Auxiliary verb indicating ongoing state or action
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary verb in Japanese
- いう
- iu — To say, to be called, to express
- 偶然
- gūzen — Coincidence, chance, accidental occurrence
- 状況
- jōkyō — Situation, circumstances, current state of affairs
- よっ
- yot — Due to, by means of (contracted form of よって)
- その
- sono — That, the (demonstrative adjective)
- 類似
- ruiji — Similarity, resemblance between two things
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle in Japanese grammar
- いささか
- isasaka — Somewhat, a little, slightly (formal expression)
- 減じ
- genji — Reducing, diminishing, decreasing something
- られ
- rare — Passive or potential auxiliary verb form
- なかっ
- nakatt — Was not, did not (negative past conjunctive)
- 商会
- shōkai — Trading company, firm, commercial establishment
- 属する
- zoku suru — To belong to, to be affiliated with
- 常勤
- jōkin — Full-time employment, regular working status
- 屋内
- okunai — Indoors, inside a building
- 使い走り
- tsukaibashiri — Errand boy, person who runs errands
- 一人
- hitori — One person, alone, by oneself
- 戸口
- toguchi — Doorway, entrance of a house or building
- から
- kara — From, since, because (particle)
- 顔
- kao — Face, facial expression
- 出し
- dashi — Sticking out, producing (conjunctive form)
- こう
- kō — Like this, in this way, thus
- 告げ
- tsuge — Announcing, telling, informing someone
- 求む
- motomu — Wanted, seeking (formal or archaic request form)
- やった
- yatta — Did it, hooray, accomplished something successfully
- ぞ
- zo — Emphatic sentence-ending particle (masculine)
- お父さん
- otōsan — Father, dad (polite form)
- 手始め
- tehajime — Beginning, starting point, first step
- 早速
- sassoku — Immediately, right away, without delay
- 仕事
- shigoto — Work, job, occupation, task
- 来
- ki — Come, coming (stem form of 来る)
- して
- shite — Doing, and then (conjunctive form of する)
- 親
- oya — Parent, father or mother
- 門出
- kadode — Setting out, departure, beginning of journey
- 言葉
- kotoba — Words, language, speech, expression
- かける
- kakeru — To address, to speak to, to call out
- 腰掛け
- koshikake — Seat, bench, something to sit on
- 座り
- suwari — Sitting, being seated
- 父親
- chichioya — Father, one's male parent
- 次
- tsugi — Next, following, the one after
- 持ち主
- mochinushi — Owner, possessor of something
- し
- shi — And, doing (conjunctive form of する)
- 権利
- kenri — Right, entitlement, legal privilege
- 行使
- kōshi — Exercise, use of a right or power
- 始め
- hajime — Beginning, start of something
- 考え込ん
- kangaekon — Sinking into thought, pondering deeply
- だ
- da — Is, am, are (plain copula)
- つも
- tsumo — Intending to, planning to (contracted つもり)
- 錆び
- sabi — Rust, corrosion on metal surfaces
- てる
- teru — Is doing, state of being (contracted ている)
- 指
- yubi — Finger, toe, digit
- つぶやい
- tsubuyai — Muttered, murmured, whispered to oneself
- あの
- ano — That (over there), those (distant demonstrative)
- 鉄錆
- tetsuabi — Iron rust, reddish corrosion on iron
- どこ
- doko — Where, what place
- 持っ
- mott — Holding, having, carrying (conjunctive form)
- くる
- kuru — To come, to arrive
- ん
- n — Explanatory or questioning contracted の
- だろう
- darō — Probably, I wonder, conjecture about something
- ここ
- koko — Here, this place
- じゃ
- ja — Well then, in that case (casual では)
- なんて
- nante — Such a thing as, how (emphatic expression)
- つか
- tsuka — Or rather, I mean (colloquial interjection)
- ない
- nai — Not, does not exist, negative form
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