Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Page 1
You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter.
「トム・ソーヤーの冒険」という本を読んでいなければ、あなたは私のことを知らないだろう。でも、それはどうでもいい。
That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly.
その本はマーク・トウェインさんが書いたもので、彼はだいたいにおいて本当のことを書いた。
There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth.
話を誇張したところもあったけれど、だいたいにおいて本当のことを書いた。
That is nothing.
それはたいしたことじゃない。
I never seen anybody but lied one time or another, without it was Aunt Polly, or the widow, or maybe Mary.
ポリーおばさんか、未亡人か、それともメアリーを除いて、一度も嘘をついたことのない人なんて見たことがない。
Aunt Polly—Tom's Aunt Polly, she is—and Mary, and the Widow Douglas is all told about in that book, which is mostly a true book, with some stretchers, as I said before.
ポリーおばさん――トムのポリーおばさんのことだ――とメアリーと、ダグラス未亡人のことは、みんなその本に書いてある。前にも言ったように、その本はだいたいにおいて本当のことが書いてあるが、少し誇張したところもある。
Now the way that the book winds up is this: Tom and me found the money that the robbers hid in the cave, and it made us rich.
さて、その本の結末はこうだ。トムと私は、強盗たちが洞窟に隠したお金を見つけて、金持ちになった。
We got six thousand dollars apiece—all gold.
私たちはそれぞれ六千ドルを手に入れた――全部金貨だ。
It was an awful sight of money when it was piled up.
積み上げると、それはものすごい量のお金だった。
Well, Judge Thatcher he took it and put it out at interest, and it fetched us a dollar a day apiece all the year round—more than a body could tell what to do with.
さて、サッチャー判事がそのお金を預かって利子をつけて運用してくれた。おかげで私たちはそれぞれ一年中、毎日一ドルずつもらえた――使い道に困るほどのお金だった。
The Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways; and so when I couldn't stand it no longer I lit out.
ダグラス未亡人は私を息子として引き取り、文明人に育てようとした。しかし、未亡人がすべての面においてひどく規則正しく礼儀正しかったことを考えると、ずっと家の中で暮らすのはつらかった。だから、もう我慢できなくなったとき、私は飛び出した。
Vocabulary
- の
- no — Possessive or linking particle connecting two nouns.
- 冒険
- bōken — Adventure; an exciting or daring experience.
- と
- to — Particle meaning 'and', 'with', or quotation marker.
- いう
- iu — To say; to be called or named something.
- 本
- hon — Book; a bound written or printed publication.
- を
- o — Object marker particle indicating the direct object.
- 読ん
- yon (yomu) — To read; stem form of yomu before de.
- で
- de — Particle indicating means, location, or te-form connector.
- い
- i (iru) — Auxiliary verb indicating ongoing or resultant state.
- なけれ
- nakere (nakereba) — Conditional negative form meaning 'if not'.
- ば
- ba — Conditional particle meaning 'if' or 'when'.
- あなた
- anata — You; second-person singular pronoun in Japanese.
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle highlighting the sentence topic.
- 私
- watashi — I; first-person singular pronoun in Japanese.
- こと
- koto — Thing; nominalizer turning verbs into noun phrases.
- 知ら
- shira (shiru) — To know; stem form of the verb shiru.
- ない
- nai — Negative auxiliary meaning 'not' or 'do not'.
- だろ
- daro (darou) — Probably; expresses conjecture or supposition.
- う
- u — Volitional suffix expressing probability or intent.
- でも
- demo — But; however; a conjunction showing contrast.
- それ
- sore — That; a demonstrative pronoun for nearby things.
- どう
- dō — How; in what way; questioning manner or method.
- いい
- ii — Good; fine; acceptable or satisfactory.
- その
- sono — That; a pre-noun adjective indicating something nearby.
- さん
- san — Honorific title equivalent to Mr., Ms., or Mrs.
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle identifying the grammatical subject.
- 書い
- kai (kaku) — To write; te-form stem of the verb kaku.
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary indicating completed action.
- もの
- mono — Thing; object; something tangible or a work.
- 彼
- kare — He; him; third-person masculine singular pronoun.
- だいたい
- daitai — Mostly; generally; for the most part.
- に
- ni — Particle indicating direction, location, time, or purpose.
- おい
- oi (oite) — At; in; regarding; used in the phrase ni oite.
- て
- te — Te-form particle connecting clauses or indicating manner.
- 本当
- hontō — Truth; reality; truly or really.
- 話
- hanashi — Story; talk; a narrative or spoken account.
- 誇張
- kochō — Exaggeration; overstating something beyond the truth.
- し
- shi — Conjunctive form listing reasons or actions.
- ところ
- tokoro — Place; part; aspect or point of something.
- も
- mo — Also; too; even; inclusive particle.
- あっ
- a (aru) — To exist; to be; te-form of aru.
- けれ
- kere (keredo) — Although; but; a conjunctive concessive ending.
- ど
- do (keredo) — But; though; second part of the conjunction keredo.
- たいした
- taishita — Great; remarkable; significant; used often with negation.
- じゃ
- ja — Well then; or; colloquial form of dewa.
- おば
- oba — Aunt; an older female relative or woman.
- か
- ka — Question particle or listing particle meaning 'or'.
- 未亡人
- mibōjin — Widow; a woman whose husband has died.
- それとも
- soretomo — Or; otherwise; used to present an alternative.
- 除い
- nozoi (nozoite) — Except; excluding; setting something aside.
- 一度
- ichido — Once; one time; a single occasion.
- 嘘
- uso — Lie; falsehood; an untrue statement.
- つい
- tsui (tsuite) — To attach; here, to tell a lie (uso wo tsuku).
- 人
- hito — Person; human being; individual.
- なん
- nan — What; how many; colloquial interrogative or filler.
- 見
- mi (miru) — To see; to look; to observe.
- だ
- da — Copula meaning 'is' or 'are'; plain form.
- みんな
- minna — Everyone; all; everybody together.
- ある
- aru — To exist; to have; used for inanimate subjects.
- 前
- mae — Before; in front of; previous.
- 言っ
- ii (iu) — To say; te-form stem of the verb iu.
- よう
- yō — Like; as if; seems; manner or appearance.
- 少し
- sukoshi — A little; a small amount; slightly.
- さて
- sate — Well; now then; used to shift topic.
- 結末
- ketsumatsu — Ending; conclusion; the final outcome of a story.
- こう
- kō — Like this; in this way; thus.
- 強盗
- gōtō — Robber; bandit; armed thief or robbery.
- たち
- tachi — Plural suffix indicating a group of people.
- 洞窟
- dōkutsu — Cave; cavern; a natural underground hollow.
- 隠し
- kakushi (kakusu) — To hide; to conceal; stem form of kakusu.
- お金
- okane — Money; cash; polite form using honorific o-.
- 見つけ
- mitsuke (mitsukeru) — To find; to discover; stem form of mitsukeru.
- 金持ち
- kanemochi — Wealthy person; rich; someone with much money.
- なっ
- na (naru) — To become; te-form stem of the verb naru.
- それぞれ
- sorezore — Each; respectively; every one individually.
- 六千
- rokusen — Six thousand; the number 6,000.
- ドル
- doru — Dollar; the US currency unit in katakana.
- 手
- te — Hand; here used in the phrase te ni ireru, to obtain.
- 入れ
- ire (ireru) — To put in; to obtain; stem form of ireru.
- 全部
- zenbu — All; everything; the whole amount.
- 金貨
- kinka — Gold coin; a coin made of gold.
- 積み上げる
- tsumiageru — To pile up; to stack; to accumulate in layers.
- すごい
- sugoi — Amazing; incredible; impressive; wow.
- 量
- ryō — Amount; quantity; volume of something.
- だっ
- da (datta) — Past tense of copula da; was or were.
- 判事
- hanji — Judge; a judicial officer in a court.
- 預かっ
- azukaka (azukaru) — To hold in custody; to keep on behalf of someone.
- 利子
- rishi — Interest; profit earned on deposited or lent money.
- つけ
- tsuke (tsukeru) — To attach; to add; to apply interest.
- 運用
- un'yō — Management; investment; operation of funds.
- くれ
- kure (kureru) — To give; to do for me; stem of kureru.
- おかげ
- okage — Thanks to; owing to; benefit received from someone.
- 一年中
- ichinenjū — All year long; throughout the entire year.
- 毎日
- mainichi — Every day; daily; each day without exception.
- 一
- ichi — One; the number 1; first.
- ずつ
- zutsu — Each; apiece; distributive suffix indicating equal portions.
- もらえ
- morae (morau) — To receive; to get; potential form of morau.
- 使い道
- tsukaimichi — Use; way to spend; purpose for using something.
- 困る
- komaru — To be troubled; to have difficulty; to be at a loss.
- ほど
- hodo — To the extent that; so much that; degree.
- 息子
- musuko — Son; one's own male child.
- として
- toshite — As; in the capacity of; in the role of.
- 引き取り
- hikitori — Taking in; adopting; taking custody of someone.
- 文明人
- bunmeijin — Civilized person; someone living by social norms.
- 育て
- sodate (sodateru) — To raise; to bring up; to nurture a child.
- しかし
- shikashi — However; but; a conjunction showing contrast.
- すべて
- subete — Everything; all; entirely without exception.
- 面
- men — Aspect; face; side; dimension of something.
- ひどく
- hidoku — Terribly; awfully; to a severe or extreme degree.
- 規則正しく
- kisokutadashiku — Regularly; in an orderly and disciplined manner.
- 礼儀正しかっ
- reigitadashika (reigitadashii) — Polite; well-mannered; proper in etiquette.
- 考える
- kangaeru — To think; to consider; to reflect on something.
- ずっと
- zutto — All along; continuously; by far; the whole time.
- 家
- ie — House; home; one's dwelling place.
- 中
- naka — Inside; within; the interior of something.
- 暮らす
- kurasu — To live; to get by; to spend one's daily life.
- つらかっ
- tsuraka (tsurai) — Painful; hard; emotionally or physically distressing.
- だから
- dakara — Therefore; so; for that reason.
- もう
- mō — Already; anymore; soon; expressing exasperation.
- 我慢
- gaman — Patience; endurance; putting up with difficulty.
- でき
- deki (dekiru) — To be able to; to become possible; stem of dekiru.
- なく
- naku — Without; not; conjunctive negative form.
- とき
- toki — Time; moment; when something occurs.
- 飛び出し
- tobidashi (tobidasu) — To dash out; to burst out; to run away suddenly.
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