Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Page 3

English → Japanese CHAPTER I. Level 6/10

After supper she got out her book and learned me about Moses and the Bulrushers, and I was in a sweat to find out all about him; but by-and-by she let it out that Moses had been dead a considerable long time; so then I didn't care no more about him, because I don't take no stock in dead people.

夕食の後、彼女は本を取り出して、モーセと葦の中の話を教えてくれた。俺はモーセのことをもっと知りたくてたまらなかった。でも、そのうち彼女はモーセがずいぶん昔に死んだということをふと漏らした。それで俺はもうモーセのことなんてどうでもよくなった。死んだ人間のことなんて、俺は気にしないからだ。

Pretty soon I wanted to smoke, and asked the widow to let me.

やがて俺はタバコを吸いたくなって、未亡人に頼んだ。

But she wouldn't.

でも、彼女は許してくれなかった。

She said it was a mean practice and wasn't clean, and I must try to not do it any more.

彼女は、それは下品な習慣で不潔だから、もうやめるよう努力しなければならないと言った。

That is just the way with some people.

まったく、そういう人間というのはどこにでもいる。

They get down on a thing when they don't know nothing about it.

何も知らないくせに、物事をけなすんだ。

Here she was a-bothering about Moses, which was no kin to her, and no use to anybody, being gone, you see, yet finding a power of fault with me for doing a thing that had some good in it.

彼女はモーセのことをあれこれ気にかけていた。モーセは彼女の身内でもないし、もう死んでいるんだから誰の役にも立たないのに。それなのに、俺がちゃんと良いこともあることをするのに対しては、散々文句をつける。

And she took snuff, too; of course that was all right, because she done it herself.

それに彼女自身も嗅ぎタバコをやっていた。もちろん、それは全然構わないわけだ。自分でやっていることだからな。

Her sister, Miss Watson, a tolerable slim old maid, with goggles on, had just come to live with her, and took a set at me now with a spelling-book.

彼女の妹のワトソンさんは、眼鏡をかけたかなり痩せた老嬢で、ちょうど彼女のところに住み始めたばかりだったが、今度はスペリングの本を持って俺に取りかかってきた。

She worked me middling hard for about an hour, and then the widow made her ease up.

彼女は約一時間、俺をかなりきつく勉強させた。それから未亡人が彼女をやめさせた。

I couldn't stood it much longer.

俺はもうそれ以上は我慢できなかっただろう。

Then for an hour it was deadly dull, and I was fidgety.

それから一時間、ひどく退屈で、俺はそわそわしていた。

Vocabulary

夕食: yūshoku — Evening meal; dinner served in the evening.
の: no — Possessive or nominalizing particle connecting nouns.
後: ato / go — After; following a certain time or event.
彼女: kanojo — She; her; also used to mean girlfriend.
は: wa — Topic-marking particle indicating the sentence topic.
本: hon — Book; a bound printed publication for reading.
を: wo — Object-marking particle indicating the direct object.
取り出し: toridashi — Taking out; retrieving something from a place.
て: te — Conjunctive particle connecting sequential or related actions.
と: to — Particle meaning 'and', 'with', or quotation marker.
葦: ashi — Reed; tall grass-like plant growing near water.
中: naka / chū — Inside; among; the middle or interior of something.
話: hanashi — Story; talk; a conversation or narrative account.
教え: oshie — Teaching; instruction given to help someone learn.
くれ: kure — Give (to me); do something for the speaker.
た: ta — Past tense auxiliary indicating a completed action.
俺: ore — I; me; informal masculine first-person pronoun.
こと: koto — Thing; matter; fact; nominalizer for verb phrases.
もっと: motto — More; to a greater degree or extent.
知り: shiri — Knowing; coming to know or learn something.
たく: taku — Want to do; desiderative suffix expressing desire.
たまら: tamara — Cannot stand; unbearably strong feeling or desire.
なかっ: nakatt(a) — Was not; past negative form of the adjective.
でも: demo — But; however; even so; conjunction showing contrast.
そのうち: sono uchi — Before long; eventually; in due course of time.
が: ga — Subject-marking particle; also indicates contrast or but.
ずいぶん: zuibun — Considerably; quite; a surprisingly large degree.
昔: mukashi — Long ago; ancient times; the distant past.
に: ni — Particle indicating location, time, direction, or purpose.
死ん: shin(da) — Died; past form of the verb to die.
だ: da — Copula; plain form of 'is' or 'are'.
という: to iu — Called; known as; used to quote or name things.
ふと: futo — Suddenly; casually; without particular intention or notice.
漏らし: morashi — Letting slip; inadvertently revealing private information.
それ: sore — That; referring to something near the listener.
で: de — Particle marking location of action, means, or cause.
もう: mō — Already; anymore; expresses a change in state.
なんて: nante — Such things as; expressing surprise, contempt, or dismissal.
どうでも: dō demo — Whatever; doesn't matter at all; complete indifference.
よく: yoku — Well; often; frequently; thoroughly done or performed.
なっ: natt(a) — Became; past connective form of naru (to become).
人間: ningen — Human being; person; humanity in a general sense.
気: ki — Spirit; feeling; mood; mind; one's inner sense.
し: shi — Conjunctive form listing reasons; also verb stem ending.
ない: nai — Not exist; negative form; there is not something.
から: kara — Because; from; since; indicates reason or starting point.
やがて: yagate — Soon; before long; eventually happening after some time.
タバコ: tabako — Tobacco; cigarette; smoking material made from tobacco.
吸い: sui — Inhaling; smoking; sucking in smoke or liquid.
未亡人: mibōjin — Widow; a woman whose husband has passed away.
頼ん: tanon(da) — Asked; requested; relied upon someone for help.
許し: yurushi — Forgiveness; permission; allowing or pardoning an action.
下品: gehin — Vulgar; crude; lacking refinement or good taste.
な: na — Adjective-noun linking particle; also prohibitive sentence-final.
習慣: shūkan — Habit; custom; a regularly repeated behavior or practice.
不潔: fuketsu — Unclean; dirty; lacking cleanliness or hygiene standards.
やめる: yameru — To quit; to stop doing something; to give up.
よう: yō — Like; as if; in order to; manner or appearance.
努力: doryoku — Effort; hard work put toward achieving a goal.
なけれ: nakere — Must; conditional negative base used in obligation expressions.
ば: ba — Conditional particle meaning 'if' or 'when' something occurs.
なら: nara — If; in the case of; conditional form of da.
言っ: itt(a) — Said; past connective form of iu (to say).
まったく: mattaku — Completely; utterly; used to express strong agreement or exasperation.
そういう: sō iu — That kind of; such a type of thing or person.
どこ: doko — Where; which place; interrogative pronoun for location.
いる: iru — To exist; to be present (for animate beings).
何: nani / nan — What; which thing; interrogative pronoun for objects.
も: mo — Also; too; even; particle adding inclusivity or emphasis.
知ら: shira — Not knowing; base form of shiru (to know).
くせ: kuse — Habit; fault; used accusatorially as 'despite being'.
物事: monogoto — Things; matters; affairs in general; various things.
けなす: kenasu — To belittle; to speak ill of; to disparage someone.
ん: n — Explanatory or emphatic sentence-ending; colloquial form of no.
あれこれ: are kore — This and that; various things; one thing and another.
かけ: kake — In the middle of; starting to; half-done action.
い: i — Continuous state; adjectival or verbal auxiliary ending.
身内: miuchi — One's own family; close relatives; people in one's group.
誰: dare — Who; which person; interrogative pronoun for people.
役: yaku — Use; role; service; being of help to someone.
立た: tata — Standing; being useful; base of tatsu (to stand/serve).
ちゃんと: chanto — Properly; correctly; in a tidy or reliable manner.
良い: yoi / ii — Good; fine; favorable; of a high quality or standard.
ある: aru — To exist; to have; there is (for inanimate things).
する: suru — To do; to perform; general-purpose action verb.
対し: taishi — Toward; against; in relation to; facing a subject.
散々: sanzan — Thoroughly; severely; in a terrible or exhausting manner.
文句: monku — Complaint; objection; grumbling about something or someone.
つける: tsukeru — To attach; to apply; to direct toward something.
自身: jishin — Oneself; one's own self; used for emphasis of self.
嗅ぎ: kagi — Sniffing; smelling; the act of detecting a scent.
やっ: yatt(a) — Did; managed to do; colloquial past of yaru.
もちろん: mochiron — Of course; naturally; it goes without saying.
全然: zenzen — Completely; not at all; used with negatives for emphasis.
構わ: kamawa — Not minding; not caring; it does not matter.
わけ: wake — Reason; meaning; circumstance explaining a situation.
自分: jibun — Oneself; myself; yourself; reflexive first-person pronoun.
妹: imōto — Younger sister; one's own younger female sibling.
さん: san — Honorific title used after a person's name.
眼鏡: megane — Eyeglasses; spectacles worn to correct one's vision.
かなり: kanari — Fairly; considerably; quite a lot; to a notable degree.
痩せ: yase — Thinness; being slender or having lost body weight.
老嬢: rōjō — Elderly spinster; an older unmarried woman; old maid.
ちょうど: chōdo — Exactly; just; precisely at a certain time or amount.
ところ: tokoro — Place; point in time; just about to do something.
住み: sumi — Living; residing; the act of dwelling somewhere.
始め: hajime — Beginning; start; the initial stage of something.
ばかり: bakari — Just; only; nothing but; having just done something.
だっ: datt(a) — Was; past form of the copula da.
今度: kondo — This time; next time; the current or upcoming occasion.
スペリング: superingu — Spelling; the arrangement of letters in a word.
持っ: mott(a) — Held; carried; past connective form of motsu.
取りかかっ: torikakatt(a) — Set about; began working on a task or project.
き: ki — Came; connective past form of kuru (to come).
約: yaku — Approximately; about; roughly a certain number or amount.
一: ichi / hito — One; the number one; a single unit or item.
時間: jikan — Time; hour; a unit or period of measured time.
きつく: kitsuku — Tightly; strictly; harshly; in a severe or firm manner.
勉強: benkyō — Study; academic work; learning through effort and practice.
さ: sa — Casual sentence-final particle adding light emphasis or assertion.
せ: se — Causative auxiliary ending; making or letting someone do.
やめ: yame — Stop; quit; the stem of yameru in imperative use.
以上: ijō — More than; beyond; that is all; above a limit.
我慢: gaman — Patience; endurance; putting up with something difficult.
でき: deki — Can do; be able to; capability form of suru.
だろう: darō — Probably; I suppose; expressing conjecture or supposition.
ひどく: hidoku — Terribly; severely; in an awful or extreme manner.
退屈: taikutsu — Boredom; tedium; feeling uninterested and dull.
そわそわ: sowasowa — Restless; fidgety; unable to settle due to anxiety.

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