Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Page 4

English → Japanese CHAPTER II. Level 6/10

Jim was monstrous proud about it, and he got so he wouldn't hardly notice the other niggers.

ジムはそのことをひどく自慢に思っており、他の黒人たちにはほとんど目もくれなくなった。

Niggers would come miles to hear Jim tell about it, and he was more looked up to than any nigger in that country.

黒人たちは何マイルも歩いてジムの話を聞きに来て、彼はその地方のどんな黒人よりも尊敬されていた。

Strange niggers would stand with their mouths open and look him all over, same as if he was a wonder.

見知らぬ黒人たちは口を開けたまま立ち、まるで彼が不思議な存在であるかのようにじろじろと眺めた。

Niggers is always talking about witches in the dark by the kitchen fire; but whenever one was talking and letting on to know all about such things, Jim would happen in and say, "Hm! What you know 'bout witches?" and that nigger was corked up and had to take a back seat.

黒人たちはいつも台所の火のそばの暗がりで魔女の話をしていた。しかし誰かがそういったことを何でも知っているふりをして話していると、ジムがひょっこり現れて「ふん！魔女のことを何を知ってるってんだ？」と言い、その黒人は黙り込んで引き下がるしかなかった。

Jim always kept that five-center piece round his neck with a string, and said it was a charm the devil give to him with his own hands, and told him he could cure anybody with it and fetch witches whenever he wanted to just by saying something to it; but he never told what it was he said to it.

ジムはいつもその五セント硬貨を紐で首にかけており、それは悪魔が自分の手で自分に与えたお守りだと言い、それに何かを言えばいつでも誰でも治してやれるし魔女も呼び出せると言っていたが、自分が何を言っているのかは決して教えなかった。

Niggers would come from all around there and give Jim anything they had, just for a sight of that five-center piece; but they wouldn't touch it, because the devil had had his hands on it.

黒人たちはあたり一帯から集まってきて、その五セント硬貨を一目見るためだけに持っているものを何でもジムに与えた。しかし悪魔がそれに手を触れていたので、誰もそれに触ろうとはしなかった。

Jim was most ruined for a servant, because he got stuck up on account of having seen the devil and been rode by witches.

ジムは悪魔を見て魔女に乗り回されたことを鼻にかけて高慢になったため、使用人としてはほとんど使い物にならなくなっていた。

Vocabulary

は: wa — Topic-marking particle indicating the subject
その: sono — That; refers to something near the listener
こと: koto — Thing; fact; matter; abstract concept
を: wo — Object-marking particle indicating direct object
ひどく: hidoku — Terribly; extremely; severely
自慢: jiman — Pride; boasting about oneself or something
に: ni — Particle indicating direction, location, or purpose
思って: omotte — Thinking; feeling; believing something
おり: ori — Humble/formal form of 'いる' (to be, exist)
他: hoka — Other; another; the rest
の: no — Possessive or nominalizing particle
黒人: kokujin — Black person; person of African descent
たち: tachi — Plural suffix for people or animate beings
ほとんど: hotondo — Almost; mostly; hardly; nearly all
目: me — Eye; gaze; attention
も: mo — Also; even; too; as well
くれ: kure — Give (to speaker); used in requests or negation
なく: naku — Without; not having; negating form of ない
なった: natta — Became; turned into; past tense of なる
何: nan/nani — What; how many; some (interrogative or indefinite)
マイル: mairu — Mile; unit of distance measurement
歩いて: aruite — Walking; on foot; by walking
話: hanashi — Story; talk; conversation; topic
聞き: kiki — Listening; hearing; asking (stem form)
来て: kite — Coming; having come (te-form of 来る)
彼: kare — He; him; that person (male)
地方: chihou — Region; area; locality; district
どんな: donna — What kind of; what sort of
より: yori — Than; more than; compared to
尊敬: sonkei — Respect; admiration; esteem for someone
され: sare — Passive auxiliary; being done to (passive form)
いた: ita — Was; existed; past tense of いる
見知らぬ: mishiranu — Unknown; unfamiliar; strange person or thing
口: kuchi — Mouth; opening; entrance
開け: ake — Opening; open (stem/command form of 開ける)
まま: mama — As is; remaining in a state; unchanged condition
立ち: tachi — Standing; stand (stem form of 立つ)
まるで: marude — Just as if; exactly like; as though
が: ga — Subject-marking particle; but (conjunctive)
不思議: fushigi — Mysterious; strange; wonderful; incomprehensible
な: na — Adjectival copula; modifies nouns (na-adjective)
存在: sonzai — Existence; presence; being; entity
である: de aru — Formal copula meaning 'to be; is; exists'
か: ka — Question particle; or; whether (interrogative)
よう: you — Like; as if; seeming; appearance of something
じろじろ: jirojiro — Staring; gazing rudely; looking fixedly at someone
と: to — And; with; quotation particle; when
眺め: nagame — Viewing; gazing; a view or scene
いつも: itsumo — Always; usually; habitually; all the time
台所: daidokoro — Kitchen; cooking area of a house
火: hi — Fire; flame; light; heat
そば: soba — Beside; near; close to; nearby
暗がり: kuragari — Darkness; dark place; shadowy area
魔女: majo — Witch; sorceress; female practitioner of magic
し: shi — And; doing (conjunctive form listing reasons)
しかし: shikashi — However; but; nevertheless; yet
誰か: dareka — Someone; anybody; a certain person
そういった: souitta — Such; that kind of; like that
何でも: nandemo — Anything; everything; whatever; no matter what
知って: shitte — Knowing; being aware of (te-form of 知る)
いる: iru — To be; to exist; ongoing state (animate)
ふり: furi — Pretense; acting as if; feigning something
話して: hanashite — Talking; speaking; telling (te-form of 話す)
ひょっこり: hyokkori — Suddenly; unexpectedly popping up or appearing
現れ: araware — Appearing; showing up; emerging (stem form)
ふん: fun — Hmph; snort of dismissal or contempt
って: tte — Quotation particle; casual topic marker
ん: n — Explanatory/assertive sentence-ending particle
だ: da — Informal copula meaning 'is; it is'
言い: ii — Saying; having said (stem form of 言う)
黙り込ん: damarikonde — Falling silent; going quiet; clamming up
引き下がる: hikisagaru — To back down; withdraw; retreat; give way
しか: shika — Only; nothing but (used with negative verb)
なかった: nakatta — Did not exist; was not; past negative of ない
五: go — Five; the number 5
セント: sento — Cent; small unit of currency
硬貨: kouka — Coin; metal currency; hard money
紐: himo — String; cord; lace; thin rope
首: kubi — Neck; head; throat area of the body
かけて: kakete — Hanging; putting around; wearing (te-form)
それ: sore — That; it; that thing (near listener)
悪魔: akuma — Devil; demon; evil spirit; Satan
自分: jibun — Oneself; myself; yourself; one's own self
手: te — Hand; arm; means; method
与え: atae — Giving; providing; granting (stem form of 与える)
お守り: omamori — Amulet; charm; talisman for protection
何か: nanika — Something; anything; some kind of thing
言えば: ieba — If one says; speaking of; for example
いつでも: itsudemo — Anytime; always; at any time
誰でも: daredemo — Anyone; everybody; whoever it may be
治して: naoshite — Curing; healing; fixing (te-form of 治す)
やれる: yareru — Can do; be able to do for someone
呼び出せる: yobidaseru — Can summon; able to call out or invoke
言って: itte — Saying; having said (te-form of 言う)
決して: kesshite — Never; by no means (used with negatives)
教え: oshie — Teaching; instruction; lesson; guidance
あたり: atari — Around; vicinity; area; thereabouts
一帯: ittai — Whole area; entire region; surrounding district
から: kara — From; because; after; since
集まって: atsumatte — Gathering; assembling; coming together
一目: hitome — One glance; a single look; at a glimpse
見る: miru — To see; to look; to watch; to observe
ため: tame — For the purpose of; in order to; for sake
だけ: dake — Only; just; merely; that much
持って: motte — Holding; carrying; having (te-form of 持つ)
もの: mono — Thing; object; person; matter (nominalizer)
触れ: fure — Touching; making contact (stem form of 触れる)
ので: node — Because; since; so (reason/cause connector)
誰: dare — Who; whoever; which person
触ろう: sawarou — Let's touch; volitional form of 触る
見: mi — Seeing; looking (stem form of 見る)
乗り回さ: norimawasa — Riding around; driving about arrogantly
鼻: hana — Nose; also figurative for arrogance
かけ: kake — Hanging; putting on; starting (stem of かける)
高慢: kouman — Arrogance; haughtiness; pride; conceit
使用人: shiyounin — Servant; employee; domestic worker; attendant
使い物: tsukaimono — Useful item; something fit for use or service
なら: nara — If; in the case of; as for (conditional)
なって: natte — Becoming; turning into (te-form of なる)

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