Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Page 7
Then Ben Rogers says:
するとベン・ロジャースが言った。
"Here's Huck Finn, he hain't got no family; what you going to do 'bout him?"
「ハック・フィンがいるぞ、あいつには家族がいない。どうするつもりだ？」
"Well, hain't he got a father?" says Tom Sawyer.
「なんだ、父親はいないのか？」とトム・ソーヤーが言った。
"Yes, he's got a father, but you can't never find him these days.
「ああ、父親はいる。でも最近はどこにいるかわからない。
He used to lay drunk with the hogs in the tanyard, but he hain't been seen in these parts for a year or more."
なめし皮工場で豚と一緒に酔っぱらって転がっていたもんだが、もう一年以上このあたりで見かけていない。」
They talked it over, and they was going to rule me out, because they said every boy must have a family or somebody to kill, or else it wouldn't be fair and square for the others.
みんなで話し合った結果、ぼくを外そうということになりかけた。なぜなら、どの少年にも家族か誰か殺せる相手がいなければ、他のみんなに対して公平ではないというのだ。
Well, nobody could think of anything to do—everybody was stumped, and set still.
でも、誰もいい考えが浮かばなかった。みんな行き詰まって、黙ったままでいた。
I was most ready to cry; but all at once I thought of a way, and so I offered them Miss Watson—they could kill her.
ぼくはもう泣きそうだった。でも、ふと思いついて、ミス・ワトソンを差し出した。彼女を殺せばいいと言ったのだ。
Everybody said:
みんなが言った。
"Oh, she'll do. That's all right. Huck can come in."
「ああ、それでいい。問題ない。ハックも入れてやろう。」
Then they all stuck a pin in their fingers to get blood to sign with, and I made my mark on the paper.
それからみんな指に針を刺して血を出してサインをし、ぼくも紙に印をつけた。
"Now," says Ben Rogers, "what's the line of business of this Gang?"
「さて」とベン・ロジャースが言った。「この一味の仕事は何だ？」
"Nothing only robbery and murder," Tom said.
「強盗と殺しだけだ」とトムが言った。
"But who are we going to rob?—houses, or cattle, or—"
「でも誰から奪うんだ？家か、牛か、それとも——」
"Stuff! stealing cattle and such things ain't robbery; it's burglary," says Tom Sawyer.
「馬鹿を言え！牛やそんなものを盗むのは強盗じゃない。それは窃盗だ」とトム・ソーヤーが言った。
"We ain't burglars. That ain't no sort of style. We are highwaymen.
「ぼくたちは泥棒じゃない。そんな柄じゃない。ぼくたちは追い剥ぎだ。
Vocabulary
- する
- suru — To do; general-purpose action verb
- と
- to — Quotation or conjunction particle meaning 'and/that'
- が
- ga — Subject-marking particle in a sentence
- 言っ
- it(te) — Said; past conjunctive form of 言う (iu)
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary verb ending
- いる
- iru — To exist or be (for animate beings)
- ぞ
- zo — Sentence-ending particle for emphasis or assertion
- あいつ
- aitsu — That guy; informal/rough third-person pronoun
- に
- ni — Direction or target particle meaning 'to/at/for'
- は
- wa — Topic-marking particle highlighting sentence subject
- 家族
- kazoku — Family; one's relatives or household members
- いない
- inai — Does not exist; negative form of いる
- どう
- dō — How; in what way or manner
- つもり
- tsumori — Intention or plan to do something
- だ
- da — Casual copula meaning 'is/am/are'
- なんだ
- nanda — Casual form of 'it is'; seeking explanation or emphasis
- 父親
- chichioya — Father; one's male parent
- の
- no — Possessive or nominalizing particle
- か
- ka — Question-marking sentence-ending particle
- ああ
- ā — Oh; exclamation of realization or acknowledgment
- でも
- demo — But; however; connecting contrasting clauses
- 最近
- saikin — Recently; lately; in recent times
- どこ
- doko — Where; asking about a location or place
- わから
- wakara(nai) — Do not know; stem of 分かる (wakaru)
- ない
- nai — Negative auxiliary; does not exist or happen
- で
- de — Particle indicating location of action or means
- 豚
- buta — Pig; domestic swine animal
- 一緒
- issho — Together; in the same place or at once
- 酔っぱらっ
- yopparac(chi) — Got drunk; became intoxicated with alcohol
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle connecting sequential actions
- 転がっ
- korogat(te) — Rolled or tumbled; lay sprawled about
- い
- i(ru) — Continuous existence; stem of いる (iru)
- もん
- mon — Casual sentence-ender expressing reason or complaint
- もう
- mō — Already; anymore; expresses change or exasperation
- 一年
- ichinen — One year; a period of twelve months
- 以上
- ijō — More than; at least; or above a threshold
- この
- kono — This; referring to something nearby the speaker
- あたり
- atari — Around here; vicinity or approximate area
- 見かけ
- mikake — Appearance; or to happen to see someone
- みんな
- minna — Everyone; all people in a group
- 話し合っ
- hanashiat(te) — Discussed; talked together to reach an agreement
- 結果
- kekka — Result; outcome of a discussion or event
- ぼく
- boku — I; informal first-person pronoun used by males
- を
- o — Object-marking particle indicating direct object
- 外そ
- hazoso(u) — Intend to exclude; volitional stem of 外す (hazusu)
- う
- u — Volitional auxiliary verb meaning 'let's' or 'shall'
- いう
- iu — To say; to call something by a name
- こと
- koto — Thing; nominalizer turning verbs into noun phrases
- なり
- nari — Became; conjunctive form of なる (naru)
- かけ
- kake — About to; on the verge of doing something
- なぜ
- naze — Why; asking for a reason or cause
- なら
- nara — If; conditional conjunctive particle
- どの
- dono — Which; asking which item among several options
- 少年
- shōnen — Boy; young male person or youth
- も
- mo — Also; too; even; inclusive particle
- 誰か
- dareka — Someone; an unspecified person
- 殺せる
- koroseru — Can kill; potential form of 殺す (korosu)
- 相手
- aite — Partner; opponent or the other party involved
- なけれ
- nakere(ba) — If there is not; negative conditional form
- ば
- ba — Conditional particle meaning 'if' or 'when'
- 他
- hoka — Other; another person or thing
- 対し
- taishi — Toward; against; in relation to something
- 公平
- kōhei — Fair; just; impartial treatment of all parties
- 誰
- dare — Who; asking about an unspecified person
- いい
- ii — Good; fine; acceptable or agreeable
- 考え
- kangae — Thought; idea or way of thinking
- 浮かば
- ukaba(nai) — Come to mind; conditional stem of 浮かぶ
- なかっ
- nacat(ta) — Was not; past negative auxiliary form
- 行き詰まっ
- yukizumat(te) — Reached a deadlock; became stuck with no progress
- 黙っ
- damat(te) — Fell silent; stayed quiet without speaking
- まま
- mama — As is; remaining in the same state
- 泣き
- naki — Crying; stem of 泣く (naku) to cry
- そう
- sō — Seems like; looks as if something will happen
- だっ
- dat(ta) — Was; past tense form of copula だ
- ふと
- futo — Suddenly; unexpectedly coming to mind
- 思いつい
- omoitsui(ta) — Came up with an idea; suddenly thought of something
- 差し出し
- sashidashi — Offer up; present or hold something out to someone
- 彼女
- kanojo — She; her; also used for girlfriend
- 殺せ
- korose — Kill; imperative or potential form of 殺す
- それ
- sore — That; referring to something near the listener
- 問題
- mondai — Problem; issue or question to be solved
- 入れ
- ire — Put in; include; admit into a group
- やろう
- yarō — Let's do it; volitional form of やる (yaru)
- それから
- sorekara — After that; then; subsequently in sequence
- 指
- yubi — Finger; digit on the hand
- 針
- hari — Needle; sharp slender pointed instrument
- 刺し
- sashi — Prick; pierce; stab with a sharp object
- 血
- chi — Blood; the red fluid in the body
- 出し
- dashi — Bring out; produce; emit or extract something
- サイン
- sain — Signature; sign or autograph on a document
- し
- shi — Do; conjunctive form of する (suru)
- 紙
- kami — Paper; thin material used for writing
- 印
- shirushi — Mark; sign or stamp placed on something
- つけ
- tsuke — Attach; put on; mark or apply to something
- さて
- sate — Well then; now then; transitional expression
- 一味
- ichimi — Gang; a group of associates or accomplices
- 仕事
- shigoto — Work; job; occupation or task to accomplish
- 何
- nani — What; asking about an unknown thing
- 強盗
- gōtō — Robbery; violent theft using force or threats
- 殺し
- koroshi — Killing; murder; act of killing someone
- だけ
- dake — Only; just; limiting extent or amount
- から
- kara — From; because; indicating origin or reason
- 奪う
- ubau — To seize; snatch or take something by force
- ん
- n — Casual explanatory or assertive sentence-ending particle
- 家
- ie — House; home; dwelling place
- 牛
- ushi — Cow; cattle; bovine animal
- それとも
- soretomo — Or; presenting an alternative choice or option
- 馬鹿
- baka — Fool; stupid; idiot; strong insult
- 言え
- ie — Say; imperative form of 言う (iu)
- や
- ya — Listing particle or casual exclamatory interjection
- そんな
- sonna — Such; that kind of; like that
- もの
- mono — Thing; object; or explanatory sentence-ending nuance
- 盗む
- nusumu — To steal; take something without permission
- じゃ
- ja — Well then; casual contraction of では (dewa)
- 窃盗
- settō — Theft; larceny; crime of stealing property
- ぼくたち
- bokutachi — We; us; informal first-person plural pronoun
- 泥棒
- dorobō — Thief; burglar; person who steals things
- 柄
- gara — Character; nature; or handle of an object
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