Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 7
Everything is so out-of-the-way down here, that I should think very likely it can talk: at any rate, there's no harm in trying.
ここでは何もかもが普通とかけ離れているから、このネズミも口をきけるかもしれないと思うの。とにかく、試してみても損はないわ。
So she began: "O Mouse, do you know the way out of this pool? I am very tired of swimming about here, O Mouse!"
そこで彼女は話しかけた。「ねえネズミさん、この池から出る道を知っていますか？ここをずっと泳ぎ回るのにすっかり疲れてしまったわ、ねえネズミさん！」
(Alice thought this must be the right way of speaking to a mouse: she had never done such a thing before, but she remembered having seen in her brother's Latin Grammar, "A mouse—of a mouse—to a mouse—a mouse—O mouse!")
（アリスはこれがネズミへの正しい話しかけ方に違いないと思った。こんなことをしたのは初めてだったが、お兄さんのラテン語文法書に「ネズミが―ネズミの―ネズミに―ネズミを―ねえネズミ！」と書いてあったのを思い出したのだ。）
The Mouse looked at her rather inquisitively, and seemed to her to wink with one of its little eyes, but it said nothing.
ネズミはどこか探るようにアリスを見て、小さな目の片方でウインクしたように見えたが、何も言わなかった。
"Perhaps it doesn't understand English," thought Alice; "I daresay it's a French mouse, come over with William the Conqueror."
「もしかしたら英語がわからないのかもしれないわ」とアリスは思った。「きっとフランスのネズミで、征服王ウィリアムと一緒に渡ってきたのよ。」
(For, with all her knowledge of history, Alice had no very clear notion how long ago anything had happened.)
（というのも、歴史の知識はそれなりにあったが、アリスにはどんな出来事がどのくらい昔に起きたのか、あまりはっきりとした見当がつかなかったのだ。）
So she began again: "Où est ma chatte?" which was the first sentence in her French lesson-book.
そこでアリスはもう一度話しかけた。「ウー・エ・マ・シャット？」これはフランス語の教科書の最初の文だった。
The Mouse gave a sudden leap out of the water, and seemed to quiver all over with fright.
ネズミは突然水の外へ跳び上がり、恐怖でからだ全体がぶるぶると震えているようだった。
"Oh, I beg your pardon!" cried Alice hastily, afraid that she had hurt the poor animal's feelings.
「あら、ごめんなさい！」とアリスは、かわいそうな動物の気持ちを傷つけてしまったかと心配しながら、あわてて叫んだ。
"I quite forgot you didn't like cats."
「あなたが猫を嫌いだということをすっかり忘れていたわ。」
"Not like cats!" cried the Mouse, in a shrill, passionate voice. "Would _you_ like cats if you were me?"
「猫が嫌いですって！」ネズミは甲高い、激した声で叫んだ。「あなただって私の立場だったら猫が好きでいられるかしら？」
"Well, perhaps not," said Alice in a soothing tone: "don't be angry about it.
「まあ、そうかもしれないわね」とアリスはなだめるような口調で言った。「そのことで怒らないでちょうだい。
Vocabulary
- ここ
- koko — This place; here
- で
- de — Particle indicating location, means, or cause
- は
- wa — Topic-marking particle
- 何
- nani — What; something
- も
- mo — Also; too; even; particle of inclusion
- かも
- kamo — Might be; possibility marker
- が
- ga — Subject-marking particle
- 普通
- futsuu — Normal; ordinary; usual
- と
- to — And; with; quotation particle
- かけ離れ
- kakehanare — Far removed from; completely different
- て
- te — Te-form connective particle linking actions
- いる
- iru — To exist; to be (animate)
- から
- kara — Because; since; from
- この
- kono — This (modifies a noun)
- ネズミ
- nezumi — Mouse; rat
- 口
- kuchi — Mouth
- を
- wo — Object-marking particle
- きけ
- kike — Imperative form of 'to listen; hear'
- る
- ru — Verb ending; potential or present tense suffix
- しれ
- shire — Stem of 'shireru'; used in 'kamoshirenai'
- ない
- nai — Negation; not; does not exist
- 思う
- omou — To think; to feel; to consider
- の
- no — Possessive particle; nominalizer
- とにかく
- tonikaku — Anyway; at any rate; in any case
- 試し
- tameshi — Trial; test; attempt
- み
- mi — Suffix indicating attempting an action
- 損
- son — Loss; disadvantage; harm
- わ
- wa — Sentence-ending particle (feminine or emphatic)
- そこ
- soko — There; that place
- 彼女
- kanojo — She; her; girlfriend
- 話しかけ
- hanashikake — To speak to; to address someone
- た
- ta — Past tense verb ending
- ねえ
- nee — Hey; say; seeking agreement or attention
- さん
- san — Honorific title; Mr., Mrs., Ms.
- 池
- ike — Pond; small lake
- 出る
- deru — To exit; to come out; to leave
- 道
- michi — Road; path; way
- 知っ
- shitte — Te-form of 'shiru'; to know
- い
- i — Continuative stem of 'iru'; being
- ます
- masu — Polite verb ending suffix
- か
- ka — Question particle
- ずっと
- zutto — For a long time; continuously; all along
- 泳ぎ
- oyogi — Swimming; swim (noun form)
- 回る
- mawaru — To go around; to turn; to circulate
- に
- ni — Directional or locative particle; to; at; in
- すっかり
- sukkari — Completely; entirely; thoroughly
- 疲れ
- tsukare — Fatigue; tiredness; to get tired
- しまっ
- shimatte — Te-form of 'shimau'; regrettably completed action
- これ
- kore — This (thing near speaker)
- へ
- e — Directional particle; toward; to
- 正しい
- tadashii — Correct; right; proper
- 方
- hou — Direction; side; way; alternative
- 違いない
- chigainai — No doubt; certainly; must be
- 思っ
- omotte — Te-form of 'omou'; thinking
- こんな
- konna — This kind of; such a
- こと
- koto — Thing; matter; fact; event (abstract)
- し
- shi — Verb stem connector; and also (listing)
- 初めて
- hajimete — For the first time
- だっ
- datte — Was (past copula); because
- お
- o — Honorific prefix
- 兄さん
- niisan — Older brother; young man (address)
- ラテン語
- Ratengo — Latin language
- 文法書
- bunpousho — Grammar book; grammar reference text
- 書い
- kaite — Te-form of 'kaku'; to write
- あっ
- atte — Te-form of 'aru'; existing; being there
- 思い出し
- omoidashi — Recollection; remembering something past
- だ
- da — Copula; is; declarative sentence ending
- どこか
- dokoka — Somewhere; some place
- 探る
- saguru — To probe; to search; to feel out
- よう
- you — Seems like; appears to; as if
- 見
- mi — To look; to see (stem form)
- 小さな
- chiisana — Small; little; tiny
- 目
- me — Eye; eyes
- 片方
- katahou — One side; one of a pair
- ウインク
- uinku — Wink; to wink
- 見え
- mie — To appear; to be visible
- 言わ
- iwa — Negative stem of 'iu'; to say
- なかっ
- nakatte — Past negative form; was not
- もしかし
- moshikashi — Perhaps; possibly; maybe
- たら
- tara — Conditional form; if; when
- 英語
- Eigo — English language
- わから
- wakara — Negative stem of 'wakaru'; not understand
- きっと
- kitto — Surely; certainly; definitely
- フランス
- Furansu — France
- 一緒
- issho — Together; at the same time
- 渡っ
- watatte — Te-form of 'wataru'; to cross over
- き
- ki — Came; stem of 'kuru' (to come)
- よ
- yo — Sentence-ending particle for assertion
- という
- to iu — Called; known as; that is to say
- 歴史
- rekishi — History
- 知識
- chishiki — Knowledge; information
- それなり
- sorenari — Accordingly; in its own way; fair enough
- どんな
- donna — What kind of; what sort of
- 出来事
- dekigoto — Event; happening; incident
- どの
- dono — Which (of many); what (modifier)
- くらい
- kurai — About; approximately; around (degree)
- 昔
- mukashi — Long ago; old times; the past
- 起き
- oki — To occur; to happen; to wake up
- あまり
- amari — Not very; not much; too much
- はっきり
- hakkiri — Clearly; distinctly; plainly
- 見当
- kentou — Estimate; idea; clue; guess
- つか
- tsuka — Stem of 'tsuku'; to attach; to grasp
- もう
- mou — Already; anymore; soon; another
- 一度
- ichido — Once; one time
- フランス語
- Furansugo — French language
- 教科書
- kyoukasho — Textbook; school subject book
- 最初
- saisho — First; the beginning; the start
- 文
- bun — Sentence; writing; text
- 突然
- totsuzen — Suddenly; all of a sudden; abruptly
- 水
- mizu — Water
- 外
- soto — Outside; exterior
- 跳び上がり
- tobiagari — Jumping up; leaping upward suddenly
- 恐怖
- kyoufu — Fear; terror; fright
- からだ
- karada — Body; one's physical self
- 全体
- zentai — Whole; entire; overall
- ぶるぶる
- buruburu — Trembling; shivering (onomatopoeia)
- 震え
- furue — Shaking; trembling; shivering
- あら
- ara — Oh my; oh dear (feminine exclamation)
- ごめんなさい
- gomennasai — I'm sorry; please forgive me
- かわいそう
- kawaisou — Poor; pitiful; deserving sympathy
- な
- na — Adjectival ending or emotional particle
- 動物
- doubutsu — Animal
- 気持ち
- kimochi — Feeling; sensation; mood
- 傷つけ
- kizutsuke — To hurt; to wound; to injure
- 心配
- shinpai — Worry; anxiety; concern
- ながら
- nagara — While doing; simultaneously performing two actions
- あわてて
- awatete — Hastily; in a fluster; hurriedly
- 叫ん
- sakende — Shouting; crying out (te-form base)
- あなた
- anata — You (second person pronoun)
- 猫
- neko — Cat
- 嫌い
- kirai — Dislike; hate; aversion
- 忘れ
- wasure — To forget; forgetting (stem form)
- です
- desu — Polite copula; is; am; are
- って
- tte — Casual quotation or topic particle
- 甲高い
- kandakai — High-pitched; shrill (of voice or sound)
- 激し
- hageshi — Intense; fierce; violent (adjective stem)
- 声
- koe — Voice; sound (of a person)
- だって
- datte — But; because; even so (casual)
- 私
- watashi — I; me (first person pronoun)
- 立場
- tachiba — Position; standpoint; one's situation
- 好き
- suki — Like; fond of; love
- られる
- rareru — Passive or potential verb suffix
- かしら
- kashira — I wonder; feminine wondering expression
- まあ
- maa — Well; now now; sort of (softener)
- そう
- sou — That's right; so; in that way
- ね
- ne — Seeking agreement; right?; isn't it?
- なだめる
- nadameru — To soothe; to calm; to appease
- 口調
- kuchou — Tone of voice; manner of speaking
- 言っ
- itte — Te-form of 'iu'; to say; said
- その
- sono — That (modifies a noun near listener)
- 怒ら
- okora — Negative stem of 'okoru'; to get angry
- ちょうだい
- choudai — Please give me; please do (casual request)
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