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English → Japanese CHAPTER I. Level 5/10

Down the Rabbit-Hole

ウサギの穴の中へ

Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, "and what is the use of a book," thought Alice "without pictures or conversations?"

アリスは土手でお姉さんのそばに座って、何もすることがないことに、だんだんうんざりしてきました。一度か二度、お姉さんが読んでいる本をのぞいてみましたが、その本には絵も会話もありませんでした。「絵も会話もない本なんて、何の役に立つの?」とアリスは思いました。

So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.

それで彼女は、立ち上がってヒナギクを摘んでデイジーの花輪を作る楽しさが、そのわずらわしさに見合うかどうかを、自分の心の中で考えていました(暑い日のせいでとても眠くてぼんやりしていたので、できる限りではありましたが)。そのとき突然、ピンクの目をした白いウサギが彼女のすぐそばを走り抜けました。

There was nothing so _very_ remarkable in that; nor did Alice think it so _very_ much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to itself, "Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be late!

それ自体はそれほど不思議なことではありませんでした。また、ウサギが独り言で「大変だ!大変だ!遅刻してしまう!」と言うのを聞いても、アリスはそれほどおかしいとは思いませんでした。

Vocabulary

ウサギ
usagi — Rabbit, a small long-eared mammal.
no — Possessive or linking particle connecting nouns.
ana — Hole, opening, or pit in a surface.
naka — Inside, middle, or within something.
e — Directional particle indicating movement toward something.
wa — Topic marker particle identifying the sentence topic.
土手
dote — Embankment, riverbank, or earthen slope.
de — Particle indicating location of action or means.
お姉さん
oneesan — Older sister or respectful term for young woman.
そば
soba — Nearby, beside, or close to something.
ni — Particle indicating location, direction, or target.
座っ
suwat(te) — Sat down; past/conjunctive form of suwaru (sit).
te — Te-form conjunction connecting sequential verb actions.
nani / nani mo — What; nothing when used with も.
mo — Also, too, or emphatic particle meaning even/nothing.
する
suru — To do; general-purpose action verb.
こと
koto — Thing, matter, or nominalizer for verb phrases.
ga — Subject marker particle or contrastive conjunction.
ない
nai — Negative adjective meaning not existing or not doing.
だんだん
dandan — Gradually, little by little, increasingly over time.
うんざり
unzari — Fed up, bored, or tired of something.
shi — Conjunctive verb ending listing reasons or actions.
ki — Auxiliary verb stem indicating progressive coming-to-be.
まし
mashi — Polite past auxiliary stem before た (mashita).
ta — Past tense auxiliary particle indicating completed action.
一度
ichido — Once, one time, a single occasion.
ka — Question particle or connector meaning 'or'.
二度
nido — Twice, two times, on two occasions.
読ん
yon(de) — Read; conjunctive or past stem of yomu.
いる
iru — To be (animate); auxiliary indicating ongoing action.
hon — Book, printed or written volume.
wo / o — Object marker particle indicating direct object of verb.
のぞい
nozoi(te) — Peeked into; stem of nozoку (to peek/look into).
mi — Tried; stem of miru used as try-and-see auxiliary.
その
sono — That (near listener); demonstrative adjective modifying noun.
e — Picture, illustration, or drawing in a book.
会話
kaiwa — Conversation, dialogue, verbal exchange between people.
あり
ari — Exists; polite stem of aru (to exist, inanimate).
ませ
mase — Polite negative auxiliary stem before ん (masen).
n — Polite negative ending or explanatory sentence-final particle.
でし
deshi — Polite copula stem before た; part of deshita.
なん
nan — What; colloquial form of nani before certain consonants.
yaku — Use, role, service, or benefit of something.
立つ
tatsu — To stand up; also to be useful or helpful.
思い
omoi — Thought, feeling; stem of omou (to think).
それ
sore — That (near listener); mid-distance demonstrative pronoun.
彼女
kanojo — She, her, or girlfriend in Japanese context.
立ち上がっ
tachiagat(te) — Stood up; conjunctive stem of tachiagaru (rise up).
ヒナギク
hinagiku — Daisy flower; small white-petaled common wildflower.
摘ん
tsun(de) — Picked, plucked; conjunctive stem of tsumu (to pick).
花輪
hanawa — Floral wreath or garland made from flowers.
作る
tsukuru — To make, create, or construct something.
楽し
tanoshi — Fun, enjoyable, pleasant; adjective stem of tanoshii.
sa — Nominalizer suffix turning adjectives into abstract nouns.
わずらわし
wazurawashi — Troublesome, annoying, bothersome; adjective stem form.
見合う
miau — To be worth it; to match or balance out.
どう
dou — How, in what way, what about something.
自分
jibun — Oneself, one's own self or personal perspective.
kokoro — Heart, mind, spirit, or inner feelings.
考え
kangae — Thought, idea; stem of kangaeru (to think/consider).
暑い
atsui — Hot (weather or temperature); describing warm conditions.
hi — Day, sun, or sunlight depending on context.
せい
sei — Fault, cause, or due to (negative cause).
とても
totemo — Very, extremely; intensifying adverb for adjectives/adverbs.
眠く
nemuku — Sleepily; adverbial form of nemui (sleepy).
ぼんやり
bonyari — Vaguely, hazily, absentmindedly, or in a daze.
できる
dekiru — Can do, be able to, or be possible.
限り
kagiri — As much as possible, limit, extent of ability.
とき
toki — Time, moment, or occasion when something happens.
突然
totsuzen — Suddenly, all at once, without any warning.
ピンク
pinku — Pink color; loanword from English.
me — Eye or eyes; visual organ of the body.
白い
shiroi — White; color adjective describing something pale or white.
すぐ
sugu — Immediately, right away, soon after something.
走り
hashiri — Running; stem of hashiru (to run).
抜け
nuke — Passed through, escaped; stem of nukeru (pass through).
自体
jitai — Itself, the thing itself, in and of itself.
それほど
sorehodo — That much, to that extent, so very much.
不思議
fushigi — Mysterious, strange, wonderful, or hard to explain.
na — Adjectival particle connecting na-adjectives to nouns.
独り言
hitorigoto — Talking to oneself, soliloquy, muttering alone.
大変
taihen — Terrible, very serious, or extremely (intensifier adverb).
遅刻
chikoku — Being late, tardiness, arriving after scheduled time.
しまう
shimau — To end up doing; expresses unintended or regrettable completion.
言う
iu — To say, speak, or utter words.
聞い
kiite / kiita — Heard or listened; conjunctive stem of kiku (hear).
おかしい
okashii — Strange, funny, odd, or something seems wrong.
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