Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 1
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.
- の
- no — Possessive or linking particle connecting nouns.
- 穴
- ana — Hole, opening, or pit in a surface.
- 中
- naka — Inside, middle, or within something.
- へ
- e — Directional particle indicating movement toward something.
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle identifying the sentence topic.
- 土手
- dote — Embankment, riverbank, or earthen slope.
- で
- 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.
- に
- ni — Particle indicating location, direction, or target.
- 座っ
- suwat(te) — Sat down; past/conjunctive form of suwaru (sit).
- て
- te — Te-form conjunction connecting sequential verb actions.
- 何
- nani / nani mo — What; nothing when used with も.
- 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.
- が
- 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.
- し
- shi — Conjunctive verb ending listing reasons or actions.
- き
- ki — Auxiliary verb stem indicating progressive coming-to-be.
- まし
- mashi — Polite past auxiliary stem before た (mashita).
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary particle indicating completed action.
- 一度
- ichido — Once, one time, a single occasion.
- か
- 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.
- 本
- hon — Book, printed or written volume.
- を
- wo / o — Object marker particle indicating direct object of verb.
- のぞい
- nozoi(te) — Peeked into; stem of nozoку (to peek/look into).
- み
- mi — Tried; stem of miru used as try-and-see auxiliary.
- その
- sono — That (near listener); demonstrative adjective modifying noun.
- 絵
- 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).
- ん
- 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.
- 役
- 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.
- さ
- 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.
- 心
- 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.
- 日
- 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.
- 目
- 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.
- な
- 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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