Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 3
First, she tried to look down and make out what she was coming to, but it was too dark to see anything; then she looked at the sides of the well, and noticed that they were filled with cupboards and book-shelves; here and there she saw maps and pictures hung upon pegs.
まず、彼女は下を見て、どこへ向かっているのかを確かめようとしたが、あたりは暗くて何も見えなかった。それから井戸の側面を見ると、食器棚や本棚でいっぱいになっていることに気づいた。あちこちに、釘に掛けられた地図や絵が見えた。
She took down a jar from one of the shelves as she passed; it was labelled "ORANGE MARMALADE", but to her great disappointment it was empty: she did not like to drop the jar for fear of killing somebody underneath, so managed to put it into one of the cupboards as she fell past it.
通り過ぎる際に、棚のひとつから瓶を取り下ろした。ラベルには「オレンジ・マーマレード」と書いてあったが、がっかりしたことに中身は空だった。下にいる誰かを傷つけてしまうのが怖くて瓶を落とすわけにもいかず、落ちていく途中でなんとか食器棚のひとつにその瓶をしまうことができた。
"Well!" thought Alice to herself, "after such a fall as this, I shall think nothing of tumbling down stairs! How brave they'll all think me at home! Why, I wouldn't say anything about it, even if I fell off the top of the house!" (Which was very likely true.)
「まあ！」とアリスは心の中で思った。「こんな落ち方をしたあとなら、階段を転げ落ちても何とも思わないわ！家のみんなが、なんて勇敢なのかと思うでしょう！それどころか、家の屋根から落ちたって、何も言わないくらいよ！」（これはおそらく本当のことだった。）
Down, down, down. Would the fall _never_ come to an end? "I wonder how many miles I've fallen by this time?" she said aloud. "I must be getting somewhere near the centre of the earth.
下へ、下へ、下へ。この落下はいつまでも終わらないのだろうか？「今ごろ、いったい何マイル落ちたのかしら？」と彼女は声に出して言った。「もう地球の中心に近いところまで来ているに違いないわ。
Vocabulary
- まず
- mazu — First of all; to begin with
- 彼女
- kanojo — She; her; girlfriend
- は
- wa — Topic-marking particle in Japanese grammar
- 下
- shita — Below; underneath; down
- を
- wo — Object-marking particle in Japanese grammar
- 見
- mi — See; look (stem form of 見る)
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle connecting verb phrases
- どこ
- doko — Where; what place
- へ
- e — Directional particle meaning toward or to
- 向かっ
- mukatt(e) — Heading toward; directed at (te-form)
- いる
- iru — To be; to exist (animate beings)
- の
- no — Possessive or nominalizing particle
- か
- ka — Question marker particle
- 確かめ
- tashikame — To confirm; to make sure of something
- よう
- you — Volitional form indicating intention or attempt
- と
- to — Quotation or conjunctive particle
- し
- shi — Did; tried (conjunctive form of する)
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary verb marker
- が
- ga — Subject marker or conjunctive but particle
- あたり
- atari — Around; vicinity; surrounding area
- 暗く
- kuraku — Darkly; in a dark manner (adverbial form)
- 何
- nani — What; nothing (in negative context)
- も
- mo — Also; too; even; (not) anything
- 見え
- mie — Visible; can be seen (stem of 見える)
- なかっ
- nakatt(a) — Was not; did not exist (negative past)
- それ
- sore — That; it (referring to something nearby)
- から
- kara — From; after; because
- 井戸
- ido — Well; a water well dug in ground
- 側面
- sokumen — Side; lateral surface of an object
- 見る
- miru — To look at; to see; to watch
- 食器棚
- shokkidana — Kitchen cupboard; cabinet storing dishes
- や
- ya — And; listing particle for non-exhaustive items
- 本棚
- hondana — Bookshelf; bookcase for storing books
- で
- de — With; by means of; location of action particle
- いっぱい
- ippai — Full; filled up; a lot of something
- に
- ni — Location, direction, or indirect object particle
- なっ
- natt(e) — Became; turned into (te-form of なる)
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; nominalizer for verb phrases
- 気づい
- kidzui(te) — Noticed; realized; became aware of
- あちこち
- achikochi — Here and there; various places around
- 釘
- kugi — Nail; metal spike driven into surfaces
- 掛け
- kake — Hung; hung on; attached to a wall
- られ
- rare — Passive voice auxiliary verb marker
- 地図
- chizu — Map; geographical chart or diagram
- 絵
- e — Picture; painting; drawing; illustration
- 通り過ぎる
- toorисугiru — To pass by; to go past something
- 際
- sai — When; at the time of; occasion
- 棚
- tana — Shelf; rack for storing items
- ひとつ
- hitotsu — One; one item; a single thing
- 瓶
- bin — Bottle; jar; glass container
- 取り下ろし
- toрioroshi — Took down; removed from a high place
- ラベル
- raberu — Label; tag attached to a container
- オレンジ
- orenji — Orange; the citrus fruit or color
- マーマレード
- māmarēdo — Marmalade; orange citrus fruit jam
- 書い
- kai(te) — Written; wrote (te-form of 書く)
- あっ
- att(a) — There was; existed (colloquial past of ある)
- がっかり
- gakkari — Disappointed; let down; feeling of letdown
- 中身
- nakami — Contents; what is inside something
- 空
- kara — Empty; vacant; containing nothing
- だっ
- datt(a) — Was; were (past copula, casual form)
- 誰か
- dareka — Someone; somebody; an unspecified person
- 傷つけ
- kizutsuke — Hurt; injure; wound someone or something
- しまう
- shimau — To end up doing; unfortunately complete action
- 怖く
- kowaku — Scary; frightening (adverbial adjective form)
- 落とす
- otosu — To drop; to let fall; to lose
- わけ
- wake — Reason; meaning; no way; cannot possibly
- いか
- ika — Cannot go; must not (negative base form)
- ず
- zu — Negative verbal suffix meaning without doing
- 落ち
- ochi — Falling; dropped; descended (stem of 落ちる)
- いく
- iku — To go; to continue doing progressively
- 途中
- tochuu — On the way; in the middle of something
- なんとか
- nantoka — Somehow; somehow manage; by some means
- その
- sono — That; the (demonstrative adjective near listener)
- でき
- deki — Can do; able to; managed to do
- まあ
- maa — Well; oh well; anyway; expression of mild surprise
- 心
- kokoro — Heart; mind; spirit; inner feelings
- 中
- naka — Inside; middle; among; within
- 思っ
- omott(e) — Thought; felt; considered (te-form of 思う)
- こんな
- konna — This kind of; such a; like this
- 方
- kata / hou — Way; direction; person (polite); manner
- あと
- ato — After; later; behind; the rest
- なら
- nara — If; in that case; conditional conjunction
- 階段
- kaidan — Stairs; staircase; steps in a building
- 転げ落ち
- korogochi — Tumble down; roll and fall downward
- 思わ
- omowa — Think; consider (negative stem of 思う)
- ない
- nai — Not; does not exist; negative ending
- わ
- wa — Sentence-final particle expressing mild assertion
- 家
- ie / uchi — House; home; family residence
- みんな
- minna — Everyone; all; everybody together
- なんて
- nante — How; what a; expressing surprise or contempt
- 勇敢
- yuukan — Brave; courageous; bold and fearless
- な
- na — Adjectival noun connector; sentence-final emphasis
- 思う
- omou — To think; to feel; to believe
- でしょう
- deshou — Probably; I suppose; right? (polite conjecture)
- それどころか
- soredokoroka — On the contrary; far from that; rather
- 屋根
- yane — Roof; rooftop of a building
- って
- tte — Casual quotation or topic-marking particle
- 言わ
- iwa — Say; said (negative stem of 言う)
- くらい
- kurai — About; approximately; to the extent of
- よ
- yo — Sentence-final particle asserting information to listener
- これ
- kore — This; this thing (near the speaker)
- おそらく
- osoraku — Probably; perhaps; most likely the case
- 本当
- hontou — True; real; genuine; indeed; really
- この
- kono — This (demonstrative adjective near speaker)
- 落下
- rakka — Falling; a drop; descent from height
- いつまで
- itsumade — Until when; how long; for how long
- 終わら
- owara — End; finish (negative stem of 終わる)
- だろう
- darou — Probably; I wonder; conjecture informal form
- 今ごろ
- imagoro — About now; around this time; by now
- いったい
- ittai — What on earth; just what; emphasizes question
- マイル
- mairu — Mile; unit of distance (approx 1.6 km)
- かしら
- kashira — I wonder; feminine sentence-final wondering particle
- 声
- koe — Voice; sound produced by speaking or singing
- 出し
- dashi — Let out; emitted; produced (stem of 出す)
- 言っ
- itt(e) — Said; told; spoke (te-form of 言う)
- もう
- mou — Already; soon; anymore; by now
- 地球
- chikyuu — Earth; the planet we live on
- 中心
- chuushin — Center; core; the central point of something
- 近い
- chikai — Near; close; not far away
- ところ
- tokoro — Place; point; situation; just about to
- まで
- made — Until; up to; as far as
- 来
- ki — Come; came (stem form of 来る)
- 違いない
- chigainai — Must be; no doubt; certainly the case
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