Alice's Adventures in Wonderland — Page 6

English → Japanese CHAPTER I. Level 5/10

There was not a moment to be lost: away went Alice like the wind, and was just in time to hear it say, as it turned a corner, "Oh my ears and whiskers, how late it's getting!"

一刻の猶予もなかった。アリスは風のように駆け出し、ウサギが角を曲がりながら「ああ、耳よ、ひげよ、なんて遅くなってしまったんだ！」と言うのをちょうど間に合って聞いた。

She was close behind it when she turned the corner, but the Rabbit was no longer to be seen: she found herself in a long, low hall, which was lit up by a row of lamps hanging from the roof.

彼女が角を曲がったときウサギのすぐ後ろにいたのに、もうウサギの姿は見えなかった。気がつくと彼女は細長くて天井の低いホールの中にいた。そのホールは天井からぶら下がった一列のランプで明るく照らされていた。

There were doors all round the hall, but they were all locked; and when Alice had been all the way down one side and up the other, trying every door, she walked sadly down the middle, wondering how she was ever to get out again.

ホールの周りにはドアがたくさんあったが、どれも鍵がかかっていた。アリスが片側を端まで歩き、反対側を戻りながらすべてのドアを試してみると、どうすれば外に出られるのかと思い悩みながら、悲しそうにホールの真ん中を歩いた。

Suddenly she came upon a little three-legged table, all made of solid glass; there was nothing on it except a tiny golden key, and Alice's first thought was that it might belong to one of the doors of the hall;

突然、彼女は小さな三本脚のテーブルを見つけた。それはすべて無垢のガラスで作られていた。その上には小さな金の鍵以外には何もなく、アリスはまずそれがホールのどれかのドアの鍵かもしれないと思った。

but, alas! either the locks were too large, or the key was too small, but at any rate it would not open any of them.

しかし、ああ！錠前が大きすぎるか、鍵が小さすぎるかのどちらかで、いずれにせよどのドアも開けることができなかった。

However, on the second time round, she came upon a low curtain she had not noticed before, and behind it was a little door about fifteen inches high: she tried the little golden key in the lock, and to her great delight it fitted!

しかし、二回目に回ったとき、彼女はそれまで気づかなかった低いカーテンを見つけた。その後ろには高さ約十五インチの小さなドアがあった。彼女はその小さな金の鍵を鍵穴に差し込んでみると、大喜びしたことにぴったりと合った！

Vocabulary

一刻: ikkoku — A moment; a brief period of time
の: no — Possessive or nominalizing particle
猶予: yūyo — Grace period; delay; postponement
も: mo — Also; even; too (particle)
なかった: nakatta — Did not exist; was not (past negative)
は: wa — Topic-marking particle in Japanese sentences
風: kaze — Wind; breeze; style or manner
よう: yō — Resembling; like; as if (comparison)
に: ni — Direction, location, or purpose particle
駆け出し: kedashi — Breaking into a run; starting to dash
ウサギ: usagi — Rabbit; hare
が: ga — Subject-marking particle in Japanese
角: kado — Corner; edge; turn in a road
を: wo — Object-marking particle in Japanese
曲がり: magari — Turning; bending around a corner
ながら: nagara — While doing; simultaneously performing two actions
ああ: aa — Oh; ah (exclamation of feeling or realization)
耳: mimi — Ear; ears (body part)
よ: yo — Sentence-ending particle expressing assertion or emphasis
ひげ: hige — Whiskers; beard; mustache
なんて: nante — Such a thing as; how (expresses surprise or emphasis)
遅く: osoku — Late; slowly (adverbial form of late)
なって: natte — Becoming; having become (te-form of naru)
しまった: shimatta — Ended up doing; completed regrettably
んだ: nda — Explanatory or emphatic sentence-ending expression
と: to — Quotation particle; and; with
言う: iu — To say; to speak; to utter
ちょうど: chōdo — Exactly; just in time; precisely
間に合って: manaiatte — In time; making it just in time
聞い: kii — Heard; listened (conjunctive form of kiku)
た: ta — Past tense auxiliary verb ending
彼女: kanojo — She; her; girlfriend
曲がった: magatta — Turned; bent; went around a corner
とき: toki — Time; moment; when something occurs
すぐ: sugu — Immediately; right away; just nearby
後ろ: ushiro — Behind; back; rear direction
いた: ita — Was present; existed (past of iru)
のに: noni — Even though; despite; contrary to expectation
もう: mō — Already; no longer; anymore
姿: sugata — Figure; appearance; form of a person
見え: mie — Can be seen; visible (stem of mieru)
気が: ki ga — Notice; feeling; attention (part of expression)
つく: tsuku — To notice; to realize; to become aware
細長く: hosonagaku — Long and narrow; elongated (adverbial form)
て: te — Conjunctive particle connecting clauses
天井: tenjō — Ceiling; the top interior of a room
低い: hikui — Low; short in height
ホール: hōru — Hall; corridor; large room or passage
中: naka — Inside; within; middle of something
その: sono — That (demonstrative adjective modifying a noun)
から: kara — From; because; after (particle)
ぶら下がった: burasagatta — Hung down; dangled from above
一列: ichiretsu — A single row or line of things
ランプ: ranpu — Lamp; light fixture
で: de — By means of; at; with (particle)
明るく: akaruku — Brightly; in a bright manner
照らさ: terasa — Illuminated; lit up (passive stem of terasu)
れて: rete — Being done to; passive te-form ending
周り: mawari — Surroundings; around; perimeter
ドア: doa — Door (loanword from English)
たくさん: takusan — Many; a lot; plenty
あった: atta — There was; existed (past of aru)
どれ: dore — Which one (of three or more options)
鍵: kagi — Key; lock
かかって: kakatte — Locked; fastened; applied to (te-form)
片側: katagawa — One side; one flank of something
端: hashi — Edge; end; tip of something
まで: made — Until; up to; as far as
歩き: aruki — Walking; a walk (stem of aruku)
反対側: hantaigawa — Opposite side; the other side
戻り: modori — Returning; going back (stem of modoru)
すべて: subete — All; everything; entirely
試して: tameshite — Trying out; testing (te-form of tamesu)
みる: miru — To try doing; to attempt (auxiliary verb)
どう: dō — How; in what way
すれ: sure — If one does; conditional form of suru
ば: ba — Conditional particle meaning if or when
外: soto — Outside; exterior; outdoors
出られる: derareru — Can get out; able to exit (potential form)
か: ka — Question particle; whether (sentence ending)
思い悩み: omoinayami — Worrying deeply; agonizing over a problem
悲しそう: kanashisō — Seeming sad; looking sorrowful
真ん中: mannaka — Middle; center; right in the midst
歩い: arui — Walking (conjunctive form of aruku)
突然: totsuzen — Suddenly; all of a sudden; unexpectedly
小さな: chīsana — Small; little (prenominal adjective form)
三本脚: sanbonashi — Three-legged; having three legs
テーブル: tēburu — Table (loanword from English)
見つけ: mitsuke — Found; discovered (stem of mitsukeru)
それ: sore — That; it (referring to nearby object)
無垢: muku — Solid; pure; made of one material
ガラス: garasu — Glass (material; loanword from Dutch)
作られて: tsukurarete — Made of; constructed from (passive te-form)
上: ue — Top; above; upper surface
金: kin — Gold; golden; money
以外: igai — Other than; except for; besides
何: nani — What; nothing (depending on context)
なく: naku — Without; not having (conjunctive negative form)
まず: mazu — First of all; to begin with
しれ: shire — Might be; perhaps (part of kamoshirenai)
ない: nai — Does not exist; negative auxiliary
思っ: omot- — Thought; thinking (conjunctive form of omou)
しかし: shikashi — However; but; nevertheless
錠前: jōmae — Lock; padlock (the mechanism itself)
大きすぎる: ōkisugiru — Too big; excessively large
小さすぎる: chīsasugiru — Too small; excessively tiny
どちら: dochira — Which of two; either direction or option
いずれ: izure — Either; whichever; eventually
せよ: seyo — Be that as it may; whether (expression)
どの: dono — Which (prenominal interrogative determiner)
開ける: akeru — To open; to unlock something
こと: koto — Thing; fact; act (nominalizer)
でき: deki — Can do; able to (stem of dekiru)
二回目: nikai-me — Second time; the second occurrence
回った: mawatta — Went around; circled; turned (past tense)
気づか: kizuka — Noticed; became aware (stem of kizuku)
カーテン: kāten — Curtain (loanword from English)
高さ: takasa — Height; tallness (noun form of takai)
約: yaku — Approximately; about; roughly
十五: jūgo — Fifteen (the number 15)
インチ: inchi — Inch (unit of measurement, loanword)
鍵穴: kagiana — Keyhole; the hole for inserting a key
差し込ん: sashikomon — Inserted; pushed into (conjunctive of sashikomu)
大喜び: ōyorokobi — Great delight; extreme joy and happiness
した: shita — Did; performed (past tense of suru)
ぴったり: pittari — Perfectly fitting; exactly right; snugly
合っ: at- — Matched; fit together (conjunctive of au)

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