Anna Karenina — Page 1
Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
幸せな家族はどれも似たようなものだが、不幸な家族はそれぞれ独自のやり方で不幸である。
Everything was in confusion in the Oblonskys' house.
オブロンスキー家では、すべてが混乱していた。
The wife had discovered that the husband was carrying on an intrigue with a French girl, who had been a governess in their family, and she had announced to her husband that she could not go on living in the same house with him.
妻は、夫がかつて家庭教師をしていたフランス人の女と関係を持っていることを知り、同じ家に住み続けることはできないと夫に告げた。
This position of affairs had now lasted three days, and not only the husband and wife themselves, but all the members of their family and household, were painfully conscious of it.
この状況はすでに三日間続いており、夫婦だけでなく、家族と使用人たち全員がそれを痛切に意識していた。
Every person in the house felt that there was no sense in their living together, and that the stray people brought together by chance in any inn had more in common with one another than they, the members of the family and household of the Oblonskys.
家の中の誰もが、彼らが一緒に暮らすことに意味はなく、どこかの宿屋で偶然集まった見知らぬ人々の方が、オブロンスキー家の家族や使用人たちよりもよほど互いに共通点があると感じていた。
The wife did not leave her own room, the husband had not been at home for three days.
妻は自分の部屋から出ようとせず、夫は三日間家に帰っていなかった。
The children ran wild all over the house; the English governess quarreled with the housekeeper, and wrote to a friend asking her to look out for a new situation for her; the man-cook had walked off the day before just at dinner time; the kitchen-maid, and the coachman had given warning.
子供たちは家中を走り回り、イギリス人の家庭教師は家政婦と口論し、新しい職口を探してほしいと友人に手紙を書いた。料理人の男は前日の夕食時に出て行ってしまい、女中と馬丁は暇を申し出た。
Vocabulary
- 幸せな
- shiawase na — Happy, fortunate, in a state of happiness
- 家族
- kazoku — Family, one's household members
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle in Japanese grammar
- どれ
- dore — Which one, used when choosing among options
- も
- mo — Also, too, even; inclusive particle
- 似た
- nita — Resembled, looked alike, was similar
- よう
- you — Manner, appearance, seeming like something
- な
- na — Adjectival particle linking noun-like adjectives
- もの
- mono — Thing, object, matter, phenomenon
- だ
- da — Copula meaning 'is' or 'are' (plain form)
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle; also means 'but'
- 不幸
- fukou — Unhappiness, misfortune, bad luck
- それぞれ
- sorezore — Each one, respectively, individually
- 独自
- dokuji — Unique, original, one's own distinctive way
- の
- no — Possessive/linking particle connecting nouns
- やり方
- yarikata — Way of doing something, method, approach
- で
- de — Particle indicating means, location of action
- ある
- aru — To exist, to be (for inanimate things)
- 家
- ie / ka — House, home, family household
- すべて
- subete — All, everything, entirely without exception
- 混乱
- konran — Confusion, disorder, chaos, turmoil
- し
- shi — Conjunctive form of suru; connects clauses
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle linking sequential actions
- い
- i — Stem of iru, indicating ongoing state
- た
- ta — Past tense suffix indicating completed action
- 妻
- tsuma — Wife, one's own spouse (female)
- 夫
- otto — Husband, one's own spouse (male)
- かつて
- katsute — Once, formerly, in the past
- 家庭教師
- katei kyoushi — Private tutor, home teacher for students
- を
- wo — Object marker particle indicating direct object
- フランス人
- Furansujin — French person, someone from France
- 女
- onna — Woman, female person
- と
- to — With; and; quotation particle in Japanese
- 関係
- kankei — Relationship, connection, involvement with someone
- 持っ
- mott(e) — Holding, having, possessing (te-form of motsu)
- いる
- iru — To be, to exist (for animate beings)
- こと
- koto — Thing, fact, matter (abstract nominalizer)
- 知り
- shiri — Knowing, finding out (conjunctive form of shiru)
- 同じ
- onaji — Same, identical, equal in nature
- に
- ni — Particle indicating direction, location, or time
- 住み
- sumi — Living, residing (conjunctive form of sumu)
- 続ける
- tsuzukeru — To continue, to keep doing something
- でき
- deki — Can do, able to (stem form of dekiru)
- ない
- nai — Negative auxiliary meaning not, does not
- 告げ
- tsuge — Telling, informing, notifying someone of something
- この
- kono — This (modifies a noun, near speaker)
- 状況
- joukyou — Situation, circumstances, current state of affairs
- すでに
- sudeni — Already, by this time, previously
- 三
- san / mi — Three, the number three
- 日間
- nichikan — Period of days, number of days duration
- 続い
- tsuzui — Continuing, going on (conjunctive of tsuzuku)
- おり
- ori — Being, existing (humble/literary form of iru)
- 夫婦
- fuufu — Married couple, husband and wife together
- だけ
- dake — Only, just, limited to that amount
- なく
- naku — Without, not being; negative conjunctive form
- 使用人
- shiyounin — Servant, employee, domestic staff member
- たち
- tachi — Plural suffix for people or animate beings
- 全員
- zen'in — All members, everyone, the entire group
- それ
- sore — That, that thing (near the listener)
- 痛切
- tsuusetsu — Keenly felt, deeply poignant, acutely painful
- 意識
- ishiki — Consciousness, awareness, being conscious of something
- 中
- naka / juu — Inside, among, within a group or space
- 誰
- dare — Who, which person, someone unspecified
- 彼ら
- karera — They, them (referring to a group)
- 一緒
- issho — Together, in the same place or group
- 暮らす
- kurasu — To live, to get by, to reside
- 意味
- imi — Meaning, significance, sense of something
- どこか
- dokoka — Somewhere, some place, an unspecified location
- 宿屋
- yadoya — Inn, lodging house, traditional Japanese inn
- 偶然
- guuzen — By chance, accidentally, coincidentally meeting
- 集まっ
- atsumatt(e) — Gathered, assembled together (te-form of atsumaru)
- 見知らぬ
- mishiranu — Unknown, unfamiliar, a stranger one doesn't know
- 人々
- hitobito — People, various persons, folks
- 方
- hou / kata — Direction; person (polite); way or side
- や
- ya — And (listing particle), or; exclamatory particle
- より
- yori — Than, more than, compared to something
- よほど
- yohodo — Much more, considerably, to a greater degree
- 互い
- tagai — Mutual, each other, reciprocal relationship
- 共通点
- kyoutsuuten — Common point, shared characteristic between people
- 感じ
- kanji — Feeling, sense, impression of something
- 自分
- jibun — Oneself, one's own self, I/me (reflexive)
- 部屋
- heya — Room, chamber, living space in a building
- から
- kara — From, because, after; starting point particle
- 出よ
- deyo — Come out, leave (imperative/volitional of deru)
- う
- u — Volitional suffix meaning let's or shall
- せず
- sezu — Without doing, not doing (negative of suru)
- 帰っ
- kaett(e) — Returned home (te-form of kaeru)
- なかっ
- nakatt(a) — Did not exist/was not (past negative form)
- 子供
- kodomo — Child, children, young person
- 家中
- iejuu — Throughout the house, all over the home
- 走り回り
- hashirimawari — Running around, dashing about in all directions
- イギリス人
- Igirisujin — British person, someone from England or UK
- 家政婦
- kaseifu — Housekeeper, domestic helper managing a household
- 口論
- kouron — Quarrel, argument, verbal dispute between people
- 新しい
- atarashii — New, fresh, recently made or acquired
- 職口
- shokuguchi — Job opening, employment opportunity, position available
- 探し
- sagashi — Searching for, looking for something or someone
- ほしい
- hoshii — Wanting, desiring; please do (request form)
- 友人
- yuujin — Friend, companion, close acquaintance
- 手紙
- tegami — Letter, written correspondence sent to someone
- 書い
- kai(te) — Writing, wrote (te-form of kaku)
- 料理人
- ryourinin — Cook, chef, person who prepares food professionally
- 男
- otoko — Man, male person
- 前日
- zenjitsu — The previous day, the day before
- 夕食
- yuushoku — Dinner, evening meal, supper
- 時
- toki — Time, moment, occasion when something happens
- 出
- de — Going out, leaving (stem of deru)
- 行っ
- itt(e) — Went, going (te-form of iku)
- しまい
- shimai — Ending up doing, finishing (conjunctive of shimau)
- 女中
- jochuu — Maid, female domestic servant in a household
- 暇
- hima — Free time; dismissal from service or employment
- 申し出
- moushide — Proposal, offer, formal request or suggestion
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