Anna Karenina — Page 4
Most unpleasant of all was the first minute when, on coming, happy and good-humored, from the theater, with a huge pear in his hand for his wife, he had not found his wife in the drawing-room, to his surprise had not found her in the study either, and saw her at last in her bedroom with the unlucky letter that revealed everything in her hand.
何よりも不快だったのは、最初の瞬間のことだった。妻へのお土産にと大きな梨を手に持ち、幸せな気分で上機嫌に劇場から帰ってきたとき、客間に妻の姿がなく、驚いたことに書斎にもいなかった。そしてついに寝室で、すべてを明かしてしまったあの不運な手紙を手にした妻を見つけたのだった。
She, his Dolly, forever fussing and worrying over household details, and limited in her ideas, as he considered, was sitting perfectly still with the letter in her hand, looking at him with an expression of horror, despair, and indignation.
彼女、彼のドーリィは、いつも家のこまごまとしたことでばたばたと心配ばかりして、彼が思うには考えの狭い女だったが、その彼女が手紙を手に持ったまま微動だにせず座り、恐怖と絶望と憤りの入り混じった表情で彼を見つめていた。
"What's this? this?" she asked, pointing to the letter.
「これは何なの？これは？」と彼女は手紙を指さしながら尋ねた。
And at this recollection, Stepan Arkadyevitch, as is so often the case, was not so much annoyed at the fact itself as at the way in which he had met his wife's words.
そしてこの記憶を思い返すとき、スチェパン・アルカージエヴィチは、よくあることだが、事実そのものよりも、妻の言葉に対して自分がとった態度の方がずっと腹立たしかった。
There happened to him at that instant what does happen to people when they are unexpectedly caught in something very disgraceful.
その瞬間、非常に恥ずべきことを不意に見つかったときに人に起こりがちなことが、彼にも起きた。
He did not succeed in adapting his face to the position in which he was placed towards his wife by the discovery of his fault.
彼は、自分の過ちが発覚したことによって妻に対して置かれた立場にふさわしい表情を作ることができなかった。
Instead of being hurt, denying, defending himself, begging forgiveness, instead of remaining indifferent even—anything would have been better than what he did do—his face utterly involuntarily (reflex spinal action, reflected Stepan Arkadyevitch, who was fond of physiology)—utterly involuntarily assumed its habitual, good-humored, and therefore idiotic smile.
傷ついた様子を見せるか、否定するか、自分を弁護するか、許しを乞うか、いっそ無関心を装うか——彼が実際にしたことよりはどれでもましだったはずだが——彼の顔はまったく無意識のうちに（脊髄反射というやつだな、と生理学好きのスチェパン・アルカージエヴィチは心の中で思った）、まったく無意識のうちにいつもの上機嫌な、それゆえにひどく間の抜けた笑みを浮かべてしまったのだった。
This idiotic smile he could not forgive himself.
この間の抜けた笑みを、彼は自分自身に許すことができなかった。
Vocabulary
- 何
- nani — What; used as an interrogative pronoun.
- より
- yori — Than; from; comparative or origin particle.
- も
- mo — Also; too; even; inclusive particle.
- 不快
- fukai — Discomfort; unpleasantness; feeling of displeasure.
- 最初
- saisho — The first; the beginning; at the start.
- 瞬間
- shunkan — Moment; instant; a brief point in time.
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; matter; nominalizer for verbs.
- 妻
- tsuma — Wife; one's own spouse (female).
- お
- o — Honorific prefix added to nouns or verbs.
- 土産
- miyage — Souvenir; gift brought back from a trip.
- 大きな
- ookina — Big; large; great in size or scale.
- 梨
- nashi — Pear; a sweet fruit common in Japan.
- 手
- te — Hand; arm; a body part used for grasping.
- 持ち
- mochi — Holding; carrying; possessing something in hand.
- 幸せ
- shiawase — Happiness; good fortune; feeling of contentment.
- 気分
- kibun — Mood; feeling; one's emotional or physical state.
- 上機嫌
- joukigen — Good mood; being in high spirits; cheerful.
- 劇場
- gekijou — Theater; playhouse; venue for stage performances.
- 帰っ
- kaette (stem) — Returned home; went back (verb stem form).
- とき
- toki — Time; moment; when something occurs.
- 客間
- kyakuma — Guest room; parlor; room for receiving visitors.
- 姿
- sugata — Figure; appearance; form of a person or thing.
- 驚い
- odoroi (stem) — Surprised; astonished; startled by something unexpected.
- 書斎
- shosai — Study; private library room; scholar's workspace.
- ついに
- tsuini — Finally; at last; after a long wait.
- 寝室
- shinshitsu — Bedroom; the room used for sleeping.
- すべて
- subete — Everything; all; the whole of something.
- 明かし
- akashi — Revealing; disclosing; making something known.
- あの
- ano — That (over there); refers to something mutually known.
- 不運
- fuun — Bad luck; misfortune; an unfortunate circumstance.
- 手紙
- tegami — Letter; written correspondence sent to someone.
- 見つけ
- mitsuke — Finding; discovering; locating something or someone.
- 彼女
- kanojo — She; her; girlfriend in casual usage.
- 彼
- kare — He; him; boyfriend in casual usage.
- いつも
- itsumo — Always; usually; all the time.
- 家
- ie / uchi — House; home; one's dwelling place.
- こまごま
- komagoma — In fine detail; with many small matters.
- ばたばた
- batabata — Bustling around; flapping; being frantically busy.
- 心配
- shinpai — Worry; anxiety; concern about something uncertain.
- ばかり
- bakari — Only; just; nothing but; approximately.
- 思う
- omou — To think; to feel; to believe something.
- 考え
- kangae — Thought; idea; opinion; way of thinking.
- 狭い
- semai — Narrow; small; confined in space or view.
- 女
- onna — Woman; female; a grown female person.
- その
- sono — That; the; demonstrative adjective for nearby things.
- 持っ
- motte (stem) — Holding; having; possessing (stem of motsu).
- まま
- mama — As is; leaving things in their current state.
- 微動
- bidou — Slight movement; a tiny shift or tremor.
- せず
- sezu — Without doing; not doing (negative conjunctive of suru).
- 座り
- suwari — Sitting; taking a seated position.
- 恐怖
- kyoufu — Fear; terror; intense feeling of dread.
- 絶望
- zetsubou — Despair; hopelessness; complete loss of hope.
- 憤り
- ikidouri — Indignation; anger; strong moral outrage.
- 入り
- iri — Entering; mixing; combined (stem of hairu).
- 混じっ
- majitte (stem) — Mixed; blended together with other elements.
- 表情
- hyoujou — Facial expression; look on one's face.
- 見つめ
- mitsume — Staring; gazing fixedly at something or someone.
- これ
- kore — This; refers to something close to the speaker.
- 指さし
- yubisashi — Pointing; indicating direction with one's finger.
- ながら
- nagara — While doing; simultaneously performing two actions.
- 尋ね
- tazune — Asking; inquiring; posing a question to someone.
- この
- kono — This; demonstrative adjective for things nearby.
- 記憶
- kioku — Memory; recollection; stored mental impression.
- 思い返す
- omoikaesu — To look back on; to reconsider; to recall.
- よく
- yoku — Often; well; frequently; in a good manner.
- ある
- aru — To exist; to be; to have (inanimate things).
- 事実
- jijitsu — Fact; truth; an actual matter or reality.
- もの
- mono — Thing; object; tangible or abstract matter.
- 言葉
- kotoba — Word; language; speech; an expression or phrase.
- 対し
- taishi — Toward; against; in relation to something.
- 自分
- jibun — Oneself; one's own self; reflexive pronoun.
- とっ
- totte (stem) — For; taking; regarding (stem of toru used idiomatically).
- 態度
- taido — Attitude; manner; one's behavior toward others.
- 方
- hou — Way; direction; alternative; manner of doing.
- ずっと
- zutto — All along; continuously; by far; much more.
- 腹立たしかっ
- haradatashikatta (stem) — Was infuriating; maddening; causing anger and irritation.
- 非常
- hijou — Extraordinary; extreme; very; emergency situation.
- 恥ず
- hazu (haji stem) — Shameful; embarrassing; feeling of disgrace.
- べき
- beki — Should; ought to; indicating moral obligation.
- 不意
- fui — Sudden; unexpected; by surprise without warning.
- 見つかっ
- mitsukatte (stem) — Was found out; discovered; caught unexpectedly.
- 人
- hito — Person; human being; people in general.
- 起こり
- okori — Occurrence; arising; something that happens or begins.
- がち
- gachi — Prone to; tending to; inclined toward doing.
- 起き
- oki — Waking up; occurring; arising (stem of okiru).
- 過ち
- ayamachi — Mistake; error; wrongdoing; a moral fault.
- 発覚
- hakkaku — Discovery; exposure; revelation of a hidden matter.
- よっ
- yotte (stem) — By means of; due to; because of (stem).
- 置か
- oka — Being placed; put into (passive stem of oku).
- 立場
- tachiba — Position; standpoint; one's situation or stance.
- ふさわしい
- fusawashii — Suitable; appropriate; fitting for a situation.
- 作る
- tsukuru — To make; to create; to produce something.
- でき
- deki — Able to; capable of (stem of dekiru).
- 傷つい
- kizutsuite (stem) — Wounded; hurt; emotionally or physically injured.
- 様子
- yousu — Appearance; state; how something or someone seems.
- 見せる
- miseru — To show; to display; to let someone see.
- 否定
- hitei — Denial; negation; refusal to acknowledge something.
- する
- suru — To do; to perform; general-purpose action verb.
- 弁護
- bengo — Defense; advocacy; speaking in someone's defense.
- 許し
- yurushi — Forgiveness; pardon; permission granted by someone.
- 乞う
- kou — To beg; to request earnestly; to implore.
- いっそ
- isso — Rather; if anything; preferring one option over another.
- 無関心
- mukanshin — Indifference; lack of interest or concern.
- 装う
- yosoou — To pretend; to disguise; to feign an appearance.
- 実際
- jissai — Actually; in reality; in practice; the truth.
- どれ
- dore — Which one; which of several options or things.
- まし
- mashi — Better; preferable; relatively more acceptable option.
- はず
- hazu — Expected to be; supposed to; should logically be.
- 顔
- kao — Face; facial expression; one's countenance.
- まったく
- mattaku — Completely; entirely; indeed; used for emphasis.
- 無意識
- muishiki — Unconscious; unaware; acting without conscious thought.
- うち
- uchi — Inside; within; among; one's home or group.
- 反射
- hanssha — Reflex; reflection; automatic response to a stimulus.
- いう
- iu — To say; to call; to be called something.
- やつ
- yatsu — Guy; fellow; thing (informal, slightly rough term).
- 好き
- suki — Like; fond of; having affection for something.
- 心
- kokoro — Heart; mind; spirit; one's inner feelings.
- 中
- naka — Inside; middle; among; within a space or group.
- 思っ
- omotte (stem) — Thinking; feeling (stem of omou in te-form).
- それゆえ
- soreyue — Therefore; for that reason; consequently.
- ひどく
- hidoku — Terribly; awfully; to a severe degree.
- 間
- ma / kan — Interval; gap; space between things; a moment.
- 抜け
- nuke — Lacking; missing; slipping out; a gap or escape.
- 笑み
- emi — Smile; a gentle or pleasant facial expression.
- 浮かべ
- ukabe — Floating; showing (an expression); calling to mind.
- 自身
- jishin — Oneself; one's own self; personally (emphatic form).
- 許す
- yurusu — To forgive; to permit; to allow someone something.
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