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She was contented and happy in her children; I never interfered with her in anything; I let her manage the children and the house just as she liked.

彼女は子供たちのことで満足して幸せだった。私は何事においても彼女に干渉したことはなかった。子供たちと家の管理は彼女の好きなようにさせていた。

It's true it's bad _her_ having been a governess in our house.

確かに、彼女がうちの家庭教師だったというのはまずかった。

That's bad! There's something common, vulgar, in flirting with one's governess.

それはよくない!自分の家庭教師に色目を使うなんて、どこか下品で卑俗なことだ。

But what a governess!" (He vividly recalled the roguish black eyes of Mlle. Roland and her smile.)

しかし、なんという家庭教師だったことか!」(彼はロラン嬢のいたずらっぽい黒い瞳と笑顔を鮮やかに思い浮かべた。)

"But after all, while she was in the house, I kept myself in hand.

「しかし結局のところ、彼女が家にいる間、私は自分を抑えていた。

And the worst of it all is that she's already ... it seems as if ill-luck would have it so!

そして何より最悪なのは、彼女はもう……まるで不運がそうさせたかのようだ!

Oh, oh! But what, what is to be done?"

ああ、ああ!しかし、どうすれば、一体どうすればいいのだ?」

There was no solution, but that universal solution which life gives to all questions, even the most complex and insoluble.

解決策はなかった。ただ、人生があらゆる問いに、どれほど複雑で解決不能なものにも与える、あの普遍的な解決策を除いては。

That answer is: one must live in the needs of the day—that is, forget oneself.

その答えとはすなわち、日々の必要の中に生きること――つまり、自分自身を忘れることだ。

To forget himself in sleep was impossible now, at least till nighttime; he could not go back now to the music sung by the decanter-women; so he must forget himself in the dream of daily life.

今は眠りの中に自分を忘れることは不可能だった、少なくとも夜になるまでは。デカンタの女たちが歌う音楽にも今さら戻ることはできない。だから彼は日常生活という夢の中に自分を忘れなければならなかった。

"Then we shall see," Stepan Arkadyevitch said to himself, and getting up he put on a gray dressing-gown lined with blue silk, tied the tassels in a knot, and, drawing a deep breath of air into his broad, bare chest, he walked to the window with his usual confident step, turning out his feet that carried his full frame so easily.

「それからどうなるかは見てみよう」とスチェパン・アルカージエヴィチは心の中でつぶやいた。そして起き上がり、青い絹の裏地のついた灰色のガウンを羽織り、房飾りを結んで結び目を作り、広い裸の胸に深く息を吸い込んで、いつもの自信に満ちた歩みで窓へと歩いていった。その大きな体を軽々と運ぶ足をつま先外向きにして。

Vocabulary

彼女
kanojo — She; her; girlfriend.
wa — Topic marker particle.
子供
kodomo — Child; children.
たち
tachi — Plural suffix for people or animals.
no — Possessive or nominalizing particle.
こと
koto — Thing; matter; fact; situation.
de — Particle indicating means, location, or reason.
満足
manzoku — Satisfaction; contentment; being satisfied.
shi — Conjunctive form of suru; and; moreover.
te — Te-form connective particle linking actions.
幸せ
shiawase — Happiness; good fortune; blessed state.
だっ
da(tta) — Past tense copula form; was; were.
ta — Past tense auxiliary verb ending.
watashi — I; me; first-person singular pronoun.
何事
nanigoto — Everything; anything; any matter whatsoever.
ni — Particle indicating direction, time, or location.
おい
oi — Hey; used to call attention to someone.
mo — Also; too; even; as well.
干渉
kanshō — Interference; meddling; intervening in others' affairs.
なかっ
naka(tta) — Past negative auxiliary; did not; was not.
to — And; with; quotation particle; if.
ie / ka — House; home; family; household.
管理
kanri — Management; administration; supervision; control.
好き
suki — Like; fond of; favorite thing.
na — Adjectival particle; or prohibitive command particle.
よう
yō — Appears; seems; like; in order to.
sa — Casual sentence-ending particle; you know; well.
se — Causative verb stem; to make/let someone do.
i — Verb ending for existence or state of being.
確か
tashika — Certain; sure; if I recall correctly.
ga — Subject marker particle; but; however.
うち
uchi — Inside; home; our house; among.
家庭
katei — Home; household; family environment.
教師
kyōshi — Teacher; instructor; educator.
いう
iu — To say; to call; to be called.
まずかっ
mazuka(tta) — Was bad; was awkward; was problematic.
それ
sore — That; that thing; it.
よく
yoku — Well; often; frequently; good.
ない
nai — Negative; not exist; there is not.
自分
jibun — Oneself; myself; yourself; one's own.
色目
irome — Flirtatious glance; making eyes at someone.
wo / o — Object marker particle in Japanese sentences.
使う
tsukau — To use; to employ; to make use of.
なん
nan — What; how many; colloquial form of nani.
どこ
doko — Where; what place; which location.
ka — Question particle; or; some; uncertainty marker.
下品
gehin — Vulgar; crude; low-class; indecent.
卑俗
hizoku — Vulgar; base; lowbrow; common and crude.
da — Copula; is; are; plain form of desu.
しかし
shikashi — However; but; nevertheless; yet.
kare — He; him; that man; boyfriend.
jō — Young lady; Miss; daughter.
いたずらっぽい
itazurappoi — Mischievous; playful; roguish in appearance.
黒い
kuroi — Black; dark-colored.
hitomi — Pupil of the eye; eyes.
笑顔
egao — Smiling face; smile; cheerful expression.
鮮やか
azayaka — Vivid; bright; brilliant; striking.
思い浮かべ
omoiukabe — To call to mind; to picture vividly.
結局
kekkyoku — After all; in the end; ultimately.
ところ
tokoro — Place; situation; point; just about to.
いる
iru — To exist; to be (animate beings).
aida / ma — Between; during; interval; gap.
抑え
osae — Suppression; restraint; holding back.
そし
soshi — And then; and so; conjunctive (soshite).
nani / nan — What; something; anything.
より
yori — More than; from; rather than; compared to.
最悪
saiaku — Worst; the absolute worst situation.
もう
mō — Already; anymore; soon; now.
まるで
marude — Just like; as if; completely; entirely.
不運
fuun — Bad luck; misfortune; ill fate.
そう
sō — So; that way; like that; I see.
ああ
aa — Ah; oh; expressing realization or resignation.
どう
dō — How; in what way; what should be done.
すれ
sure — Conditional form of suru; if one does.
ba — Conditional particle; if; when.
一体
ittai — What on earth; altogether; one body.
いい
ii — Good; fine; alright; okay.
解決
kaiketsu — Solution; resolution; settling a problem.
saku — Plan; scheme; measure; strategy.
ただ
tada — Just; merely; only; free of charge.
人生
jinsei — Life; one's lifetime; human existence.
あらゆる
arayuru — All; every; all kinds of.
問い
toi — Question; inquiry; query; problem.
どれ
dore — Which one; whichever; how (much/many).
ほど
hodo — To the extent that; degree; about; approximately.
複雑
fukuzatsu — Complicated; complex; intricate.
不能
funō — Inability; impossible; incapable; cannot be done.
もの
mono — Thing; object; matter; person.
与える
ataeru — To give; to provide; to grant; to bestow.
あの
ano — That (over there); that well-known; um.
普遍
fuhen — Universal; omnipresent; all-encompassing.
teki — Suffix meaning -like; -ish; relating to.
除い
nozoi — Excluding; except for; leaving out.
その
sono — That; that particular; the.
答え
kotae — Answer; response; solution; reply.
すなわち
sunawachi — That is; namely; in other words.
日々
hibi — Every day; day by day; daily life.
必要
hitsuyō — Necessary; required; need; essential.
naka / chū — Inside; middle; among; within.
生きる
ikiru — To live; to be alive; to exist.
つまり
tsumari — In other words; that is to say; ultimately.
自身
jishin — Oneself; one's own self; personally.
忘れる
wasureru — To forget; to leave behind; to lose memory.
ima — Now; at this moment; currently.
眠り
nemuri — Sleep; slumber; act of sleeping.
不可能
fukanō — Impossible; not possible; cannot be done.
少なくとも
sukunakutomo — At least; at minimum; if nothing else.
yoru — Night; evening; nighttime.
なる
naru — To become; to turn into; to reach.
まで
made — Until; up to; as far as.
onna — Woman; female; girl.
歌う
utau — To sing; to chant; to perform a song.
音楽
ongaku — Music; musical performance or composition.
今さら
imasara — At this late stage; now of all times.
戻る
modoru — To return; to go back; to come back.
でき
deki — Can do; able to; possibility; result.
だから
dakara — Therefore; that is why; so; because of that.
日常
nichijō — Everyday; ordinary; daily routine.
生活
seikatsu — Daily life; living; lifestyle.
yume — Dream; vision during sleep; aspiration.
忘れ
wasure — Forgetting; stem form of wasureru.
なけれ
nakere — Conditional negative must; have to (nai form).
なら
nara — If; in that case; speaking of.
それから
sorekara — And then; after that; from then on.
mi — Look; see; stem of miru.
みよう
miyō — Let's try; let's see; volitional of miru.
kokoro — Heart; mind; spirit; inner feeling.
つぶやい
tsubuyai — Murmured; muttered; whispered to oneself.
起き上がり
okiagari — Getting up; rising from lying down.
青い
aoi — Blue; green; pale; unripe.
kinu — Silk; smooth silk fabric.
裏地
uraji — Lining of a garment; inner fabric layer.
つい
tsui — Unintentionally; just now; inadvertently.
灰色
haiiro — Gray; ash-colored.
ガウン
gaun — Gown; robe; dressing gown.
羽織り
haori — To drape over shoulders; a short Japanese coat.
房飾り
fusakazari — Tassel; decorative fringe or cord.
結ん
musu(nde) — Tied; knotted; bound together.
結び目
musubime — Knot; tied portion; bow.
作り
tsukuri — Making; construction; build; structure.
広い
hiroi — Wide; spacious; broad; large.
hadaka — Naked; bare; undressed; exposed skin.
mune — Chest; breast; heart area of body.
深く
fukaku — Deeply; profoundly; far in.
iki — Breath; breathing; respiration.
吸い込ん
suikon(de) — Inhaled; breathed in deeply; drew in breath.
いつも
itsumo — Always; usually; habitually; at all times.
自信
jishin — Self-confidence; self-assurance; certainty in oneself.
満ち
michi — Full of; brimming with; filled.
歩み
ayumi — Walk; steps; progress; way of walking.
mado — Window; opening in a wall.
e — Directional particle; toward; to.
歩い
arui(te) — Walked; moved on foot.
いっ
i(tte) — Going; went; te-form of iku.
大きな
ōkina — Big; large; great; considerable.
karada — Body; physique; physical frame.
軽々と
karugaruto — Lightly; effortlessly; with ease.
運ぶ
hakobu — To carry; to transport; to convey; to move.
ashi — Foot; leg; paw.
つま先
tsumasaki — Tip of the toe; tiptoe.
外向き
sotomuki — Turned outward; facing outside; outward-facing.
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