Anne of Green Gables — Page 4
"He doesn't generally go to town this time of year and he _never_ visits; if he'd run out of turnip seed he wouldn't dress up and take the buggy to go for more; he wasn't driving fast enough to be going for a doctor.
「彼はこの時期に町へ行くことはめったにないし、よそへ_決して_訪ねて行くこともない。カブの種が切れたとしても、わざわざ着飾ってバギーに乗って買いに行くはずがない。医者を呼びに行くにしては、馬の走りが遅すぎた。
Yet something must have happened since last night to start him off.
それでも、昨夜から今朝にかけて、彼を駆り立てる何かが起きたに違いない。
I'm clean puzzled, that's what, and I won't know a minute's peace of mind or conscience until I know what has taken Matthew Cuthbert out of Avonlea today."
私はすっかり困惑している、まったくそうなのよ。マシュー・カスバートを今日アヴォンリーから連れ出したものが何なのかわかるまで、私は一瞬たりとも心の安らぎも良心の平穏も得られないでしょう。」
Accordingly after tea Mrs. Rachel set out; she had not far to go; the big, rambling, orchard-embowered house where the Cuthberts lived was a scant quarter of a mile up the road from Lynde's Hollow.
そこでお茶の後、レイチェル夫人は出かけた。行き先はそう遠くなかった。カスバート家の人々が住む、大きくて入り組んだ、果樹園に囲まれた家は、リンド家のくぼ地から道を少し上がったほんの四分の一マイルほどのところにあった。
To be sure, the long lane made it a good deal further.
もっとも、長い小道のせいで、実際にはかなり遠く感じられたが。
Matthew Cuthbert's father, as shy and silent as his son after him, had got as far away as he possibly could from his fellow men without actually retreating into the woods when he founded his homestead.
マシュー・カスバートの父親は、息子と同様に内気で無口な人物で、自分の農場を開いたとき、森の中に引きこもることなく、できる限り人里離れた場所に住もうとした。
Green Gables was built at the furthest edge of his cleared land and there it was to this day, barely visible from the main road along which all the other Avonlea houses were so sociably situated.
グリーン・ゲイブルズは、彼が開墾した土地の最も端に建てられ、今日に至るまでそこにあった。アヴォンリーの他のすべての家が賑やかに立ち並ぶ幹線道路からは、かろうじて見える程度だった。
Mrs. Rachel Lynde did not call living in such a place _living_ at all.
レイチェル・リンド夫人は、そのような場所に住むことを、_暮らし_とはとても呼べないと思っていた。
"It's just _staying_, that's what," she said as she stepped along the deep-rutted, grassy lane bordered with wild rose bushes.
「それはただの_居候_よ、まったくそうだわ」と彼女は、深い轍が刻まれた草深い、野バラの茂みに縁取られた小道を歩きながら言った。
Vocabulary
- 彼
- kare — He; third-person masculine pronoun.
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle indicating the sentence topic.
- この
- kono — This; demonstrative adjective for nearby things.
- 時期
- jiki — Time period; season; particular point in time.
- に
- ni — Particle indicating direction, time, or location.
- 町
- machi — Town; city district; urban area.
- へ
- e — Directional particle meaning toward or to.
- 行く
- iku — To go; to move toward a destination.
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; nominalizer for verb phrases.
- めったに
- metta ni — Rarely; seldom; used with negative verb forms.
- ない
- nai — Negation; does not exist; is not.
- し
- shi — Conjunction listing reasons or conditions.
- よそ
- yoso — Elsewhere; another place; outside one's own group.
- _決して_
- kesshite — Never; not at all; used with negative forms.
- 訪ね
- tazune — To visit; to call on someone at a place.
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle connecting sequential actions.
- も
- mo — Also; even; too; inclusive particle.
- カブ
- kabu — Turnip; a root vegetable commonly grown in gardens.
- の
- no — Possessive or nominalizing particle.
- 種
- tane — Seed; source; origin of a plant.
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle.
- 切れ
- kire — To run out; to be cut; to expire.
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary verb.
- と
- to — Quotation particle; and; with.
- わざわざ
- wazawaza — Expressly; going out of one's way to do something.
- 着飾っ
- kikazat(te) — Dressed up; adorned in fancy clothing.
- バギー
- bagii — Buggy; light horse-drawn carriage for travel.
- 乗っ
- not(te) — Riding; getting on a vehicle or animal.
- 買い
- kai — Buying; purchasing goods or supplies.
- はず
- hazu — Expected to; supposed to be the case.
- 医者
- isha — Doctor; medical physician.
- を
- wo — Object marker particle for direct objects.
- 呼び
- yobi — Calling; summoning someone to come.
- 馬
- uma — Horse; large domesticated animal used for riding.
- 走り
- hashiri — Running; moving quickly on foot or wheels.
- 遅す
- oso(sugiru) — Too slow; excessively late in pace or time.
- それ
- sore — That; referring to something previously mentioned.
- で
- de — Particle indicating means, location of action, or reason.
- 昨夜
- sakuya — Last night; the previous evening.
- から
- kara — From; since; because; starting point particle.
- 今朝
- kesa — This morning; the current day's morning.
- かけ
- kake — Spanning; ranging over a period or space.
- 駆り立てる
- karita teru — To urge on; to drive or compel someone forward.
- 何か
- nanika — Something; some unspecified thing or matter.
- 起き
- oki — To happen; to occur; to wake up.
- 違いない
- chigai nai — Must be; there is no doubt that something occurred.
- 私
- watashi — I; me; first-person singular pronoun.
- すっかり
- sukkari — Completely; entirely; thoroughly.
- 困惑
- konwaku — Perplexity; bewilderment; state of being troubled.
- いる
- iru — To be; to exist (for animate beings).
- まったく
- mattaku — Completely; utterly; absolutely; indeed.
- そう
- sou — So; that way; it seems that way.
- な
- na — Sentence-final particle for emphasis or assertion.
- よ
- yo — Sentence-final particle asserting or informing listener.
- 今日
- kyou — Today; the current day.
- 連れ出し
- tsuredashi — Taking someone out; leading a person somewhere.
- もの
- mono — Thing; object; nominalizer conveying expectation or reason.
- 何
- nani — What; which thing; interrogative pronoun.
- か
- ka — Question particle or indefinite marker.
- わかる
- wakaru — To understand; to become clear; to find out.
- まで
- made — Until; up to; as far as.
- 一瞬
- isshun — An instant; a single moment in time.
- たり
- tari — Particle listing representative actions or states.
- 心
- kokoro — Heart; mind; spirit; one's inner feelings.
- 安らぎ
- yasuragi — Peace of mind; comfort; tranquility; calm feeling.
- 良心
- ryoushin — Conscience; one's moral sense of right and wrong.
- 平穏
- heion — Tranquility; calmness; peaceful and undisturbed state.
- 得
- e(ru) — To obtain; to gain; to be able to do.
- られ
- rare — Passive or potential auxiliary verb suffix.
- でしょう
- deshou — Probably; it is likely; expressing conjecture politely.
- そこ
- soko — There; that place; referring to a nearby location.
- お茶
- ocha — Tea; the honorific form of tea (green tea).
- 後
- ato / nochi — After; later; following in time or order.
- 夫人
- fujin — Madame; Mrs.; a respectful title for a married woman.
- 出かけ
- dekake — To go out; to head out from one's home.
- 行き先
- yukisaki — Destination; the place one is heading toward.
- 遠く
- tooku — Far away; distant place or location.
- なかっ
- nakat(ta) — Was not; did not exist (past negative form).
- 家
- ie / uchi — House; home; one's dwelling place.
- 人々
- hitobito — People; various individuals; plural of person.
- 住む
- sumu — To live; to reside; to dwell in a place.
- 大きく
- ookiku — Largely; greatly; in a big manner.
- 入り組ん
- irikun(da) — Intricate; complex; intertwined or tangled together.
- だ
- da — Copula; is; informal form of desu.
- 果樹園
- kajuen — Orchard; a garden where fruit trees are grown.
- 囲まれ
- kakomare — Surrounded by; enclosed on all sides by something.
- くぼ地
- kubochi — Hollow; depression in the ground; low-lying area.
- 道
- michi — Road; path; way; route.
- 少し
- sukoshi — A little; a small amount; slightly.
- 上がっ
- agat(te) — Going up; rising; ascending in level or position.
- ほんの
- hon no — Just; merely; only a very small amount.
- 四分の一
- yonbun no ichi — One quarter; one fourth of a whole unit.
- マイル
- mairu — Mile; unit of distance approximately 1.6 kilometers.
- ほど
- hodo — About; approximately; to the extent of.
- ところ
- tokoro — Place; location; point; circumstance.
- あっ
- at(te) — Being located; existing at a place (for things).
- もっとも
- mottomo — Most; extremely; however; though; admittedly.
- 長い
- nagai — Long; lengthy in distance, time, or extent.
- 小道
- komichi — Lane; narrow path; small winding trail.
- せい
- sei — Fault; blame; result of; owing to something.
- 実際
- jissai — Actually; in reality; in practice; indeed.
- かなり
- kanari — Considerably; fairly; quite; rather significantly.
- 感じ
- kanji — Feeling; sense; impression; to feel something.
- 父親
- chichioya — Father; one's male parent.
- 息子
- musuko — Son; one's male child.
- 同様
- Same; likewise; similar in the same manner.
- 内気
- uchiki — Shy; introverted; timid in social situations.
- 無口
- mukuchi — Taciturn; quiet; not talking much by nature.
- 人物
- jinbutsu — Person; individual; character; notable figure.
- 自分
- jibun — Oneself; one's own self; reflexive pronoun.
- 農場
- noujou — Farm; agricultural land used for cultivation.
- 開い
- hiraite / hiraita — Opened; cleared land; established a farm.
- とき
- toki — Time; when; the moment that something happens.
- 森
- mori — Forest; woods; a dense area of trees.
- 中
- naka — Inside; middle; among; within something.
- 引きこもる
- hikikomoru — To shut oneself in; to withdraw from society.
- なく
- naku — Without; lacking; negative conjunctive form.
- できる
- dekiru — To be able to; to be possible; to be done.
- 限り
- kagiri — As much as possible; limit; as long as.
- 人里離れ
- hitozato hanare — Remote; far from human habitation or settlements.
- 場所
- basho — Place; location; spot; area.
- 住もう
- sumou — Let's live; volitional form of sumu (to reside).
- 開墾
- kaikon — Land clearing; cultivating previously uncultivated land.
- 土地
- tochi — Land; plot of ground; territory; real estate.
- 最も
- mottomo — Most; the greatest degree of a quality.
- 端
- hashi / tan — Edge; tip; end; extreme point of something.
- 建て
- tate — Built; constructed; established a structure.
- 至る
- itaru — To reach; to lead to; to extend as far as.
- 他
- hoka / ta — Other; another; the rest; different from this.
- すべて
- subete — All; everything; every single one.
- 賑やか
- nigiyaka — Lively; bustling; cheerful and full of activity.
- 立ち並ぶ
- tachinараbu — To stand in a row; to line up together.
- 幹線道路
- kansen douro — Main road; highway; major arterial road.
- かろうじて
- karoujite — Barely; just barely; with great difficulty managing.
- 見える
- mieru — To be visible; to be seen; to appear.
- 程度
- teido — Degree; extent; level; measure of something.
- だっ
- dat(ta) — Was; past tense copula (informal).
- そのような
- sono you na — Such; that kind of; of that sort.
- _暮らし_
- kurashi — Life; livelihood; way of living day to day.
- とても
- totemo — Very; extremely; quite; highly.
- 呼べ
- yobe — Can call; potential or conditional form of yobu.
- 思っ
- omot(te) — Thinking; believing; having a certain opinion.
- い
- i — Continuative form of iru (to be, to exist).
- ただ
- tada — Just; only; merely; simply.
- _居候_
- isourou — Freeloader; person living in another's home uninvited.
- わ
- wa — Sentence-final particle expressing assertion, often feminine.
- 彼女
- kanojo — She; her; girlfriend; third-person feminine pronoun.
- 深い
- fukai — Deep; profound; intense; far from the surface.
- 轍
- wadachi — Rut; wheel track left in the ground by vehicles.
- 刻まれ
- kizamare — Engraved; carved; deeply imprinted into a surface.
- 草深い
- kusabukai — Overgrown with grass; thick with wild vegetation.
- 野バラ
- nobara — Wild rose; a thorny flowering shrub growing naturally.
- 茂み
- shigemi — Thicket; dense bush; cluster of plants or shrubs.
- 縁取ら
- ふちどra(れ) — Bordered; edged; framed along the sides by something.
- れ
- re — Passive auxiliary suffix attached to verb stems.
- 歩き
- aruki — Walking; moving on foot; strolling along a path.
- ながら
- nagara — While doing; simultaneously performing two actions.
- 言っ
- it(te) — Said; spoke; uttered words; past form of iu.
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