Anne of Green Gables — Page 7
Rachel, in spite of--or perhaps because of--their dissimilarity.
レイチェルとの、その相違点にもかかわらず――あるいはむしろそのせいで――築かれた友情であった。
Marilla was a tall, thin woman, with angles and without curves; her dark hair showed some gray streaks and was always twisted up in a hard little knot behind with two wire hairpins stuck aggressively through it.
マリラは背が高く痩せた女性で、角張っていて丸みがなかった。黒髪には白髪が混じり、いつも後ろできつく小さなお団子に結い上げ、針金のヘアピンを二本ぶっきらぼうに刺していた。
She looked like a woman of narrow experience and rigid conscience, which she was; but there was a saving something about her mouth which, if it had been ever so slightly developed, might have been considered indicative of a sense of humor.
彼女は経験が乏しく良心の堅い女性に見えたが、それは実際その通りであった。しかし口元にはかすかに救いとなる何かがあり、それがもう少し発達していれば、ユーモアのセンスの表れと見なされたかもしれなかった。
"We're all pretty well," said Mrs. Rachel. "I was kind of afraid _you_ weren't, though, when I saw Matthew starting off today. I thought maybe he was going to the doctor's."
「みんな元気ですよ」とレイチェル夫人は言った。「でも今日マシューが出かけるのを見た時、あなたの方が具合が悪いのかと少し心配しました。お医者さんに行くのかと思いましたよ。」
Marilla's lips twitched understandingly. She had expected Mrs. Rachel up; she had known that the sight of Matthew jaunting off so unaccountably would be too much for her neighbor's curiosity.
マリラは口元をわずかに動かし、分かっているという様子を見せた。彼女はレイチェル夫人が来ることを予想していた。マシューがあんなわけもなく出かけるのを見れば、隣人の好奇心が抑えられないことを知っていたのだ。
"Oh, no, I'm quite well although I had a bad headache yesterday," she said. "Matthew went to Bright River. We're getting a little boy from an orphan asylum in Nova Scotia and he's coming on the train tonight."
「いいえ、私は元気ですよ。昨日は酷い頭痛がしましたけれど」と彼女は言った。「マシューはブライト・リバーへ行きました。ノバスコシアの孤児院から男の子を一人引き取ることになっていて、今夜の汽車で来るんです。」
If Marilla had said that Matthew had gone to Bright River to meet a kangaroo from Australia Mrs. Rachel could not have been more astonished.
マリラがマシューはオーストラリアからのカンガルーを迎えにブライト・リバーへ行ったと言ったとしても、レイチェル夫人はこれほど驚かなかっただろう。
She was actually stricken dumb for five seconds. It was unsupposable that Marilla was making fun of her, but Mrs. Rachel was almost forced to suppose it.
彼女は実際、五秒間言葉を失った。マリラが自分をからかっているなどとは考えられなかったが、レイチェル夫人はほとんどそう思わざるを得なかった。
"Are you in earnest, Marilla?
「本気ですか、マリラ？」
Vocabulary
- と
- to — And; with; quotation particle
- の
- no — Possessive or nominalizing particle
- その
- sono — That; those (near listener)
- 相違
- sōi — Difference; discrepancy; disagreement between things
- 点
- ten — Point; aspect; dot; score
- に
- ni — Particle indicating location, time, or direction
- も
- mo — Also; too; even (inclusive particle)
- かかわら
- kakawara — Stem of despite; regardless of (used in かかわらず)
- ず
- zu — Negative suffix meaning without doing something
- ある
- aru — To exist; to be (inanimate objects)
- いは
- iwa — Or; alternatively (part of あるいは)
- むしろ
- mushiro — Rather; instead; on the contrary
- せい
- sei — Fault; cause; due to (often negative)
- で
- de — Particle indicating means, location of action, or cause
- 築か
- kizuka — Built; constructed (stem of 築く, to build)
- れた
- reta — Passive past tense suffix
- 友情
- yūjō — Friendship; bonds of mutual affection between people
- あっ
- a' — Was; existed (colloquial past form of ある)
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary verb ending
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle
- 背
- se — Height; back; stature of a person
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle
- 高く
- takaku — Tall; high (adverbial form of 高い)
- 痩せ
- yase — Thin; slender; having lost weight
- 女性
- josei — Woman; female person
- 角張っ
- kadobat(te) — Angular; sharp-cornered; bony in appearance
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle connecting verbs or adjectives
- い
- i — Auxiliary verb indicating ongoing state
- 丸み
- marumi — Roundness; softness of curves
- なかっ
- naka' — Did not have; was not (past negative stem)
- 黒髪
- kurokami — Black hair
- 白髪
- shiraga — Gray or white hair
- 混じり
- majiri — Mixed; interspersed with something else
- いつも
- itsumo — Always; usually; at all times
- 後ろ
- ushiro — Back; rear; behind
- きつく
- kitsuku — Tightly; strictly; severely
- 小さな
- chīsana — Small; little; tiny
- お
- o — Honorific prefix politely modifying nouns
- 団子
- dango — Bun; dumpling; round ball shape
- 結い上げ
- yuiage — Pinned up; hair dressed and put up
- 針金
- harigane — Wire; metal wire
- ヘアピン
- heapin — Hairpin; clip for holding hair in place
- を
- wo — Object marker particle
- 二本
- nihon — Two (long, thin objects such as pins)
- ぶっきらぼう
- bukkirabō — Blunt; curt; abrupt in manner or speech
- 刺し
- sashi — Stabbed; inserted; pinned (stem of 刺す)
- 彼女
- kanojo — She; her; girlfriend
- 経験
- keiken — Experience; practical knowledge gained over time
- 乏しく
- toboshiku — Scarce; lacking; poor in amount
- 良心
- ryōshin — Conscience; sense of moral right and wrong
- 堅い
- katai — Firm; rigid; upright; strict in morals
- 見え
- mie — Appear; seem; look (stem of 見える)
- それ
- sore — That (thing near listener)
- 実際
- jissai — Actually; in reality; in practice
- 通り
- tōri — As; in accordance with; exactly so
- しかし
- shikashi — However; but; nevertheless
- 口元
- kuchimoto — Around the mouth; area near lips
- かすか
- kasuka — Faint; slight; barely perceptible
- 救い
- sukui — Saving grace; redemption; relief
- なる
- naru — To become; to turn into
- 何か
- nanika — Something; anything; some sort of thing
- あり
- ari — There is; exists (stem of ある)
- もう
- mō — Already; anymore; a little more
- 少し
- sukoshi — A little; a small amount
- 発達
- hattatsu — Development; growth; advancement
- し
- shi — Conjunctive verb form; and; moreover
- れ
- re — Conditional or passive auxiliary verb form
- ば
- ba — Conditional particle meaning if or when
- ユーモア
- yūmoa — Humor; sense of wit or comedy
- センス
- sensu — Sense; taste; sensibility
- 表れ
- araware — Expression; manifestation; appearance of a trait
- かも
- kamo — Perhaps; might be (short for かもしれない)
- しれ
- shire — May; might (stem of しれない)
- みんな
- minna — Everyone; all; everybody
- 元気
- genki — Healthy; energetic; in good spirits
- です
- desu — Polite copula meaning is, am, or are
- よ
- yo — Sentence-ending particle asserting information
- 夫人
- fujin — Madame; Mrs.; wife (formal or honorific)
- 言っ
- i' — Said; spoke (conjunctive form of 言う)
- でも
- demo — But; however; even so
- 今日
- kyō — Today; this day
- 出かける
- dekakeru — To go out; to head out; to leave home
- 見た
- mita — Saw; looked at (past tense of 見る)
- 時
- toki — Time; moment; occasion
- あなた
- anata — You (second person pronoun, polite)
- 方
- kata — Person (honorific); direction; way
- 具合
- guai — Condition; state; feeling of health
- 悪い
- warui — Bad; poor; unwell; ill
- か
- ka — Question particle ending interrogative sentences
- 心配
- shinpai — Worry; anxiety; concern about something
- まし
- mashi — Better; preferable (comparative auxiliary)
- 医者
- isha — Doctor; physician; medical practitioner
- さん
- san — Honorific title attached to names or roles
- 行く
- iku — To go; to proceed somewhere
- 思い
- omoi — Thought; feeling; intention (stem of 思う)
- わずか
- wazuka — Slightly; only a little; barely
- 動かし
- ugokashi — Moving; stirring (stem of 動かす)
- 分かっ
- waka' — Understood; knew (conjunctive of 分かる)
- いる
- iru — To be; to exist (animate beings)
- いう
- iu — To say; to be called; to mean
- 様子
- yōsu — Appearance; state; look of a situation
- 見せ
- mise — Showed; displayed (stem of 見せる)
- 来る
- kuru — To come; to arrive
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; matter (nominalizer)
- 予想
- yosō — Expectation; prediction; anticipation
- あんな
- anna — That kind of; such (far from both speakers)
- わけ
- wake — Reason; cause; meaning; no wonder
- なく
- naku — Without; not existing (adverbial negative form)
- 見れ
- mire — Can see; conditional see (potential/conditional of 見る)
- 隣人
- rinjin — Neighbor; person living nearby
- 好奇心
- kōkishin — Curiosity; eager desire to know things
- 抑え
- osae — Suppress; hold back; restrain
- られ
- rare — Passive or potential auxiliary verb suffix
- ない
- nai — Not; there is not; negative adjective
- 知っ
- shi' — Knew; knowing (conjunctive of 知る)
- だ
- da — Plain form copula meaning is or am
- いいえ
- iie — No; negative response word
- 私
- watashi — I; me (first person pronoun)
- 昨日
- kinō — Yesterday; the day before today
- 酷い
- hidoi — Terrible; awful; severe; cruel
- 頭痛
- zutsū — Headache; pain in the head
- けれ
- kere — But; though (conjunctive form of けれど)
- ど
- do — But; however (part of けれど)
- へ
- e — Directional particle indicating toward a place
- 行き
- iki — Going; bound for (stem of 行く)
- 孤児院
- kojiin — Orphanage; institution caring for orphaned children
- から
- kara — From; because; after (particle)
- 男
- otoko — Man; male; boy
- 子
- ko — Child; kid; offspring
- 一人
- hitori — One person; alone
- 引き取る
- hikitoru — To take in; to adopt; to claim someone
- なっ
- na' — Became; turned into (conjunctive of なる)
- 今夜
- kon'ya — Tonight; this evening
- 汽車
- kisha — Steam train; railway train (older term)
- ん
- n — Explanatory or softening sentence-final particle
- 迎え
- mukae — Welcoming; picking up; going to meet someone
- 行っ
- i' — Went; went to (conjunctive of 行く)
- これ
- kore — This; this thing (near speaker)
- ほど
- hodo — To the extent; as much as; degree
- 驚か
- odoroka — Surprised; astonished (stem of 驚く)
- だろ
- daro — Probably; I suppose (volitional of だ)
- う
- u — Volitional suffix expressing conjecture or intention
- 五秒間
- gobyōkan — For five seconds; duration of five seconds
- 言葉
- kotoba — Words; language; speech; expression
- 失っ
- ushinat(te) — Lost; was deprived of (conjunctive of 失う)
- 自分
- jibun — Oneself; myself; one's own
- など
- nado — And so on; et cetera; such things
- 考え
- kangae — Thought; idea; thinking (stem of 考える)
- ほとんど
- hotondo — Almost; mostly; nearly all
- そう
- sō — So; like that; appearing to be
- 思わ
- omowa — Think; feel (negative stem of 思う)
- ざる
- zaru — Negative attributive form (classical, in ざるを得ない)
- 得
- e — Can; able to (in ざるを得ない: cannot help but)
- 本気
- honki — Serious; genuine; earnest; really meaning it
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