Anne of Green Gables — Page 11

English → Japanese CHAPTER I. Mrs. Rachel Lynde Is Surprised Level 6/10

It's so seldom Matthew sets his mind on anything that when he does I always feel it's my duty to give in.

マシューが何かに心を決めることはめったにないので、いざそうなったときは、私はいつも折れるのが自分の務めだと感じるのです。

And as for the risk, there's risks in pretty near everything a body does in this world.

危険についていえば、この世で人がすることにはほとんど何にでも危険がありますよ。

There's risks in people's having children of their own if it comes to that--they don't always turn out well.

そう言い出せば、自分の子供を持つことだって危険なのです――子供がいつも良く育つとは限りませんから。

And then Nova Scotia is right close to the Island.

それに、ノバスコシアはこの島のすぐ近くです。

It isn't as if we were getting him from England or the States.

イギリスやアメリカから引き取るわけではないのですから。

He can't be much different from ourselves."

私たちとそれほど違うはずがありません。」

"Well, I hope it will turn out all right," said Mrs. Rachel in a tone that plainly indicated her painful doubts.

「まあ、うまくいくといいですね」とレイチェル夫人は、苦しい疑念をありありと示す口調で言った。

"Only don't say I didn't warn you if he burns Green Gables down or puts strychnine in the well--I heard of a case over in New Brunswick where an orphan asylum child did that and the whole family died in fearful agonies.

「ただ、もし彼がグリーン・ゲイブルズを焼き落としたり、井戸にストリキニーネを入れたりしても、私が警告しなかったとは言わないでください――ニューブランズウィックで孤児院の子供がそれをやって、一家全員が恐ろしい苦しみの中で死んだという話を聞いたことがあります。

Only, it was a girl in that instance."

ただ、その場合は女の子でしたけれど。」

"Well, we're not getting a girl," said Marilla, as if poisoning wells were a purely feminine accomplishment and not to be dreaded in the case of a boy.

「まあ、私たちは女の子を引き取るわけではありませんから」とマリラは言った。まるで井戸に毒を入れることが純粋に女性的な行為であり、男の子の場合は恐れるに足りないとでも言うように。

"I'd never dream of taking a girl to bring up.

「女の子を引き取って育てようなんて、夢にも思いません。

I wonder at Mrs. Alexander Spencer for doing it.

アレクサンダー・スペンサー夫人がそうしているのには驚きます。

But there, _she_ wouldn't shrink from adopting a whole orphan asylum if she took it into her head."

でも、あの方は思い立ったら、孤児院ごと引き取ることも躊躇しないでしょうね。」

Mrs. Rachel would have liked to stay until Matthew came home with his imported orphan.

レイチェル夫人は、マシューが遠くから連れてきた孤児を伴って帰宅するまで居たかったのだが。

Vocabulary

が: ga — Subject marker particle in Japanese grammar.
何か: nanika — Something; some kind of thing.
に: ni — Direction, location, or target particle.
心: kokoro — Heart, mind, spirit, or feelings.
を: wo — Direct object marker particle in Japanese.
決める: kimeru — To decide, to determine something.
こと: koto — Thing, matter, fact, or circumstance.
は: wa — Topic marker particle in Japanese grammar.
めったに: metta ni — Rarely, seldom; not often at all.
ない: nai — Negative form; does not exist or occur.
の: no — Possessive or nominalizing particle in Japanese.
で: de — Particle indicating means, location of action, or reason.
いざ: iza — Now, come, when it comes to it.
そう: sou — So, that way, like that.
なった: natta — Became; past tense of なる (to become).
とき: toki — Time, moment, occasion, or circumstance.
私: watashi — I, me; first-person singular pronoun.
いつも: itsumo — Always, usually, all the time.
折れる: oreru — To break, to give in, to yield.
自分: jibun — Oneself, myself, yourself; reflexive pronoun.
務め: tsutome — Duty, obligation, role, or responsibility.
だ: da — Copula; plain form of 'to be'.
と: to — Quotation particle or conjunction meaning 'and/with'.
感じる: kanjiru — To feel, to sense, to perceive.
です: desu — Polite copula meaning 'is' or 'am'.
危険: kiken — Danger, risk, hazard, or peril.
ついて: tsuite — Regarding, about, concerning something.
いえ: ie — No, or 'well'; interjection for mild negation.
ば: ba — Conditional particle meaning 'if' or 'when'.
この: kono — This (modifies a noun near the speaker).
世: yo — World, society, era, or lifetime.
人: hito — Person, human being, people.
する: suru — To do, to make, to perform an action.
ほとんど: hotondo — Almost, nearly, mostly, hardly any.
何: nani — What; an interrogative or indefinite pronoun.
でも: demo — Even, also, but, however, or anything.
あり: ari — Existence; stem form of ある (to exist).
ます: masu — Polite verb ending indicating present or future tense.
よ: yo — Sentence-ending particle asserting or emphasizing information.
言い出せ: iidase — To be able to start saying, to speak up.
子供: kodomo — Child, children, a young person.
持つ: motsu — To hold, to have, to possess something.
だって: datte — Even, but, because; colloquial explanatory particle.
な: na — Sentence-ending particle for emphasis or mild assertion.
良く: yoku — Well, nicely, often; adverb from 良い (good).
育つ: sodatsu — To grow up, to be raised, to develop.
限り: kagiri — As long as, limit, extent, boundary.
ませ: mase — Polite imperative suffix used in formal speech.
ん: n — Contracted negative or explanatory sentence-ending particle.
から: kara — From, because, after; causal or starting-point particle.
それ: sore — That, it; pronoun referring to something nearby.
島: shima — Island, isle.
すぐ: sugu — Soon, immediately, right away, close by.
近く: chikaku — Near, nearby, in the vicinity of.
イギリス: Igirisu — England, Britain, the United Kingdom.
や: ya — And, or; listing particle between nouns.
アメリカ: Amerika — America, the United States of America.
引き取る: hikitoru — To take in, to adopt, to take charge of.
わけ: wake — Reason, meaning, conclusion, or it means that.
私たち: watashitachi — We, us; first-person plural pronoun.
それほど: sorehodo — That much, to that extent, so very.
違う: chigau — To differ, to be wrong, to be different.
はず: hazu — Should be, expected to be, supposed to.
まあ: maa — Well, I suppose, sort of; softening interjection.
うまく: umaku — Skillfully, well, successfully, smoothly.
いく: iku — To go; also used as auxiliary for progression.
いい: ii — Good, fine, alright, acceptable.
ね: ne — Sentence-ending seeking agreement or confirmation.
夫人: fujin — Married woman, lady, Mrs., madam.
苦しい: kurushii — Painful, difficult, agonizing, hard to bear.
疑念: ginen — Doubt, suspicion, misgiving, uncertainty.
ありありと: ariariто — Vividly, clearly, plainly, unmistakably evident.
示す: shimesu — To show, to indicate, to demonstrate.
口調: kuchou — Tone of voice, manner of speaking.
言っ: it(te) — Said; te-form of 言う (to say).
た: ta — Past tense auxiliary verb ending.
ただ: tada — Only, just, merely, however, but.
もし: moshi — If, in case, supposing that.
彼: kare — He, him; third-person masculine pronoun.
たり: tari — Listing actions particle: doing things like... and...
井戸: ido — Well; a hole dug to access groundwater.
入れ: ire — To put in, to insert; stem/command form.
し: shi — And, also; conjunctive particle listing reasons or actions.
て: te — Te-form particle connecting verbs or indicating means.
も: mo — Also, too, even; inclusive or additive particle.
警告: keikoku — Warning, caution, alert, or admonishment.
なかっ: nakat(ta) — Was not; past negative auxiliary verb base.
言わ: iwa — Say; negative base form of 言う (to say).
ください: kudasai — Please (give me); polite request expression.
孤児院: kojiin — Orphanage; institution caring for orphaned children.
やって: yatte — Doing, performing; te-form of やる (to do).
一家: ikka — A whole family, entire household.
全員: zen'in — All members, everyone, the entire group.
恐ろしい: osoroshii — Terrible, frightening, dreadful, horrifying.
苦しみ: kurushimi — Suffering, agony, pain, distress.
中: naka — Inside, middle, among, in the midst of.
死ん: shin(da) — Died; contracted past form of 死ぬ (to die).
いう: iu — To say, to be called, to be known as.
話: hanashi — Story, talk, conversation, report, news.
聞い: kii(ta) — Heard; te/past base of 聞く (to hear/ask).
その: sono — That (modifies a noun slightly distant from speaker).
場合: baai — Case, situation, occasion, circumstance.
女: onna — Woman, female, girl.
子: ko — Child; also suffix meaning small or young.
でし: deshi — Polite past base form of です (was/were).
けれど: keredo — But, however, although; conjunctive particle.
まるで: marude — Just like, as if, entirely, completely.
毒: doku — Poison, toxin, venom, something harmful.
入れる: ireru — To put in, to insert, to add something.
純粋: junsui — Pure, genuine, innocent, unmixed.
女性: josei — Woman, female, womanly, feminine.
的: teki — Suffix meaning -like, -related, pertaining to.
行為: koui — Act, action, deed, behavior, conduct.
男: otoko — Man, male, masculine person.
恐れる: osoreru — To fear, to be afraid of, to dread.
足り: tari — To be enough, to suffice; stem form.
言う: iu — To say, to speak, to tell someone.
よう: you — Like, as if, in order to, seems that.
引き取っ: hikitot(te) — Took in, adopted; te-form of 引き取る.
育てよ: sodateyo — Raise, bring up; volitional or imperative of 育てる.
う: u — Volitional suffix meaning let's or I will.
なんて: nante — Such a thing as, how, what a; exclamatory particle.
夢: yume — Dream; something imagined or deeply desired.
思い: omoi — Thought, feeling, idea, hope, expectation.
いる: iru — To exist, to be (for animate things).
驚き: odoroki — Surprise, astonishment, amazement.
あの: ano — That over there; referring to something distant.
方: kata — Person (polite); direction, way, method.
思い立っ: omoitat(ta) — Decided, resolved; suddenly thought to do something.
たら: tara — Conditional: if, when, once something happens.
ごと: goto — Each, every, or entirely, all together.
躊躇: chūcho — Hesitation, wavering, reluctance to act.
でしょう: deshō — Probably, I suppose; polite presumptive form.
遠く: tooku — Far away, a distant place, far off.
連れ: tsure — To bring along, to take with; companion.
き: ki — Came; classical past form, stem of 来る (kuru).
孤児: koji — Orphan; a child without parents.
伴っ: tomonot(te) — Accompanied; te-form of 伴う (to accompany).
帰宅: kitaku — Returning home, coming back to one's house.
まで: made — Until, up to, as far as.
居: i — To be, to stay; formal/classical form of いる.
たかっ: takat(ta) — Wanted to; past base of たい (desire to do).

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