Atlantis: The Antedeluvian World — Page 1
The world has made such comet-like advance Lately on science, we may almost hope,
世界は科学においてまるで彗星のような進歩を 最近遂げたので、私たちはほとんど希望を持てる、
Before we die of sheer decay, to learn Something about our infancy;
純粋な衰えで死ぬ前に、私たちの幼年期について 何かを学ぶことを；
when lived That great, original, broad-eyed, sunken race,
かつて生きていたあの偉大な、独創的な、大きな目を持つ、沈んだ種族、
Whose knowledge, like the sea-sustaining rocks,
その知識は、海を支える岩のように、
Hath formed the base of this world's fluctuous lore
この世界の変動する知識の基盤を形成してきた
FESTUS.
フェスタス。
Frontpiece: The Profile of Atlantis
口絵：アトランティスの横顔
CONTENTS.
目次。
Vocabulary
- 世界
- sekai — The world; all of existence globally
- は
- wa — Topic-marking particle in Japanese grammar
- 科学
- kagaku — Science; systematic study of the natural world
- に
- ni — Particle indicating direction, location, or time
- おい
- oi — In; at; used in the phrase において
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle connecting verb phrases
- で
- de — Particle indicating place, means, or context
- 彗星
- suisei — Comet; a celestial body with a bright tail
- の
- no — Possessive or nominalizing particle in Japanese
- よう
- you — Like; similar to; resembling something else
- な
- na — Adjectival particle; used after na-adjectives
- 進歩
- shinpo — Progress; advancement; improvement over time
- を
- wo — Object-marking particle indicating direct object
- 最近
- saikin — Recently; lately; in the near past
- 遂げ
- toge — To accomplish; to achieve; to carry out
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary verb indicating completed action
- 私
- watashi — I; me; first-person singular pronoun
- たち
- tachi — Plural suffix indicating a group of people
- ほとんど
- hotondo — Almost; mostly; nearly all of something
- 希望
- kibou — Hope; wish; desire for something positive
- 持て
- mote — To be able to hold or possess something
- る
- ru — Verb ending indicating present or potential form
- 純粋
- junsui — Pure; genuine; unmixed; free from impurities
- 衰え
- otorowe — Decline; weakening; loss of strength or vitality
- 死ぬ
- shinu — To die; to cease to be alive
- 前
- mae — Before; in front of; prior to something
- 幼年期
- younenki — Early childhood; infancy period of life
- つい
- tsui — Just; unintentionally; recently; before one realizes
- 何
- nani — What; something; anything unspecified
- か
- ka — Question particle or indefinite marker in Japanese
- 学ぶ
- manabu — To learn; to study; to acquire knowledge
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; abstract nominalizer in Japanese
- かつ
- katsu — And; moreover; simultaneously; at the same time
- 生き
- iki — Living; being alive; life as a state
- あの
- ano — That; those; referring to something distant or known
- 偉大
- idai — Great; grand; magnificent; of remarkable stature
- 独創的
- dokusouteki — Original; creative; innovative; uniquely inventive
- 大きな
- oukina — Large; big; great in size or scale
- 目
- me — Eye; vision; point of view
- 持つ
- motsu — To hold; to have; to possess something
- 沈ん
- shizun — Sinking; submerging; going down into depth
- だ
- da — Copula; plain form of 'to be' in Japanese
- 種族
- shuzoku — Race; tribe; species; group sharing common traits
- その
- sono — That; those; the aforementioned thing or person
- 知識
- chishiki — Knowledge; information; understanding of facts
- 海
- umi — Sea; ocean; large body of salt water
- 支える
- sasaeru — To support; to hold up; to sustain something
- 岩
- iwa — Rock; boulder; large hard stone formation
- この
- kono — This; referring to something nearby or current
- 変動
- hendou — Fluctuation; change; variation in state or condition
- する
- suru — To do; general-purpose action verb in Japanese
- 基盤
- kiban — Foundation; base; underlying platform or groundwork
- 形成
- keisei — Formation; shaping; establishment of a structure
- し
- shi — Verb stem conjunctive form; also 'and' conjunction
- 横顔
- yokogao — Profile; side view of a face or figure
- 目次
- mokuji — Table of contents; index listing book sections
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