Atlantis: The Antedeluvian World — Page 7
Now, this has the form of a myth, but really signifies a declination of the bodies moving around the earth and in the heavens, and a great conflagration of things upon the earth recurring at long intervals of time:
さて、これは神話の形をとっていますが、実際には地球の周りや天空を動く天体の偏りと、長い時間の間隔を置いて繰り返される地上のものの大燃焼を意味しています。
when this happens, those who live upon the mountains and in dry and lofty places are more liable to destruction than those who dwell by rivers or on the sea-shore;
これが起こるとき、山の上や乾燥した高い場所に住む人々は、川のほとりや海岸に住む人々よりも滅亡しやすくなります。
and from this calamity the Nile, who is our never-failing savior, saves and delivers us.
そして、この災難からナイル川が、決して尽きることのない我々の救い主として、我々を救い出してくれます。
When, on the other hand, the gods purge the earth with a deluge of water, among you herdsmen and shepherds on the mountains are the survivors, whereas those of you who live in cities are carried by the rivers into the sea;
一方、神々が洪水で大地を浄化するとき、あなた方の中では山の上の牧人や羊飼いが生き残る者となり、都市に住む者たちは川によって海へと流されてしまいます。
but in this country neither at that time nor at any other does the water come from above on the fields, having always a tendency to come up from below, for which reason the things preserved here are said to be the oldest.
しかし、この国では、その時も他のいかなる時も、水が上から田畑に降ることはなく、常に下から湧き上がる傾向があります。そのため、ここで保存されているものは最も古いと言われています。
The fact is, that wherever the extremity of winter frost or of summer sun does not prevent, the human race is always increasing at times, and at other times diminishing in numbers.
実際のところ、冬の極寒や夏の太陽の極熱が妨げない場所では、人類はある時は増加し、またある時は数が減少しているのです。
Vocabulary
- さて
- sate — Well; now; used to shift topic or begin
- これ
- kore — This; refers to something near the speaker
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle in Japanese grammar
- 神話
- shinwa — Myth; traditional story of gods or heroes
- の
- no — Possessive or linking particle between nouns
- 形
- katachi — Form; shape; outward appearance of something
- を
- wo — Object marker particle indicating direct object
- とっ
- tot(te) — Taking; adopting a form or position
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle connecting verb phrases
- い
- i(masu) — Auxiliary verb indicating ongoing state or action
- ます
- masu — Polite verb ending for present or future tense
- が
- ga — Subject marker or conjunctive particle meaning but
- 実際
- jissai — Actually; in reality; in practice
- に
- ni — Particle indicating location, direction, or time
- 地球
- chikyuu — Earth; the planet we live on
- 周り
- mawari — Around; surroundings; vicinity of something
- や
- ya — And; lists examples among multiple items
- 天空
- tenkuu — Sky; the heavens; celestial space above
- 動く
- ugoku — To move; to be in motion
- 天体
- tentai — Celestial body; astronomical object in space
- 偏り
- katayori — Bias; deviation; uneven distribution or skew
- と
- to — And; with; quotation particle in Japanese
- 長い
- nagai — Long; lengthy in time or distance
- 時間
- jikan — Time; hours; a period or duration
- 間隔
- kankaku — Interval; spacing; gap between events or objects
- 置い
- oite — Placing; setting; leaving something at intervals
- 繰り返さ
- kurikaesa(reru) — Repeated; done again cyclically over time
- れる
- reru — Passive or potential auxiliary verb ending
- 地上
- chijou — Ground level; on the earth's surface
- もの
- mono — Thing; object; matter; something referred to
- 大
- dai — Great; large; prefix indicating great scale
- 燃焼
- nenshou — Combustion; burning; the process of fire
- 意味
- imi — Meaning; significance; what something signifies
- し
- shi — Conjunctive verb form; and; connecting clauses
- 起こる
- okoru — To happen; to occur; to take place
- とき
- toki — Time; moment; when something occurs
- 山
- yama — Mountain; hill; a large elevated landform
- 上
- ue — Above; top; upper part of something
- 乾燥
- kansou — Dry; arid; lacking moisture or humidity
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary verb or modifier
- 高い
- takai — High; tall; elevated; expensive in cost
- 場所
- basho — Place; location; spot where something exists
- 住む
- sumu — To live; to reside; to dwell somewhere
- 人々
- hitobito — People; various persons; folks in general
- 川
- kawa — River; stream; flowing body of water
- ほとり
- hotori — Bank; shore; vicinity near a body of water
- 海岸
- kaigan — Coastline; seashore; edge of the sea
- より
- yori — Than; from; comparative particle in Japanese
- も
- mo — Also; too; even; inclusive particle
- 滅亡
- metsubou — Ruin; destruction; collapse of civilization or people
- やすく
- yasuku — Easily; likely to; prone to doing something
- なり
- nari — Becoming; turning into a state
- そして
- soshite — And then; furthermore; connecting sequential events
- この
- kono — This; referring to something nearby contextually
- 災難
- sainan — Disaster; calamity; misfortune; terrible event
- から
- kara — From; because; since; starting point particle
- 決して
- kesshite — Never; by no means; absolutely not
- 尽きる
- tsukiru — To run out; to be exhausted or depleted
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; nominalizer for verb phrases
- ない
- nai — Not; negative auxiliary; does not exist
- 我々
- wareware — We; us; first-person plural pronoun
- 救い主
- sukuinushi — Savior; rescuer; one who saves others
- 救い出し
- sukuidashi — Rescuing; saving someone from danger or peril
- くれ
- kure — Give; do for me; benefactive verb request
- 一方
- ippou — On the other hand; meanwhile; one side
- 神々
- kamigami — Gods; multiple deities in mythology or religion
- 洪水
- kouzui — Flood; overflow of water onto land
- で
- de — By means of; at; particle indicating method
- 大地
- daichi — The earth; the ground; vast land surface
- 浄化
- jouka — Purification; cleansing; making something pure again
- する
- suru — To do; to perform; general action verb
- あなた方
- anatagata — You all; plural second-person pronoun (formal)
- 中
- naka — Inside; among; middle of a group or place
- 羊飼い
- hitsujikai — Shepherd; one who herds and cares for sheep
- 生き残る
- ikinokoru — To survive; to remain alive after disaster
- 者
- mono — Person; one who does something; individual
- 都市
- toshi — City; urban area; large populated settlement
- たち
- tachi — Plural suffix for people or animate beings
- よっ
- yot(te) — By; due to; because of; through means of
- 海
- umi — Sea; ocean; large body of salt water
- へ
- he — To; toward; directional particle in Japanese
- 流さ
- nagasa(reru) — Washed away; swept along by flowing water
- れ
- re — Passive verb ending particle in Japanese
- しまい
- shimai — Ending up; completing an undesirable action
- しかし
- shikashi — However; but; introduces a contrasting statement
- 国
- kuni — Country; nation; land; one's homeland
- その
- sono — That; refers to something previously mentioned
- 時
- toki — Time; moment; occasion when something happens
- 他
- hoka — Other; another; different from what is mentioned
- いかなる
- ikanaru — Any; whatever; of any kind whatsoever
- 水
- mizu — Water; liquid H2O; essential substance for life
- 田畑
- tahata — Fields; farmland; rice paddies and dry fields
- 降る
- furu — To fall; to precipitate as rain or snow
- なく
- naku — Without; negating a preceding noun or verb
- 常に
- tsuneni — Always; constantly; at all times
- 下
- shita — Below; under; lower part of something
- 湧き上がる
- wakiagaru — To well up; to spring forth from below
- 傾向
- keikou — Tendency; trend; inclination toward something
- あり
- ari — There is; existing; being present somewhere
- ため
- tame — Because of; for the sake of; purpose
- ここ
- koko — Here; this place; current location of speaker
- 保存
- hozon — Preservation; storage; keeping something intact safely
- さ
- sa — Passive or nominalizing suffix in Japanese
- いる
- iru — To exist; to be; ongoing state auxiliary
- 最も
- mottomo — Most; the greatest degree of something
- 古い
- furui — Old; ancient; having existed for long time
- 言わ
- iwa(reru) — Said; spoken; called; referred to as
- ところ
- tokoro — Place; point; circumstance; the fact that
- 冬
- fuyu — Winter; the coldest season of the year
- 極寒
- gokkan — Extreme cold; bitter cold of winter season
- 夏
- natsu — Summer; the hottest season of the year
- 太陽
- taiyou — The sun; the star at center of solar system
- 妨げ
- samatage — Obstacle; hindrance; something that impedes progress
- 人類
- jinrui — Humanity; humankind; the human race overall
- ある
- aru — To exist; to have; to be present
- 増加
- zouka — Increase; growth; rise in number or amount
- また
- mata — Also; again; furthermore; additionally
- 数
- kazu — Number; count; quantity of something
- 減少
- genshou — Decrease; reduction; decline in number or amount
- です
- desu — Is; am; are; polite copula verb ending
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