Bleak House — Page 2

English → Japanese CHAPTER I Level 9/10

Fog in the eyes and throats of ancient Greenwich pensioners, wheezing by the firesides of their wards; fog in the stem and bowl of the afternoon pipe of the wrathful skipper, down in his close cabin; fog cruelly pinching the toes and fingers of his shivering little 'prentice boy on deck.

霧は、病棟の暖炉のそばでゼーゼーと息をしている老いたグリニッジの年金生活者たちの目と喉に漂い、狭い船室に籠もる怒りっぽい船長の午後のパイプの茎と椀の中に漂い、甲板で震えている小さな見習い少年の足の指と手の指を残酷につねっている。

Chance people on the bridges peeping over the parapets into a nether sky of fog, with fog all round them, as if they were up in a balloon and hanging in the misty clouds.

橋の上でたまたま通りかかった人々が欄干越しに霧に覆われた下の空を覗き込んでおり、まるで気球に乗って霞んだ雲の中に浮かんでいるかのように、四方を霧に囲まれていた。

Gas looming through the fog in divers places in the streets, much as the sun may, from the spongey fields, be seen to loom by husbandman and ploughboy.

街のあちこちで霧の中からガス灯がぼんやりと浮かび上がっており、それはちょうど農夫や耕作少年がスポンジのような野原からぼんやりと太陽が浮かび上がるのを見るのと同じようであった。

Most of the shops lighted two hours before their time—as the gas seems to know, for it has a haggard and unwilling look.

ほとんどの店が本来の時刻より二時間も早く灯りを点けていた――ガス灯もそれを知っているかのようで、やつれた渋々とした様子をしていた。

The raw afternoon is rawest, and the dense fog is densest, and the muddy streets are muddiest near that leaden-headed old obstruction, appropriate ornament for the threshold of a leaden-headed old corporation, Temple Bar.

生々しい午後の中でも最も生々しく、濃い霧の中でも最も濃く、泥だらけの街路の中でも最も泥だらけなのは、鈍重な頭を持つ老いた妨害物、鈍重な頭を持つ老いた法人組織の入口にふさわしい飾りであるテンプル・バーの近くであった。

And hard by Temple Bar, in Lincoln's Inn Hall, at the very heart of the fog, sits the Lord High Chancellor in his High Court of Chancery.

そしてテンプル・バーのすぐそばの、霧のまさに中心にあるリンカーンズ・イン・ホールに、大法官閣下が大法官裁判所に座している。

Never can there come fog too thick, never can there come mud and mire too deep, to assort with the groping and floundering condition which this High Court of Chancery, most pestilent of hoary sinners, holds this day in the sight of heaven and earth.

霧がいかに濃くとも、泥や沼がいかに深くとも、この大法官裁判所――年老いた罪人の中で最も有害な――が今日、天地の前に晒しているその手探りし右往左往する状態に釣り合うほどのものはあり得ない。

Vocabulary

霧: kiri — Fog or mist obscuring visibility.
は: wa — Topic-marking grammatical particle.
病棟: byōtō — Hospital ward or patient floor.
の: no — Possessive or linking grammatical particle.
暖炉: danro — Fireplace or hearth for warmth.
そば: soba — Nearby; beside something or someone.
で: de — Particle indicating location or means.
ゼーゼー: zēzē — Wheezing or rasping breathing sound.
と: to — Particle meaning 'and' or quotation marker.
息: iki — Breath; the act of breathing.
を: wo — Object-marking grammatical particle.
し: shi — Verb stem of suru; doing something.
て: te — Conjunctive particle connecting verb phrases.
いる: iru — To be; ongoing state or action.
老い: oi — Old age; the process of aging.
た: ta — Past tense grammatical auxiliary verb.
年金: nenkin — Pension; regular payment after retirement.
生活者: seikatsusha — Person living on a particular income source.
たち: tachi — Plural suffix for people or groups.
目: me — Eye; the organ of sight.
喉: nodo — Throat; the passage inside the neck.
に: ni — Particle indicating direction, location, or target.
漂い: tadayoi — Drifting or floating gently through air.
狭い: semai — Narrow or cramped in space.
船室: senshitsu — Cabin or room aboard a ship.
籠もる: komoru — To be confined or shut inside a space.
怒り: ikari — Anger; a feeling of strong displeasure.
っぽい: -ppoi — Suffix meaning '-ish' or 'tending toward'.
船長: senchō — Ship's captain; commander of a vessel.
午後: gogo — Afternoon; the time after noon.
パイプ: paipu — Pipe; tube or smoking pipe.
茎: kuki — Stem or stalk of a plant.
椀: wan — Bowl, especially a wooden lacquered one.
中: naka — Inside; the interior of something.
甲板: kōhan / kanpan — Deck of a ship or vessel.
震え: furue — Shivering or trembling from cold or fear.
小さな: chiisana — Small; little in size.
見習い: minarai — Apprentice; trainee learning on the job.
少年: shōnen — Boy; a young male person.
足: ashi — Foot or leg of a person.
指: yubi — Finger or toe.
手: te — Hand; the end of the arm.
残酷: zankoku — Cruel; causing pain without mercy.
つねっ: tsune(tte) — Pinching someone's skin painfully.
橋: hashi — Bridge spanning water or a gap.
上: ue — Above; the upper part or top.
たまたま: tamatama — By chance; coincidentally or accidentally.
通りかかっ: tōrikakatte — Happened to pass by a place.
人々: hitobito — People; a group of persons.
が: ga — Subject-marking grammatical particle.
欄干: rankan — Railing or balustrade on a bridge.
越し: goshi — Over or across something; looking past.
覆わ: oowa(re) — Covered or enveloped by something.
れ: re — Passive or potential verb auxiliary suffix.
下: shita — Below; the lower part or bottom.
空: sora — Sky; the expanse above the earth.
覗き込ん: nozokikon(de) — Peering or looking closely into something.
おり: ori — Being; existing (polite form of iru).
まるで: marude — Just like; exactly as if something.
気球: kikyū — Hot air balloon; inflated flying craft.
乗っ: notte — Riding on or aboard something.
霞ん: kasun(de) — Hazily blurred; becoming misty or hazy.
だ: da — Casual copula meaning 'is' or 'are'.
雲: kumo — Cloud; a mass of water vapor.
浮かん: ukan(de) — Floating or drifting upward in air.
か: ka — Question particle or uncertainty marker.
よう: yō — Appearing like; seeming as though something.
四方: shihō — All four directions; every side around.
囲ま: kakoma(re) — Surrounded or enclosed on all sides.
い: i — Verb stem of iru; being or existing.
街: machi — Town or city; an urban area.
あちこち: achikochi — Here and there; various places around.
から: kara — From; indicating origin or starting point.
ガス灯: gasutō — Gas lamp; an old-fashioned street light.
ぼんやり: bonyari — Dimly or vaguely; indistinctly visible.
浮かび上がっ: ukabiagatte — Emerging or looming up into view.
それ: sore — That; referring to something previously mentioned.
ちょうど: chōdo — Exactly; precisely at a point.
農夫: nōfu — Farmer; a person working agricultural land.
や: ya — Particle listing examples non-exhaustively.
耕作: kōsaku — Cultivation; farming or tilling the land.
スポンジ: suponji — Sponge; an absorbent porous material.
な: na — Adjectival linking particle or noun modifier.
野原: nohara — Field or meadow; an open grassy area.
太陽: taiyō — The sun; the star at the center.
浮かび上がる: ukabiagaru — To rise up; emerge from below visually.
見る: miru — To see or look at something.
同じ: onaji — Same; identical or unchanged in character.
あっ: a(tte) — Being present or existing somewhere (aru).
ほとんど: hotondo — Almost; nearly all or nearly complete.
店: mise — Shop or store; a commercial establishment.
本来: honrai — Originally; by nature or proper standard.
時刻: jikoku — Time; a specific point in time.
より: yori — Than; comparative particle for comparison.
二: ni — Two; the number 2.
時間: jikan — Time; duration measured in hours.
も: mo — Also; even; as many as (emphasis).
早く: hayaku — Early or quickly; ahead of schedule.
灯り: akari — Light; a lamp or illumination source.
点け: tsuke(te) — Turning on or lighting a lamp.
知っ: shitte — Knowing; having knowledge of something.
やつれ: yatsure — Looking haggard, worn-out, or emaciated.
渋々: shibushibu — Reluctantly; doing something with great unwillingness.
様子: yōsu — Appearance; situation or manner of someone.
生々しい: namanama shii — Vivid; raw and intensely realistic.
最も: mottomo — Most; the superlative degree of comparison.
生々しく: namanama shiku — Vividly; in a raw, intense manner.
濃い: koi — Thick or dense; deep in concentration.
濃く: koku — Densely; thickly in concentration or color.
泥: doro — Mud; wet, dirty earth or soil.
だらけ: darake — Covered all over with something unpleasant.
街路: gairo — Street or road in an urban area.
鈍重: donjū — Sluggish; heavy and slow-moving in manner.
頭: atama — Head; the topmost part of the body.
持つ: motsu — To hold or possess something.
妨害物: bōgaibutsu — Obstacle or obstruction blocking a path.
法人: hōjin — Legal entity; a corporation or organization.
組織: soshiki — Organization; a structured group or system.
入口: iriguchi — Entrance; the way into a place.
ふさわしい: fusawashii — Suitable; appropriate or fitting for something.
飾り: kazari — Decoration; an ornament for beautifying.
ある: aru — To exist or to have something.
バー: Bā — Bar; a drinking establishment or legal term.
近く: chikaku — Nearby; close in distance to something.
そして: soshite — And then; connecting sentences or clauses.
すぐ: sugu — Soon or immediately; right away.
まさに: masani — Exactly; precisely or truly indeed.
中心: chūshin — Center; the middle point of something.
ホール: Hōru — Hall; a large building or gathering room.
大: dai — Great; large or grand in scale.
法官: hōkan — High judge or legal official of authority.
閣下: kakka — Your Excellency; honorific for high officials.
裁判所: saibansho — Court of law; a judicial institution.
座し: zashi — Sitting; being seated in a position.
いかに: ikani — How; in what manner or to what degree.
とも: tomo — Even if; no matter how or what.
沼: numa — Swamp or marsh; a boggy wetland.
深く: fukaku — Deeply; to a great depth or degree.
この: kono — This; referring to something close by.
年老い: toshioi — Aged; grown old over many years.
罪人: zainin — Sinner or criminal; a guilty person.
有害: yūgai — Harmful; causing damage or negative effects.
今日: kyō — Today; the current day.
天地: tenchi — Heaven and earth; the entire world.
前: mae — Before; in front of or previous time.
晒し: sarashi — Exposing; putting on public display.
その: sono — That; referring to something previously mentioned.
手探り: tesaguri — Groping; searching blindly by touch.
右往左往: uōsaō — Going back and forth in confusion frantically.
する: suru — To do; a general-purpose action verb.
状態: jōtai — State or condition; the current situation.
釣り合う: tsuriau — To balance or be proportionate to something.
ほど: hodo — To the extent of; approximately or degree.
もの: mono — Thing; object or abstract concept.
あり: ari — Existing; there being something (classical aru).
得: e(nai) — Capable of; possible to do (potential).
ない: nai — Not existing; negation of a verb or adjective.

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