Bleak House — Page 7
Innumerable children have been born into the cause;
無数の子供たちがこの訴訟の中に生まれ、
innumerable young people have married into it; innumerable old people have died out of it.
無数の若者たちがこの訴訟とともに結婚し、無数の老人たちがこの訴訟の中で死んでいった。
Scores of persons have deliriously found themselves made parties in Jarndyce and Jarndyce without knowing how or why; whole families have inherited legendary hatreds with the suit.
大勢の人々が、なぜかもわからぬままに錯乱状態でジャーンダイス対ジャーンダイス訴訟の当事者にされていることに気づき、一家全体がこの訴訟にまつわる伝説的な憎悪を受け継いできた。
The little plaintiff or defendant who was promised a new rocking-horse when Jarndyce and Jarndyce should be settled has grown up, possessed himself of a real horse, and trotted away into the other world.
ジャーンダイス対ジャーンダイス訴訟が解決したら新しい木馬を買ってもらえると約束されていた幼い原告や被告たちは、成長して本物の馬を手に入れ、あの世へと駆け去ってしまった。
Fair wards of court have faded into mothers and grandmothers; a long procession of Chancellors has come in and gone out; the legion of bills in the suit have been transformed into mere bills of mortality; there are not three Jarndyces left upon the earth perhaps since old Tom Jarndyce in despair blew his brains out at a coffee-house in Chancery Lane; but Jarndyce and Jarndyce still drags its dreary length before the court, perennially hopeless.
法廷の美しい被後見人たちはいつしか母親となり祖母となり、大法官たちの長い行列が入れ替わり立ち替わり、訴訟に関わる無数の訴状はただの死亡記録へと変わり果て、あの老トム・ジャーンダイスが絶望のあまりチャンサリー・レーンのコーヒーハウスで拳銃自殺して以来、この地上にジャーンダイス家の者は三人も残っていないかもしれぬ。しかしジャーンダイス対ジャーンダイス訴訟は、永遠に希望なく、今なおその陰鬱な長い尾を引きながら法廷の前に居座り続けている。
Jarndyce and Jarndyce has passed into a joke.
ジャーンダイス対ジャーンダイス訴訟は、今や笑い話となってしまった。
That is the only good that has ever come of it.
それがこの訴訟から生まれた唯一の益というものだ。
It has been death to many, but it is a joke in the profession.
多くの人にとっては死をもたらすものであったが、法曹界においては笑い話となっている。
Every master in Chancery has had a reference out of it.
衡平法院のすべての主事官がこの訴訟から何らかの付託を受けてきた。
Every Chancellor was "in it," for somebody or other, when he was counsel at the bar.
すべての大法官が、法廷弁護士であった頃、誰かしらのためにこの訴訟に「関わって」いた。
Good things have been said about it by blue-nosed, bulbous-shoed old benchers in select port-wine committee after dinner in hall.
青ざめた鼻をした、ぶくぶくした靴を履いた老法曹院員たちが、食後の特選ポートワインの席で、この訴訟についてあれこれと気の利いたことを語り合ってきた。
Vocabulary
- 無数
- musuu — Countless, innumerable; an extremely large number.
- の
- no — Possessive or nominalizing particle in Japanese.
- 子供
- kodomo — Child or children; a young person.
- たち
- tachi — Plural suffix indicating a group of people.
- が
- ga — Subject-marking particle in Japanese grammar.
- この
- kono — This; referring to something nearby or just mentioned.
- 訴訟
- soshou — Lawsuit or legal proceedings in a court.
- 中
- naka — Inside, within, or during a period.
- に
- ni — Directional or locational particle indicating place or time.
- 生まれ
- umare — Born; to come into existence or life.
- 若者
- wakamono — Young person or youth; someone in early adulthood.
- と
- to — And; with; quotation particle in Japanese.
- とも
- tomo — Together with; also used as companion suffix.
- 結婚
- kekkon — Marriage; the act of getting married.
- し
- shi — Conjunctive verb form connecting actions or reasons.
- 老人
- roujin — Elderly person; an old man or woman.
- で
- de — At, by, or as; instrumental or locative particle.
- 死ん
- shin — Died; past conjunctive form of the verb die.
- いっ
- it(te) — Gone; conjunctive form of the verb go.
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary indicating completed action.
- 大勢
- oozei — A large crowd or great number of people.
- 人々
- hitobito — People; many individuals collectively referred to.
- なぜ
- naze — Why; asking for the reason or cause.
- か
- ka — Question particle or uncertainty marker in Japanese.
- も
- mo — Also, even, or too; inclusive particle.
- わから
- wakara — Not understanding; negative stem of wakaru.
- ぬ
- nu — Classical negative auxiliary; equivalent to nai.
- まま
- mama — As is; remaining in a certain unchanged state.
- 錯乱
- sakuran — Mental confusion, derangement, or emotional disorder.
- 状態
- joutai — State, condition, or situation of something.
- 対
- tai — Versus; against; used in legal or competitive context.
- 当事者
- toujiша — Party involved; a person directly concerned in matter.
- さ
- sa — Colloquial sentence-final particle for mild assertion.
- れ
- re — Passive or potential auxiliary verb form.
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle linking verb phrases together.
- いる
- iru — To be; indicates ongoing or resultant state.
- こと
- koto — Thing, fact, or nominalizer for verb phrases.
- 気づき
- kizuki — Noticing, becoming aware of something.
- 一家
- ikka — An entire family or household as a unit.
- 全体
- zentai — The whole, entirety, or all of something.
- まつわる
- matsuwaru — To be associated with; to cling around something.
- 伝説
- densetsu — Legend, myth, or traditional story passed down.
- 的
- teki — Suffix meaning -like, -al, or pertaining to.
- な
- na — Adjectival linking particle connecting na-adjectives to nouns.
- 憎悪
- zouo — Hatred, intense animosity or deep-seated loathing.
- を
- wo — Object-marking particle indicating direct object.
- 受け継い
- uketsui — Inherited; to take over or carry on from another.
- き
- ki — Classical perfective auxiliary; indicates completed action.
- 解決
- kaiketsu — Resolution or solution; settling a problem or dispute.
- たら
- tara — Conditional form meaning if or when something occurs.
- 新しい
- atarashii — New; recently made or not previously existing.
- 木馬
- mokuba — Wooden horse or rocking horse toy for children.
- 買っ
- kat(te) — Bought; conjunctive form of the verb buy.
- もらえる
- moraeru — To be able to receive something from someone.
- 約束
- yakusoku — Promise or appointment; a commitment made to someone.
- い
- i — Continuative form of the verb iru, to be.
- 幼い
- osanai — Young and small; infantile or very young in age.
- 原告
- genkoku — Plaintiff; the party who initiates a legal lawsuit.
- や
- ya — And; listing particle connecting nouns loosely together.
- 被告
- hikoku — Defendant; the party accused in a legal proceeding.
- は
- wa — Topic-marking particle indicating the sentence topic.
- 成長
- seichou — Growth, development; becoming bigger or more mature.
- 本物
- honmono — The real thing; genuine as opposed to imitation.
- 馬
- uma — Horse; a large domesticated four-legged animal.
- 手
- te — Hand; also means means or way of doing.
- 入れ
- ire — Putting in; obtaining or acquiring something desired.
- あの世
- anoyo — The afterlife; the other world after death.
- へ
- he — Directional particle indicating movement toward destination.
- 駆け去っ
- kakesат(te) — Galloped away; ran off quickly and disappeared.
- しまっ
- shimat(te) — Ended up doing; regrettably completed an action.
- 法廷
- houtei — Courtroom; the place where legal trials are held.
- 美しい
- utsukushii — Beautiful; possessing great aesthetic appeal or loveliness.
- 被後見人
- hikokenin — Ward; a person under legal guardianship or protection.
- いつしか
- itsushika — Before one knows it; gradually and imperceptibly over time.
- 母親
- hahaoya — Mother; a female parent of a child.
- なり
- nari — Became; conjunctive form indicating a change of state.
- 祖母
- sobo — Grandmother; one's mother's or father's mother.
- 長い
- nagai — Long in length or duration; extended in time.
- 行列
- gyouretsu — Procession or queue; a line of people or things.
- 入れ替わり
- irekawari — Alternation, replacement; taking turns one after another.
- 立ち替わり
- tachikawari — In turns; alternately replacing one another repeatedly.
- 関わる
- kakawaru — To be involved or related to something or someone.
- 訴状
- sojou — Written complaint or petition filed in a court.
- ただ
- tada — Only, merely, or just; nothing more than that.
- 死亡
- shibou — Death; the act of dying or ceasing to live.
- 記録
- kiroku — Record, documentation; a written account of events.
- 変わり果て
- kawarihate — Changed beyond recognition; completely transformed unrecognizably.
- あの
- ano — That; referring to something distant or previously mentioned.
- 老
- rou — Old, aged; prefix indicating elderly or veteran status.
- 絶望
- zetsubou — Despair, hopelessness; complete loss of hope.
- あまり
- amari — Too much; so much that a consequence results.
- コーヒーハウス
- Koohiihousu — Coffeehouse; an establishment serving coffee and beverages.
- 拳銃
- kenjuu — Handgun or pistol; a small portable firearm.
- 自殺
- jisatsu — Suicide; the act of intentionally ending one's life.
- 以来
- irai — Since then; from a certain point in time onward.
- 地上
- chijou — On earth, above ground; this world of the living.
- 家
- ie / ka — House, home, or family; a place of residence.
- 者
- mono / sha — Person; a suffix indicating a type of person.
- 三人
- sannin — Three people; a group consisting of three persons.
- 残っ
- nokok(te) — Remained; stayed behind after others have left or gone.
- ない
- nai — Negative auxiliary; indicates something does not exist or occur.
- かも
- kamo — Maybe, perhaps; expressing possibility or uncertainty.
- しれ
- shire — May be; used in shirenai to express uncertainty.
- しかし
- shikashi — However, but; a conjunction indicating contrast or exception.
- 永遠
- eien — Eternity, forever; lasting without end or limit.
- 希望
- kibou — Hope or wish; a desire for something to happen.
- なく
- naku — Without; negative conjunctive form connecting lacking conditions.
- 今
- ima — Now, currently; the present moment in time.
- なお
- nao — Still, yet, even now; continuing unchanged state.
- その
- sono — That; a demonstrative referring to something nearby contextually.
- 陰鬱
- in'utsu — Gloomy, dismal; dark and depressing in atmosphere.
- 尾
- o — Tail; the trailing end of something long.
- 引き
- hiki — Pulling; dragging something along persistently behind.
- ながら
- nagara — While doing; simultaneous action or contradictory continuation.
- 前
- mae — Before, in front of; earlier in time or position.
- 居座り
- isuwari — Squatting stubbornly; refusing to leave a place.
- 続け
- tsuzuke — Continuing; keeps on doing without stopping.
- 今や
- imaya — Now; at this point in time, things have changed.
- 笑い話
- A funny story or joke; an amusing anecdote.
- なっ
- nat(te) — Became; conjunctive form of naru, to become.
- それ
- sore — That; a demonstrative pronoun referring to something.
- から
- kara — From, because; indicating origin, cause, or sequence.
- 唯一
- yuiitsu — The only one; sole and unique among everything.
- 益
- eki — Benefit, profit, or advantage gained from something.
- いう
- iu — To say or called; used to name or describe.
- もの
- mono — Thing; a nominalizer or refers to tangible items.
- だ
- da — Copula meaning is or are; plain-form of desu.
- 多く
- ooku — Many, much; a large quantity or number of things.
- 人
- hito / jin — Person or people; an individual human being.
- とっ
- tot(te) — Taking; for; conjunctive of toru in totte context.
- 死
- shi — Death; the end of life or dying.
- もたらす
- motarasu — To bring about; to cause or produce a result.
- あっ
- at(te) — Being; there being; conjunctive of aru.
- 法曹
- housou — Legal profession; members of the bar or judiciary.
- 界
- kai — World, community, or realm of a field.
- おい
- oi — In; at; among; used as a formal locative phrase.
- すべて
- subete — All, everything; the entirety without exception.
- 何らか
- nanraka — Some kind of; some sort of unspecified thing.
- 付託
- futaku — Referral or commission; delegating a matter to someone.
- 受け
- uke — Receiving; accepting something passed to one.
- 弁護士
- bengoshi — Lawyer or attorney; a licensed legal representative.
- 頃
- koro — Around that time; an approximate period or moment.
- 誰か
- dareka — Someone; an unspecified or unknown person.
- しら
- shira — I wonder; casual expression of uncertainty or ignorance.
- ため
- tame — For the sake of; because of; a reason or purpose.
- 関わっ
- kakawat(te) — Involved; engaged with; related to a matter.
- 青ざめ
- aozame — Turned pale; face losing color from shock or fear.
- 鼻
- hana — Nose; the facial organ used for smelling and breathing.
- ぶくぶく
- bukubuku — Chubby, puffy; bubbling or inflated appearance descriptively.
- 靴
- kutsu — Shoes; footwear worn to protect and cover feet.
- 履い
- hai — Wearing shoes; putting on footwear on one's feet.
- 食後
- shokugo — After a meal; the period following eating food.
- 特選
- tokusen — Special selection; carefully chosen premium or finest quality.
- 席
- seki — Seat or place; a spot where someone sits.
- つい
- tsui — Unintentionally; casually taking a seat or doing something.
- あれこれ
- arekore — This and that; various things discussed or considered.
- 気
- ki — Spirit, mind, feeling; used in many expressions.
- 利い
- kii — Working, effective; wit or cleverness functioning well.
- 語り合っ
- katariat(te) — Talked together; conversed mutually sharing stories or opinions.
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