Bleak House — Page 9
Chizzle, Mizzle, and otherwise have lapsed into a habit of vaguely promising themselves that they will look into that outstanding little matter and see what can be done for Drizzle—who was not well used—when Jarndyce and Jarndyce shall be got out of the office.
チズル、ミズル、その他の者たちは、ジャーンダイスとジャーンダイスの件が片付いたときに、あの未解決の小さな問題を調べて、ひどい扱いを受けたドリズルのために何かできることがないか見てみようと、漠然と自分自身に約束する習慣に陥っていた。
Shirking and sharking in all their many varieties have been sown broadcast by the ill-fated cause; and even those who have contemplated its history from the outermost circle of such evil have been insensibly tempted into a loose way of letting bad things alone to take their own bad course, and a loose belief that if the world go wrong it was in some off-hand manner never meant to go right.
あらゆる種類の責任逃れや狡猾な振る舞いが、この不運な訴訟によって広くまき散らされてきた。そして、そのような悪の最も外側の円からその歴史を眺めてきた者たちでさえ、悪いことをそのままにして成り行きに任せるという緩い態度へと、知らず知らずのうちに引き込まれ、世界がうまくいかないとすれば、それはもともとうまくいくようには意図されていなかったのだという、いい加減な信念を抱くようになった。
Thus, in the midst of the mud and at the heart of the fog, sits the Lord High Chancellor in his High Court of Chancery.
かくして、泥の真っ只中、霧の中心に、大法官閣下が衡平法裁判所に座している。
"Mr. Tangle," says the Lord High Chancellor, latterly something restless under the eloquence of that learned gentleman.
「タングル氏」と大法官閣下は言った。近頃、あの博識な紳士の雄弁にいくぶん落ち着きをなくしながら。
"Mlud," says Mr. Tangle. Mr. Tangle knows more of Jarndyce and Jarndyce than anybody. He is famous for it—supposed never to have read anything else since he left school.
「閣下」とタングル氏は言った。タングル氏はジャーンダイスとジャーンダイスの件について誰よりも詳しい。彼はそのことで有名であり、学校を出て以来ほかのものは何も読んでいないと思われている。
"Have you nearly concluded your argument?"
「弁論はほぼ終わりましたか？」
"Mlud, no—variety of points—feel it my duty tsubmit—ludship," is the reply that slides out of Mr. Tangle.
「閣下、いいえ――様々な論点が――提出する義務があると感じており――閣下」というのが、タングル氏の口からするりと出てくる返答だった。
"Several members of the bar are still to be heard, I believe?" says the Chancellor with a slight smile.
「まだ意見を述べていない弁護士が何人かいると思いますが？」と大法官は微かな笑みを浮かべながら言った。
Eighteen of Mr.
タングル氏の十八人の
Vocabulary
- その他
- sonohoka — The others; everything else; the rest.
- の
- no — Possessive or linking particle connecting nouns.
- 者
- mono / sha — Person; one who does something; individual.
- たち
- tachi — Plural suffix for people or animate beings.
- は
- wa — Topic-marking particle indicating the sentence topic.
- と
- to — And; with; quotation particle connecting elements.
- 件
- ken — Matter; case; affair; incident under discussion.
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle identifying the grammatical subject.
- 片付い
- katazui — To be settled; resolved; cleaned up; finished.
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary verb ending.
- とき
- toki — Time; moment; occasion when something happens.
- に
- ni — Particle indicating time, place, direction, or purpose.
- あの
- ano — That (over there); referring to something previously known.
- 未解決
- mikaiketsu — Unresolved; unsettled; pending; not yet solved.
- 小さな
- chiisana — Small; little; tiny (attributive adjective form).
- 問題
- mondai — Problem; question; issue; matter to be addressed.
- を
- wo / o — Object marker particle indicating the direct object.
- 調べ
- shirabe — To investigate; examine; look into; research something.
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle connecting sequential or causal clauses.
- ひどい
- hidoi — Terrible; awful; harsh; cruel; severe treatment.
- 扱い
- atsukai — Treatment; handling; dealing with someone or something.
- 受け
- uke — To receive; to undergo; to experience something.
- ため
- tame — For; in order to; for the sake of; because of.
- 何か
- nanika — Something; anything; some kind of thing.
- でき
- deki — To be able to; can do; be possible.
- る
- ru — Verb ending for present or potential tense forms.
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; matter; nominalizer for verb phrases.
- ない
- nai — Negative ending; there is not; cannot; does not.
- か
- ka — Question particle placed at end of sentences.
- 見
- mi — To see; look; observe; try (as in みよう).
- みよう
- miyou — Let's try; let's see; volitional form of 見る.
- 漠然
- bakuzen — Vague; obscure; hazy; indefinite; not clearly defined.
- 自分
- jibun — Oneself; one's own self; I (reflexive pronoun).
- 自身
- jishin — Oneself; personally; by one's own self (emphatic).
- 約束
- yakusoku — Promise; appointment; agreement; commitment to something.
- する
- suru — To do; to make; general-purpose action verb.
- 習慣
- shūkan — Habit; custom; practice; routine behavior over time.
- 陥っ
- ochii — To fall into; to be trapped in a state.
- い
- i — Auxiliary verb indicating ongoing state or existence.
- あらゆる
- arayuru — All kinds of; every sort of; all possible types.
- 種類
- shurui — Type; kind; sort; category; variety of things.
- 責任
- sekinin — Responsibility; duty; obligation; accountability for actions.
- 逃れ
- nogare — To escape; evade; flee from responsibility or duty.
- や
- ya — And (listing particle); or; among other things.
- 狡猾
- kōkatsu — Cunning; crafty; sly; deceitful; scheming in behavior.
- な
- na — Adjectival particle linking na-adjectives to nouns.
- 振る舞い
- furumai — Behavior; conduct; manner; the way one acts.
- この
- kono — This; referring to something nearby or just mentioned.
- 不運
- fuun — Misfortune; bad luck; ill fate; unlucky circumstance.
- 訴訟
- soshō — Lawsuit; legal action; litigation; court proceedings.
- よっ
- yo — By means of; due to; through (contracted form of によって).
- 広く
- hiroku — Widely; broadly; extensively; over a large area.
- まき
- maki — To scatter; spread; sow; disseminate widely.
- 散らさ
- chirasa — To scatter; spread around; disperse in all directions.
- れ
- re — Passive or potential auxiliary verb suffix.
- き
- ki — Perfective auxiliary indicating something has come to be.
- そし
- soshi — And then; moreover; furthermore (conjunction, colloquial form).
- そのような
- sono yōna — Such; that kind of; of that nature or type.
- 悪
- aku / waru — Evil; bad; wickedness; malice; moral wrongness.
- 最も
- mottomo — Most; extremely; to the greatest degree possible.
- 外側
- sotogawa — Outside; outer side; exterior; outer boundary or edge.
- 円
- en — Circle; yen (currency); round shape or ring.
- から
- kara — From; since; because; starting point in time or space.
- その
- sono — That; the (demonstrative adjective for previously mentioned thing).
- 歴史
- rekishi — History; the record of past events and times.
- 眺め
- nagame — To gaze at; view; observe from a distance.
- で
- de — At; by means of; in (location/means particle).
- さえ
- sae — Even; as long as; only; at least (emphatic particle).
- 悪い
- warui — Bad; wrong; poor; inferior; harmful in quality.
- まま
- mama — As is; leaving things as they are; unchanged state.
- し
- shi — And; moreover; conjunctive particle listing reasons or facts.
- 成り行き
- nariyuki — Course of events; development; how things naturally unfold.
- 任せる
- makaseru — To leave to; entrust; let things take their course.
- という
- to iu — Called; known as; the idea that; quotation marker.
- 緩い
- yurui — Loose; slack; lenient; lax; not strict or tight.
- 態度
- taido — Attitude; manner; stance; one's approach to things.
- へ
- e — To; toward; directional particle indicating movement or tendency.
- 知ら
- shira — To know; to be aware of; stem of 知る.
- ず
- zu — Without; negative conjunctive; not doing something.
- うち
- uchi — Among; within; while; during; inside a group or time.
- 引き込ま
- hikokoma — To be drawn into; pulled in; dragged into something.
- 世界
- sekai — World; society; realm; the entire domain of existence.
- うまく
- umaku — Well; skillfully; successfully; going smoothly as hoped.
- いか
- ika — How it goes; whether it works out; going (ikanai form).
- すれ
- sure — Conditional form of する; if one does or acts.
- ば
- ba — Conditional particle meaning 'if' or 'when' something occurs.
- それ
- sore — That; it; referring to something previously mentioned.
- もともと
- motomoto — Originally; from the start; fundamentally; by nature.
- いく
- iku — To go; to proceed; to move forward or along.
- よう
- yō — Seeming; like; as if; intention or appearance.
- 意図
- ito — Intention; purpose; aim; what one plans or intends.
- さ
- sa — Nominalizer suffix; also casual assertion particle.
- なかっ
- nakatta — Was not; did not exist (negative past auxiliary stem).
- だ
- da — Copula meaning 'is' or 'it is'; plain form.
- いい加減
- iikagen — Irresponsible; halfhearted; sloppy; vague and unreliable.
- 信念
- shinnen — Belief; conviction; faith; deeply held personal principle.
- 抱く
- idaku / daku — To hold; embrace; harbor (feelings, beliefs, hopes).
- なっ
- natte — To become; to turn into (conjunctive form of なる).
- かく
- kaku — Thus; in this way; so; like this (literary usage).
- 泥
- doro — Mud; mire; filth; sticky dirty substance on ground.
- 真っ只中
- mattadanaka — Right in the middle of; smack in the center.
- 霧
- kiri — Fog; mist; haze; thick atmospheric moisture obscuring vision.
- 中心
- chūshin — Center; core; heart; central point of something.
- 閣下
- kakka — Your Excellency; His/Her Excellency; honorific for high officials.
- 裁判所
- saibansho — Court of law; tribunal; judicial court building or institution.
- 座し
- zashi — To be seated; to preside; to sit in a position.
- いる
- iru — To be; to exist (for animate beings); to stay.
- 氏
- shi — Mr.; Ms.; honorific suffix for a person's name.
- 言っ
- itte — Said; spoke; stated (conjunctive form of 言う).
- 近頃
- chikagoro — Recently; lately; these days; in recent times.
- 博識
- hakushiki — Well-read; erudite; having extensive broad knowledge.
- 紳士
- shinshi — Gentleman; man of refinement and good manners.
- 雄弁
- yūben — Eloquent; oratorical; speaking skillfully and persuasively.
- いくぶん
- ikubun — Somewhat; a little; to some degree; slightly.
- 落ち着き
- ochitsuki — Composure; calmness; stability; settled, composed demeanor.
- なくし
- nakushi — To lose; to have lost; deprived of something.
- ながら
- nagara — While; even though; simultaneously doing two things.
- つい
- tsui — Unintentionally; before one knows it; inadvertently; just now.
- 誰
- dare — Who; which person; an unspecified or unknown person.
- より
- yori — Than; from; more than; comparison particle in Japanese.
- も
- mo — Also; too; even; as well (inclusive particle).
- 詳しい
- kuwashii — Knowledgeable; detailed; well-informed; familiar with something.
- 彼
- kare — He; him; that man; third-person masculine pronoun.
- 有名
- yūmei — Famous; well-known; celebrated; having wide public recognition.
- あり
- ari — To exist; to be; there is (classical or formal form).
- 学校
- gakkō — School; educational institution where students learn.
- 出
- de — Exit; leaving; graduate of; coming from a place.
- 以来
- irai — Since; ever since; from that time onward.
- ほか
- hoka — Other; another; besides; apart from; in addition to.
- もの
- mono — Thing; object; person; nominalizer for abstract concepts.
- 何
- nani / nan — What; which thing; interrogative pronoun for things.
- 読ん
- yon — To read; past conjunctive of 読む (yomu).
- 思わ
- omowa — To think; to feel; to consider (stem form of 思う).
- 弁論
- benron — Debate; oral argument; pleading; advocacy in court.
- ほぼ
- hobo — Almost; nearly; approximately; for the most part.
- 終わり
- owari — End; conclusion; finish; the final part of something.
- まし
- mashi — Better; preferable; polite past auxiliary (ました stem).
- いいえ
- iie — No; that is not correct; negative response word.
- 様々
- samazama — Various; diverse; many different kinds or varieties.
- 論点
- ronten — Point of argument; issue; key point under debate.
- 提出
- teishutsu — Submission; presentation; filing of a document or argument.
- 義務
- gimu — Duty; obligation; responsibility one is required to fulfill.
- ある
- aru — To exist; there is; to have (for inanimate things).
- 感じ
- kanji — Feeling; sense; impression; the way something feels.
- おり
- ori — To be; to exist (humble or formal form of いる).
- 口
- kuchi — Mouth; opening; entrance; spoken words or speech.
- くる
- kuru — To come; to arrive; to approach (irregular verb).
- 返答
- hentō — Reply; response; answer given to a question or inquiry.
- だっ
- datta — Was; were; past tense of the copula だ.
- まだ
- mada — Still; yet; not yet; still continuing at present.
- 意見
- iken — Opinion; view; one's thoughts on a matter.
- 述べ
- nobe — To state; express; describe; set forth an opinion.
- 弁護士
- bengoshi — Lawyer; attorney; legal counsel; licensed legal professional.
- 何人
- nannin — How many people; a number of persons; several individuals.
- 思い
- omoi — Thought; feeling; emotion; what one thinks or feels.
- ます
- masu — Polite verb ending for present or future tense.
- 微か
- kasoka — Faint; slight; subtle; barely perceptible; very small.
- 笑み
- emi — Smile; a gentle or slight facial expression of happiness.
- 浮かべ
- ukabe — To float; show on one's face; let appear (expression).
- 十八
- jūhachi — Eighteen; the number 18.
- 人
- nin / hito — Person; people; human being; counter for individuals.
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