Cranford — Page 4
"You must keep thinking about the time, my dear, and not allow yourself to forget it in conversation."
「時間のことを常に頭に置いて、会話の中でそれを忘れないようにしなければなりませんよ、あなた。」
As everybody had this rule in their minds, whether they received or paid a call, of course no absorbing subject was ever spoken about.
訪問を受ける側でも訪問する側でも、誰もがこの規則を心に留めていたので、もちろん夢中になるような話題が語られることは決してなかった。
We kept ourselves to short sentences of small talk, and were punctual to our time.
私たちは短い世間話だけにとどめ、時間をきっちりと守った。
I imagine that a few of the gentlefolks of Cranford were poor, and had some difficulty in making both ends meet; but they were like the Spartans, and concealed their smart under a smiling face.
クランフォードの上流の人々の中には貧しい者もいて、収支を合わせるのに苦労していたと思われるが、彼らはスパルタ人のように、笑顔の裏に苦しみを隠していた。
We none of us spoke of money, because that subject savoured of commerce and trade, and though some might be poor, we were all aristocratic.
私たちの誰もお金のことを口にしなかった。なぜならその話題は商売や取引を連想させるものであり、貧しい者がいたとしても、私たちは皆貴族的な存在だったからである。
The Cranfordians had that kindly esprit de corps which made them overlook all deficiencies in success when some among them tried to conceal their poverty.
クランフォードの人々は、仲間のうちの誰かが貧しさを隠そうとするとき、成功における不足をすべて見て見ぬふりをさせるような、親切な仲間意識を持っていた。
Vocabulary
- 時間
- jikan — Time; a period or duration of time.
- の
- no — Possessive or nominalizing particle in Japanese.
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; matter (abstract or intangible).
- を
- wo — Object-marking particle indicating direct object.
- 常に
- tsune ni — Always; at all times; constantly.
- 頭
- atama — Head; mind; the top of one's body.
- に
- ni — Particle indicating direction, location, or indirect object.
- 置い
- ooi (oki) — To place; to put; to keep in mind.
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle connecting sequential or related actions.
- 会話
- kaiwa — Conversation; dialogue between two or more people.
- 中
- naka / chuu — Inside; middle; during a period or event.
- で
- de — Particle indicating location of action or means used.
- それ
- sore — That; referring to something previously mentioned.
- 忘れ
- wasure — To forget; to fail to remember something.
- ない
- nai — Negative auxiliary; indicates negation of a verb.
- よう
- you — So that; in order to; resembling a manner.
- し
- shi — Verb stem of suru; also lists reasons or actions.
- なけれ
- nakere — Conditional negative form meaning must or have to.
- ば
- ba — Conditional particle meaning if or when.
- なり
- nari — Stem of naru; to become; must become.
- ませ
- mase — Polite verb ending used in formal speech.
- ん
- n — Contraction of no; softens or explains a statement.
- よ
- yo — Sentence-final particle asserting or emphasizing information.
- あなた
- anata — You; second-person pronoun in Japanese.
- 訪問
- houmon — A visit; act of calling on someone formally.
- 受ける
- ukeru — To receive; to accept; to undergo something.
- 側
- gawa / kata — Side; party; the receiving or opposing side.
- も
- mo — Also; too; even; additive particle in Japanese.
- する
- suru — To do; to perform; general-purpose action verb.
- 誰
- dare — Who; referring to an unspecified person.
- が
- ga — Subject-marking particle identifying the grammatical subject.
- この
- kono — This; demonstrative adjective for nearby things.
- 規則
- kisoku — Rule; regulation; a set standard of conduct.
- 心
- kokoro — Heart; mind; spirit; one's inner feelings.
- 留め
- tome — To keep in mind; to fix; to retain.
- い
- i — Verb stem of iru; to be; to exist (animate).
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary verb indicating completed action.
- もちろん
- mochiron — Of course; naturally; it goes without saying.
- 夢中
- muchuu — Absorbed in; crazy about; losing oneself in something.
- なる
- naru — To become; to turn into; to change state.
- な
- na — Adjectival or sentence-final particle; prohibitive or descriptive.
- 話題
- wadai — Topic; subject of conversation or discussion.
- 語ら
- katara — Stem of kataru; to speak about; to narrate.
- れる
- reru — Passive or potential auxiliary verb ending in Japanese.
- は
- wa — Topic-marking particle highlighting the sentence's subject.
- 決して
- kesshite — Never; by no means; absolutely not.
- なかっ
- nakatt(a) — Past negative form meaning there was not.
- 私
- watashi — I; me; first-person singular pronoun.
- たち
- tachi — Plural suffix for people; we; they.
- 短い
- mijikai — Short; brief in length or duration.
- 世間話
- sekenbana shi — Small talk; casual everyday conversation with others.
- だけ
- dake — Only; just; nothing more than; limited to.
- とどめ
- todome — To limit to; to confine; finishing blow.
- きっちり
- kicchiri — Exactly; precisely; strictly; neatly fitting.
- と
- to — Particle meaning and, with, or quotation marker.
- 守っ
- mamott(a) — To protect; to keep; to follow rules.
- 上流
- jouryuu — Upper class; upper stream; socially elite stratum.
- 人々
- hitobito — People; various individuals; folks in general.
- 貧しい
- mazushii — Poor; impoverished; lacking in wealth or resources.
- 者
- mono / sha — Person; one who is; individual with a quality.
- 収支
- shuushi — Balance of income and expenditure; financial balance.
- 合わせる
- awaseru — To match; to combine; to balance accounts together.
- 苦労
- kurou — Hard work; trouble; hardship; toil and effort.
- 思わ
- omowa — Stem of omou; to think; to feel; to consider.
- 彼ら
- karera — They; them; third-person plural pronoun.
- 人
- hito / jin — Person; human being; people in general.
- 笑顔
- egao — Smiling face; a cheerful or happy expression.
- 裏
- ura — Back; reverse side; hidden aspect behind something.
- 苦しみ
- kurushimi — Suffering; pain; anguish; intense distress.
- 隠し
- kakushi — To hide; to conceal; to keep secret.
- お金
- okane — Money; cash; currency in general.
- 口
- kuchi — Mouth; opening; utterance; speaking about something.
- なぜなら
- nazenara — Because; the reason being; introducing an explanation.
- その
- sono — That; demonstrative adjective for nearby referenced things.
- 商売
- shoubai — Business; trade; commerce; one's occupation or livelihood.
- や
- ya — And; or; listing particle among multiple items.
- 取引
- torihiki — Transaction; deal; business trade or negotiation.
- 連想
- rensou — Association; calling to mind; mental connection of ideas.
- さ
- sa — Casual sentence-final particle or nominalizer suffix.
- せる
- seru — Causative auxiliary verb; to make or let someone do.
- もの
- mono — Thing; object; something tangible or abstract.
- あり
- ari — Existence form of aru; there is; there are.
- 皆
- mina / minna — Everyone; all; the whole group of people.
- 貴族
- kizoku — Aristocrat; nobility; person of high social rank.
- 的
- teki — Suffix meaning -like, -ish, or pertaining to.
- 存在
- sonzai — Existence; being; presence; an existing entity.
- だっ
- datt(a) — Past tense copula meaning was; it was so.
- から
- kara — From; because; since; indicating cause or origin.
- ある
- aru — To exist; there is; to have (inanimate objects).
- 仲間
- nakama — Companion; colleague; fellow member of a group.
- うち
- uchi — Among; within; inside; one's own group or home.
- 誰か
- dareka — Someone; somebody; an unspecified person.
- 貧し
- mazushi — Poor; impoverished (adjective stem form).
- 隠そう
- kakusou — Volitional form of kakusu; let's hide; intending to conceal.
- とき
- toki — Time; moment; occasion when something occurs.
- 成功
- seikou — Success; achievement; accomplishment of a goal.
- おける
- okeru — In; at; regarding; occurring within a context.
- 不足
- fusoku — Shortage; insufficiency; lack of something needed.
- すべて
- subete — All; everything; the whole; every single thing.
- 見て
- mite — Looking at; seeing; te-form of miru.
- 見ぬ
- minu — Classical negative of miru; to not see; unseeing.
- ふり
- furi — Pretense; acting as if; feigning a behavior.
- 親切
- shinsetsu — Kindness; consideration; being thoughtful toward others.
- 意識
- ishiki — Consciousness; awareness; sense of something.
- 持っ
- mott(a) — To hold; to have; to carry; to possess.
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