Cranford — Page 5
When Mrs Forrester, for instance, gave a party in her baby-house of a dwelling, and the little maiden disturbed the ladies on the sofa by a request that she might get the tea-tray out from underneath, everyone took this novel proceeding as the most natural thing in the world, and talked on about household forms and ceremonies as if we all believed that our hostess had a regular servants' hall, second table, with housekeeper and steward, instead of the one little charity-school maiden, whose short ruddy arms could never have been strong enough to carry the tray upstairs, if she had not been assisted in private by her mistress, who now sat in state, pretending not to know what cakes were sent up, though she knew, and we knew, and she knew that we knew, and we knew that she knew that we knew, she had been busy all the morning making tea-bread and sponge-cakes.
例えば、フォレスター夫人が人形の家のような住まいでパーティーを開いたとき、小さなお手伝いの娘がソファに座っている奥様方の邪魔をして、下からティートレイを取り出させてほしいとお願いしたが、その場にいた誰もがこの珍しい振る舞いをごく当たり前のことのように受け取り、まるで女主人には家政婦や執事を擁する正規の使用人部屋や二番テーブルがあると皆が信じているかのように、家事の作法や慣習についての話を続けた。実際には、短くて赤みがかった腕を持つ一人の慈善学校出身の小さな娘がいるだけで、女主人がこっそり手伝ってくれなければ、その娘がトレイを二階へ運べるほどの力はとても持てなかったはずだ。その女主人は今や威厳ある様子で座り、どんなケーキが運ばれてきたかを知らないふりをしていたが、彼女は知っていたし、私たちも知っていたし、彼女は私たちが知っていることを知っていたし、私たちは彼女が私たちの知っていることを知っていることを知っていた。彼女は午前中ずっとティーブレッドとスポンジケーキを作るのに忙しかったのだ。
There were one or two consequences arising from this general but unacknowledged poverty, and this very much acknowledged gentility, which were not amiss, and which might be introduced into many circles of society to their great improvement.
この広く存在しながらも認められない貧しさと、大いに認められた上品さから生じる一つ二つの結果があり、それらは悪いものではなく、多くの社会の場に取り入れれば大いに改善をもたらすことができるものであった。
For instance, the inhabitants of Cranford kept early hours, and clattered home in their pattens, under the guidance of a lantern-bearer, about nine o'clock at night; and the whole town was abed and asleep by half-past ten.
例えば、クランフォードの住民たちは早い時間に帰宅し、夜の九時頃には提灯持ちに先導されながらパテンをカタカタと鳴らして家路につき、町全体が十時半までには床につき眠りについていた。
Vocabulary
- 例えば
- tatoeba — For example; used to introduce an illustration
- 夫人
- fujin — Married woman; Mrs.; a lady
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle in Japanese grammar
- 人形
- ningyō — Doll; puppet; figure resembling a person
- の
- no — Possessive or linking particle in Japanese
- 家
- ie / ka — House; home; family dwelling
- よう
- yō — Appearance; likeness; seeming like something
- な
- na — Adjectival linking particle; descriptive modifier
- 住まい
- sumai — Residence; place where one lives
- で
- de — At; in; by means of (location/means particle)
- パーティー
- pātī — Party; social gathering or celebration
- を
- o — Object marker particle in Japanese grammar
- 開い
- hira-i / kai — Opened; held (an event); past stem of 開く
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary verb ending
- とき
- toki — Time; moment; when something happens
- 小さな
- chīsana — Small; little; tiny (attributive adjective)
- お
- o — Honorific prefix showing politeness or respect
- 手伝い
- tetsudai — Helper; assistance; one who helps
- 娘
- musume — Girl; daughter; young woman
- ソファ
- sofa — Sofa; couch; upholstered seating furniture
- に
- ni — Location, direction, or indirect object particle
- 座っ
- suwat(te) — Sitting; seated (stem/te-form of 座る)
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle connecting verb actions
- いる
- iru — To exist; to be (for animate beings)
- 奥様方
- okusama-gata — Ladies; honorific plural for married women
- 邪魔
- jama — Obstruction; nuisance; to disturb or bother
- し
- shi — And; doing (conjunctive verb/particle form)
- 下
- shita / shimo — Below; underneath; lower position
- から
- kara — From; because; starting point particle
- 取り出さ
- toridasa — To take out; retrieve; extract something
- せ
- se — Causative verb ending; cause someone to do
- ほしい
- hoshii — Wanted; desired; wishing someone would do
- と
- to — And; with; quotation particle
- お願い
- onegai — Request; please; a polite asking
- その
- sono — That; the (demonstrative modifier near listener)
- 場
- ba — Place; scene; situation; the moment
- い
- i — To be; present (stem of いる); informal ending
- 誰も
- daremo — Nobody; everyone (depending on polarity)
- この
- kono — This (demonstrative modifier near speaker)
- 珍しい
- mezurashii — Unusual; rare; uncommon; curious
- 振る舞い
- furumai — Behavior; conduct; manner of acting
- ごく
- goku — Extremely; very; utterly (intensifier adverb)
- 当たり前
- atarimae — Natural; obvious; matter of course
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; matter (abstract nominalizer)
- 受け取り
- uketori — Receiving; acceptance; taking something in
- まるで
- marude — Just like; as if; entirely (comparative adverb)
- 女主人
- onna-shujin / onnanushinin — Mistress of the house; female head of household
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle in Japanese grammar
- 家政婦
- kaseifu — Housekeeper; domestic worker employed in home
- や
- ya — And; or (listing particle among items)
- 執事
- shitsuji — Butler; steward; household manservant
- 擁する
- yōsuru — To possess; to have; to encompass members
- 正規
- seiki — Regular; formal; official; proper status
- 使用人
- Servant; employee; person in service
- 部屋
- heya — Room; chamber; indoor living space
- 二番
- niban — Number two; second; the second one
- テーブル
- tēburu — Table; flat-surfaced furniture for dining
- ある
- aru — To exist; to be (for inanimate objects)
- 皆
- mina / minna — Everyone; all; everybody present
- 信じ
- shinji — Believing; trusting (stem of 信じる)
- か
- ka — Question particle; or; expressing doubt
- 家事
- kaji — Housework; domestic chores and duties
- 作法
- sahō — Etiquette; manners; proper way of doing
- 慣習
- kanshū — Custom; convention; established practice
- について
- ni tsuite — About; concerning; regarding a topic
- 話
- hanashi — Talk; conversation; story; discussion
- 続け
- tsuzuke — Continuing; carrying on (stem of 続ける)
- 実際
- jissai — In reality; actually; in practice
- 短く
- mijikaku — Shortly; briefly; in a short manner
- 赤みがかっ
- akamigakat(te) — Reddish; tinged with red color
- 腕
- ude — Arm; skill; ability with one's hands
- 持つ
- motsu — To hold; to have; to possess something
- 一人
- hitori — One person; alone; by oneself
- 慈善
- jizen — Charity; benevolence; philanthropic act
- 学校
- gakkō — School; educational institution
- 出身
- shusshin — Origin; coming from a place or institution
- だけ
- dake — Only; just; limited to that amount
- こっそり
- kossori — Secretly; stealthily; without being noticed
- 手伝っ
- tetsudatte — Helping; assisting (te-form of 手伝う)
- くれ
- kure — Give me; do for me (imperative of くれる)
- なけれ
- nakere — If not; unless (conditional negative stem)
- ば
- ba — If; conditional particle in Japanese grammar
- トレイ
- torei — Tray; flat carrier for objects or food
- 二階
- nikai — Second floor; upstairs; two-story level
- へ
- e — To; toward; directional particle
- 運べる
- hakoberu — Can carry; able to transport something
- ほど
- hodo — To the extent; as much as; degree
- 力
- chikara — Strength; power; physical or mental force
- とても
- totemo — Very; extremely; quite (intensity adverb)
- 持て
- mote — Can hold; able to possess (potential stem)
- なかっ
- nakaт(ta) — Was not; did not exist (past negative)
- はず
- hazu — Should be; expected to; supposed to
- だ
- da — Is; am; are (plain copula ending)
- 今や
- imaya — Now; at this point; by this time
- 威厳
- igen — Dignity; majesty; imposing presence
- 様子
- yōsu — Appearance; state; manner; how one seems
- 座り
- suwari — Sitting; manner of sitting (stem of 座る)
- どんな
- donna — What kind of; what sort of thing
- ケーキ
- kēki — Cake; sweet baked dessert
- 運ば
- hakoba — Carry; transport (stem/passive base of 運ぶ)
- れ
- re — Passive or potential auxiliary verb suffix
- き
- ki — Came; came about (stem of くる in compounds)
- 知ら
- shira — Know; be aware (stem/negative base of 知る)
- ない
- nai — Not; does not exist (negative ending)
- ふり
- furi — Pretense; acting as if; feigning ignorance
- 彼女
- kanojo — She; her; girlfriend
- 知っ
- shit(te) — Knowing; aware of (te-form of 知る)
- 私たち
- watashitachi — We; us; our group
- も
- mo — Also; too; even (inclusive particle)
- 午前中
- gozenchū — All morning; throughout the morning hours
- ずっと
- zutto — All along; continuously; the whole time
- スポンジ
- suponji — Sponge; sponge cake; soft porous material
- 作る
- tsukuru — To make; to create; to prepare something
- 忙しかっ
- isogashikat(ta) — Was busy; occupied with tasks (past adjective)
- 広く
- hiroku — Widely; broadly; in a wide manner
- 存在
- sonzai — Existence; presence; being there
- ながら
- nagara — While; even though; doing simultaneously
- 認め
- mitome — Acknowledging; recognizing (stem of 認める)
- られ
- rare — Passive/potential auxiliary verb suffix
- 貧し
- mazushi — Poor; impoverished; lacking resources
- さ
- sa — Nominalizing suffix turning adjective to noun
- 大いに
- ōini — Greatly; highly; to a great extent
- 上品
- jōhin — Elegant; refined; graceful; high-class
- 生じる
- shōjiru — To occur; to arise; to come about
- 一つ
- hitotsu — One thing; one unit; a single item
- 二つ
- futatsu — Two things; two units; a pair
- 結果
- kekka — Result; outcome; consequence of action
- あり
- ari — There is/are; existing (stem of ある)
- それら
- sorera — Those; those things (plural demonstrative)
- 悪い
- warui — Bad; wrong; poor quality; harmful
- もの
- mono — Thing; object; something tangible or abstract
- なく
- naku — Without; not being; negative conjunctive form
- 多く
- ōku — Many; much; a large number or amount
- 社会
- shakai — Society; community; social structure
- 取り入れ
- toriire — Adopting; incorporating; taking something in
- 改善
- kaizen — Improvement; betterment; making things better
- もたらす
- motarasu — To bring about; to cause; to produce results
- できる
- dekiru — Can do; to be able; to be possible
- あっ
- at(te) — Being; existing (te-form of ある)
- 住民
- jūmin — Residents; inhabitants; local population
- たち
- tachi — Plural suffix for people or living beings
- 早い
- hayai — Early; fast; quick (time or speed)
- 時間
- jikan — Time; hour; duration of time
- 帰宅
- kitaku — Returning home; going back to one's house
- 夜
- yoru — Night; evening; nighttime
- 九時
- kuji — Nine o'clock; the hour of nine
- 頃
- koro — Around; about; approximately that time
- 提灯
- chōchin — Paper lantern; traditional Japanese lamp
- 持ち
- mochi — Holding; carrying (stem of 持つ)
- 先導
- sendō — Leading the way; guiding in front
- カタカタ
- katakata — Clattering; rattling sound of hard objects
- 鳴らし
- narashi — Making sound; ringing (stem of 鳴らす)
- 家路
- iemichi — Way home; road back to one's house
- つき
- tsuki — Heading; proceeding along (stem of つく)
- 町
- machi — Town; city district; neighborhood
- 全体
- zentai — Whole; entire; the whole entity
- 十時半
- jūji han — Ten thirty; half past ten o'clock
- まで
- made — Until; up to; as far as (limit particle)
- 床
- toko / yuka — Bed; floor; sleeping place
- 眠り
- nemuri — Sleep; slumber (noun/stem of 眠る)
- つい
- tsui — Fell into; settled into (stem of つく)
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