Cranford — Page 6
Moreover, it was considered "vulgar" (a tremendous word in Cranford) to give anything expensive, in the way of eatable or drinkable, at the evening entertainments.
さらに、夜の宴席において、食べ物や飲み物の類で高価なものを出すことは「下品」（クランフォードでは大変な意味を持つ言葉）とみなされていた。
Wafer bread-and-butter and sponge-biscuits were all that the Honourable Mrs Jamieson gave; and she was sister-in-law to the late Earl of Glenmire, although she did practise such "elegant economy."
薄いパンにバターを塗ったものとスポンジビスケットが、ジェイミーソン夫人の出すものの全てであった。彼女は故グレンマイア伯爵の義理の妹であったが、それでもそのような「優雅な倹約」を実践していたのである。
"Elegant economy!" How naturally one falls back into the phraseology of Cranford!
「優雅な倹約！」 クランフォードの言い回しへと、何と自然に引き戻されてしまうことか！
There, economy was always "elegant," and money-spending always "vulgar and ostentatious"; a sort of sour-grapeism which made us very peaceful and satisfied.
あの地では、倹約は常に「優雅」であり、お金を使うことは常に「下品で見栄っ張り」とされていた。これはいわば酸っぱいブドウ的な考え方であり、私たちをいたって穏やかで満ち足りた気持ちにさせてくれるものであった。
I never shall forget the dismay felt when a certain Captain Brown came to live at Cranford, and openly spoke about his being poor—not in a whisper to an intimate friend, the doors and windows being previously closed, but in the public street! in a loud military voice! alleging his poverty as a reason for not taking a particular house.
あるブラウン大尉がクランフォードに移り住んできて、自分が貧しいということを公然と口にしたときの驚愕を、私は決して忘れないだろう。それは扉や窓をあらかじめ閉めた上で親しい友人にそっと打ち明けるのではなく、公道で、大きな軍人らしい声で、ある家を借りない理由として自分の貧しさを堂々と口にしたのである！
The ladies of Cranford were already rather moaning over the invasion of their territories by a man and a gentleman.
クランフォードの女性たちは、一人の男性、それも紳士に自分たちの縄張りを侵されたことで、すでに少なからず嘆き悲しんでいた。
He was a half-pay captain, and had obtained some situation on a neighbouring railroad, which had been vehemently petitioned against by the little town; and if, in addition to his masculine gender, and his connection with the obnoxious railroad, he was so brazen as to talk of being poor—why, then, indeed, he must be sent to Coventry.
彼は半俸大尉であり、この小さな町が猛烈に反対運動を起こしていた近隣の鉄道に何らかの職を得ていた。そして、男性であるという事実と、忌まわしい鉄道との関わりに加えて、貧しいなどと臆面もなく口にするとあれば、それはもう村八分にされても仕方がないというものであった。
Death was as true and as common as poverty; yet people never spoke about that, loud out in the streets.
死は貧困と同様に確かな、ありふれたものであった。それでも人々は死について、大声で街中で語ることはけっしてなかった。
Vocabulary
- さらに
- sara ni — furthermore; in addition; even more
- 夜
- yoru — night; nighttime
- の
- no — possessive or attributive particle
- 宴席
- enseki — banquet seat; dinner party gathering
- に
- ni — particle indicating location, time, or direction
- おいて
- oite — at; in; regarding a place or context
- て
- te — conjunctive particle connecting verb phrases
- 食べ物
- tabemono — food; things to eat
- や
- ya — particle listing items non-exhaustively
- 飲み物
- nomimono — drink; beverage
- 類
- rui — kind; type; category of things
- で
- de — particle indicating means, place, or cause
- 高価
- kouka — expensive; high-priced; costly
- な
- na — adjectival particle for na-adjectives
- もの
- mono — thing; object; matter
- を
- wo — object marker particle
- 出す
- dasu — to serve; to bring out; to produce
- こと
- koto — thing; fact; matter; nominalizer
- は
- wa — topic marker particle
- 下品
- gehin — vulgar; crude; lacking refinement
- 大変
- taihen — very; greatly; serious; difficult situation
- 意味
- imi — meaning; significance; sense
- 持つ
- motsu — to hold; to have; to carry
- 言葉
- kotoba — word; language; expression
- と
- to — particle meaning 'as' or quotation marker
- みなされ
- minasare — to be regarded as; to be considered
- れ
- re — passive or potential verb auxiliary
- い
- i — verb stem of iru; to exist (animate)
- た
- ta — past tense verb ending
- 薄い
- usui — thin; light; weak; pale
- パン
- pan — bread
- バター
- bataa — butter
- 塗っ
- nutto — spread; smeared (bread with butter)
- スポンジ
- suponji — sponge; light airy cake texture
- ビスケット
- bisuketto — biscuit; cookie
- が
- ga — subject marker particle
- 夫人
- fujin — lady; Mrs.; wife of a notable person
- 全て
- subete — all; everything; entirely
- あっ
- atto — exclamation of surprise or realization
- 彼女
- kanojo — she; her; girlfriend
- 故
- yue / ko — late; deceased; the late (person)
- 伯爵
- hakushaku — count; earl; a noble title
- 義理
- giri — duty; obligation; in-law relationship
- 妹
- imouto — younger sister
- それでも
- soredemo — even so; nevertheless; all the same
- その
- sono — that; the (near the listener)
- よう
- you — seeming; like; manner; appearance
- 優雅
- yuuga — elegant; graceful; refined in manner
- 倹約
- kenyaku — frugality; thrift; economizing
- 実践
- jissen — practice; putting into action
- し
- shi — conjunctive form of suru (to do)
- ある
- aru — to exist; to be; to have (inanimate)
- 言い回し
- iimawashi — expression; phrasing; way of saying
- へ
- he — directional particle meaning 'toward'
- 何
- nani — what; something unspecified
- 自然
- shizen — nature; natural; spontaneous
- 引き戻さ
- hikimodosu — to pull back; to draw back again
- しまう
- shimau — to end up doing; to complete an action
- か
- ka — question particle or uncertain marker
- あの
- ano — that (over there); that well-known
- 地
- chi / ji — land; place; ground; locality
- 常
- tsune — always; usually; constant; ordinary
- あり
- ari — existence; there is; (archaic) to be
- お金
- okane — money
- 使う
- tsukau — to use; to spend; to employ
- 見栄っ張り
- mieppari — vain person; show-off; pretentious
- さ
- sa — nominalizing suffix; expressing degree
- これ
- kore — this; this thing (near speaker)
- いわば
- iwaba — so to speak; in a manner of speaking
- 酸っぱい
- suppai — sour; tart; acidic taste
- ブドウ
- budou — grape; grapevine
- 的
- teki — suffix meaning '-like', '-ish', 'pertaining to'
- 考え方
- kangaekata — way of thinking; mindset; perspective
- 私
- watashi — I; me; first-person pronoun
- たち
- tachi — plural suffix for people
- いたって
- itatte — extremely; very; utterly; quite
- 穏やか
- odayaka — calm; gentle; peaceful; mild
- 満ち足り
- michitari — satisfied; content; feeling of fulfillment
- 気持ち
- kimochi — feeling; emotion; mood
- せ
- se — causative verb suffix; make (someone do)
- くれる
- kureru — to give (to speaker); to do for me
- 大尉
- taii — captain; military officer rank
- 移り住ん
- utsurisun(de) — moved in; settled; relocated to live
- き
- ki — came (archaic past auxiliary verb)
- 自分
- jibun — oneself; one's own self
- 貧しい
- mazushii — poor; impoverished; lacking resources
- という
- to iu — called; known as; that (quotative)
- 公然
- kouzen — openly; publicly; without concealment
- 口
- kuchi — mouth; speech; opening
- とき
- toki — time; moment; occasion
- 驚愕
- kyougaku — astonishment; shock; being stunned
- 決して
- kesshite — never; by no means (with negative)
- 忘れ
- wasure — forget; to lose memory of
- ない
- nai — not; negative form ending
- だろう
- darou — probably; I suppose; conjecture marker
- 扉
- tobira — door; gate; panel door
- 窓
- mado — window
- あらかじめ
- arakajime — beforehand; in advance; ahead of time
- 閉め
- shime — close; shut (a door or window)
- 上
- ue / jou — above; on top; after doing something
- 親しい
- shitashii — close; intimate; familiar friend
- 友人
- yuujin — friend; companion
- そっと
- sotto — gently; quietly; softly; stealthily
- 打ち明ける
- uchiakeru — to confide; to reveal privately to someone
- なく
- naku — without; not having (connective negative)
- 公道
- koudou — public road; highway
- 大きな
- ookina — big; large; great
- 軍人
- gunjin — military person; soldier; serviceman
- らしい
- rashii — seeming; apparently; typical of; -like
- 声
- koe — voice; sound produced by a person
- 家
- ie / ka — house; home; family
- 借り
- kari — borrow; rent; debt
- 理由
- riyuu — reason; cause; grounds
- して
- shite — doing; as; by means of (te-form suru)
- 貧しさ
- mazushisa — poverty; poorness; state of being poor
- 堂々と
- doudou to — boldly; confidently; with dignity
- 女性
- josei — woman; female
- 一人
- hitori — one person; alone
- 男性
- dansei — man; male
- も
- mo — also; too; even; as many as
- 紳士
- shinshi — gentleman; man of refinement
- 縄張り
- nawabari — territory; turf; domain; sphere of influence
- 侵さ
- okasa — invade; violate; encroach upon
- すでに
- sudeni — already; by now; previously
- 少なからず
- sukunakarazu — not a few; considerably; to no small extent
- 嘆き悲しん
- nagekikanashinde — grieving; lamenting deeply; mourning
- 彼
- kare — he; him; boyfriend
- 半俸
- hanpou — half pay; reduced military salary
- この
- kono — this (near speaker); this particular
- 小さな
- chiisana — small; little; tiny
- 町
- machi — town; city district; street
- 猛烈
- mouretsu — fierce; intense; vehement; furious
- 反対
- hantai — opposition; objection; contrary; reverse
- 運動
- undou — movement; campaign; exercise; motion
- 起こし
- okoshi — to start; to raise; to cause; launch
- 近隣
- kinrin — neighborhood; nearby area; vicinity
- 鉄道
- tetsudou — railway; railroad
- 何らか
- nanraka — some kind of; some sort of
- 職
- shoku — job; occupation; position
- 得
- e / toku — to obtain; gain; profit; benefit
- そして
- soshite — and then; and; furthermore
- 事実
- jijitsu — fact; truth; reality
- 忌まわしい
- imawashii — abominable; detestable; ill-omened
- 関わり
- kakawari — involvement; connection; relation
- 加え
- kuwae — add; include; in addition to
- など
- nado — et cetera; and so on; such as
- 臆面
- okumen — shame; self-consciousness; embarrassment
- する
- suru — to do; to perform; to make
- あれば
- areba — if there is; if one has (conditional)
- もう
- mou — already; anymore; soon; again
- 村八分
- murahachibu — social ostracism; being shunned by community
- 仕方
- shikata — way; method; means; how to do
- 死
- shi — death
- 貧困
- hinkon — poverty; destitution; extreme lack
- 同様
- douyou — same; similar; likewise; in the same way
- 確か
- tashika — certainly; surely; if I remember correctly
- ありふれ
- arifure — common; ordinary; commonplace; typical
- 人々
- hitobito — people; various people
- つい
- tsui — unintentionally; inadvertently; just now
- 大声
- oogoe — loud voice; shouting; speaking loudly
- 街中
- machinaka — in the middle of town; downtown area
- 語る
- kataru — to talk; to tell; to narrate
- けっして
- kesshite — never; absolutely not (with negative verb)
- なかっ
- nakatta — was not; did not exist (past negative)
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