Cranford — Page 10
He must have been upwards of sixty at the time of the first visit I paid to Cranford after I had left it as a residence.
私がクランフォードを住まいとして離れた後、初めて訪問した当時、彼は六十歳を超えていたに違いない。
But he had a wiry, well-trained, elastic figure, a stiff military throw-back of his head, and a springing step, which made him appear much younger than he was.
しかし彼は、引き締まってよく鍛えられた柔軟な体つきをしており、頭を後ろに反らせる軍人らしい硬い姿勢と、弾むような歩みを持っていたため、実際よりもずっと若く見えた。
His eldest daughter looked almost as old as himself, and betrayed the fact that his real was more than his apparent age.
彼の長女はほとんど父親と同じくらいの年齢に見え、彼の実際の年齢が見かけよりも上であることを露わにしていた。
Miss Brown must have been forty; she had a sickly, pained, careworn expression on her face, and looked as if the gaiety of youth had long faded out of sight.
ブラウン嬢は四十歳ほどであったに違いない。その顔には病んだ、苦しげな、心労に満ちた表情が浮かんでおり、若さの陽気さがとうの昔に消え去ってしまったかのように見えた。
Even when young she must have been plain and hard-featured.
若い頃でさえ、彼女は地味で容貌の厳しい人であったに違いない。
Miss Jessie Brown was ten years younger than her sister, and twenty shades prettier.
ジェシー・ブラウン嬢は姉より十歳年下で、二十段階は美しかった。
Her face was round and dimpled.
彼女の顔は丸くえくぼがあった。
Miss Jenkyns once said, in a passion against Captain Brown (the cause of which I will tell you presently), "that she thought it was time for Miss Jessie to leave off her dimples, and not always to be trying to look like a child."
ジェンキンズ嬢はかつてブラウン大尉への怒りに任せて（その原因については後でお話しします）、「ジェシー嬢もそろそろえくぼを卒業して、いつも子供のように見せようとするのをやめるべきだと思う」と言った。
It was true there was something childlike in her face; and there will be, I think, till she dies, though she should live to a hundred.
確かに彼女の顔には何か子供らしいものがあった。そしてそれは、たとえ百歳まで生きたとしても、死ぬまでそうであり続けるだろうと私は思う。
Her eyes were large blue wondering eyes, looking straight at you; her nose was unformed and snub, and her lips were red and dewy; she wore her hair, too, in little rows of curls, which heightened this appearance.
彼女の目は大きく青く不思議そうで、まっすぐこちらを見つめていた。鼻は形がはっきりせず上向きで、唇は赤く潤っていた。髪も小さなカールの列に整えており、それがこの印象をいっそう高めていた。
Vocabulary
- 私
- watashi — First-person pronoun meaning 'I' or 'me'.
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle in Japanese grammar.
- を
- wo — Object marker particle in Japanese grammar.
- 住まい
- sumai — One's home or place of residence.
- と
- to — Particle meaning 'as', 'with', or quotation marker.
- して
- shite — Te-form of 'suru'; meaning 'doing' or 'as'.
- 離れ
- hanare — To leave or separate from a place.
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary verb in Japanese.
- 後
- nochi / ato — After; following a certain time or event.
- 初めて
- hajimete — For the first time; never done before.
- 訪問
- hōmon — A visit or call to someone's place.
- し
- shi — Conjunctive form of 'suru'; connects clauses.
- 当時
- tōji — At that time; in those days.
- 彼
- kare — Third-person pronoun meaning 'he' or 'him'.
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle in Japanese grammar.
- 六十歳
- rokujissai — The age of sixty years old.
- 超え
- koe — To exceed or go beyond a limit or number.
- て
- te — Te-form connective particle linking verb phrases.
- い
- i — Stem of 'iru'; indicates ongoing state or action.
- に
- ni — Particle indicating direction, location, or purpose.
- 違いない
- chigainai — Must be; no doubt; certainly the case.
- しかし
- shikashi — Conjunction meaning 'however' or 'but'.
- 引き締まって
- hikishimatte — Firm and toned; well-tightened body or muscles.
- よく
- yoku — Well; often; to a high degree.
- 鍛え
- kitae — To train, forge, or discipline the body.
- られ
- rare — Passive or potential auxiliary verb suffix.
- 柔軟
- jūnan — Flexible; supple; not stiff or rigid.
- な
- na — Adjectival particle linking na-adjectives to nouns.
- 体つき
- karadatsuki — Body shape or physical build of a person.
- おり
- ori — Humble or literary form of 'iru' (to be/exist).
- 頭
- atama — The head; top part of the human body.
- 後ろ
- ushiro — Behind; the rear or back direction.
- 反らせる
- soraseru — To bend or tilt something backward.
- 軍人
- gunjin — A military person; soldier or serviceman.
- らしい
- rashii — Seems like; typical of; befitting a certain type.
- 硬い
- katai — Hard, stiff, or rigid in posture or texture.
- 姿勢
- shisei — Posture; one's bearing or physical stance.
- 弾む
- hazumu — To bounce or spring; lively and energetic movement.
- よう
- yō — Like; as if; resembling a certain manner.
- 歩み
- ayumi — A step or gait; the way one walks.
- 持っ
- mott(e) — To have or hold something; possess.
- ため
- tame — Because of; for the sake of; resulting in.
- 実際
- jissai — In reality; actually; in practice.
- より
- yori — Than; more than; compared to something else.
- も
- mo — Also; too; even; emphatic additive particle.
- ずっと
- zutto — By far; much more; continuously or all along.
- 若く
- wakaku — Young; in an adverbial youthful manner.
- 見え
- mie — To appear; to look a certain way.
- の
- no — Possessive or nominalizing particle in Japanese.
- 長女
- chōjo — The eldest daughter of a family.
- ほとんど
- hotondo — Almost; nearly; for the most part.
- 父親
- chichioya — One's father; a male parent.
- 同じ
- onaji — Same; identical; equal in nature or value.
- くらい
- kurai — About; approximately; around a certain degree.
- 年齢
- nenrei — Age; the number of years a person has lived.
- 見かけ
- mikake — Outward appearance; how something looks externally.
- 上
- ue / jō — Above; on top; in terms of; upper side.
- で
- de — Particle indicating means, location of action, or scope.
- ある
- aru — To exist; to be (for inanimate things).
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; nominalizer for verb phrases.
- 露わ
- arawa — Exposed; revealed; made apparent or obvious.
- 嬢
- jō — Miss; young lady; unmarried woman.
- 四十歳
- yonjissai — The age of forty years old.
- ほど
- hodo — About; to the extent of; approximately.
- あっ
- att(e) — Te-form of 'aru'; being or existing (connective).
- その
- sono — That; the aforementioned (demonstrative adjective).
- 顔
- kao — Face; facial appearance of a person.
- 病ん
- yan(de) — To be sick; to suffer from illness or worry.
- だ
- da — Copula meaning 'is' or 'are' (plain form).
- 苦しげ
- kurushige — Appearing to be in pain or distress.
- 心労
- shinrō — Mental fatigue; worry; emotional strain.
- 満ち
- michi — To be filled with; full of something.
- 表情
- hyōjō — Facial expression; look on one's face.
- 浮かん
- ukan(de) — To float up; to appear on one's face.
- 若さ
- wakasa — Youth; the quality of being young.
- 陽気
- yōki — Cheerful; merry; lively in spirit.
- さ
- sa — Suffix nominalizing adjectives into abstract nouns.
- 昔
- mukashi — The old days; long ago; former times.
- 消え去っ
- kiesatt(e) — To vanish completely; disappear without a trace.
- しまっ
- shimatt(e) — To have completely done something (regret nuance).
- か
- ka — Question particle; or marker of uncertainty.
- 若い
- wakai — Young; youthful in age or appearance.
- 頃
- koro — Around the time of; a period or era.
- さえ
- sae — Even; as long as; at least (emphasis particle).
- 彼女
- kanojo — She; her; third-person feminine pronoun.
- 地味
- jimi — Plain; subdued; modest in appearance or style.
- 容貌
- yōbō — One's facial features; looks or countenance.
- 厳しい
- kibishii — Strict; severe; harsh in nature or manner.
- 人
- hito — Person; human being; individual.
- 姉
- ane — One's older sister.
- 十歳
- jissai — The age of ten years old.
- 年下
- toshishita — Younger in age; junior in years.
- 二十
- nijū — The number twenty.
- 段階
- dankai — Stage; level; step in a process.
- 美しかっ
- utsukushikatt(e) — Past form of 'beautiful'; was beautiful.
- 丸く
- maruku — Roundly; in a round or soft manner.
- えくぼ
- ekubo — Dimples on one's cheeks when smiling.
- かつて
- katsute — Once; formerly; in the past.
- 大尉
- taii — A military captain or first lieutenant rank.
- へ
- e — Directional particle meaning 'to' or 'toward'.
- 怒り
- ikari — Anger; rage; strong feeling of displeasure.
- 任せ
- makase — To leave to; entrust; give way to impulse.
- 原因
- gen'in — Cause; reason; the source of something.
- つい
- tsui — Unintentionally; before one realizes; just now.
- お話し
- ohanashi — Polite form of 'talking' or 'a story'.
- ます
- masu — Polite verb ending indicating formality.
- そろそろ
- sorosoro — Soon; about time; gradually; before long.
- 卒業
- sotsugyō — Graduation; finishing or completing a course.
- いつも
- itsumo — Always; usually; all the time.
- 子供
- kodomo — A child; children; young person.
- 見せ
- mise — To show; to display; to let someone see.
- する
- suru — To do; to perform an action.
- やめる
- yameru — To stop; to quit; to cease doing something.
- べき
- beki — Should; ought to; expressing obligation or expectation.
- 思う
- omou — To think; to feel; to believe something.
- 言っ
- itt(e) — Past/connective form of 'to say'.
- 確かに
- tashika ni — Certainly; surely; indeed that is true.
- 何
- nani / nan — What; something; an unspecified thing.
- もの
- mono — Thing; object; person (nominalizer with nuance).
- そして
- soshite — And then; furthermore; in addition.
- それ
- sore — That; referring to something previously mentioned.
- たとえ
- tatoe — Even if; even though; supposing that.
- 百歳
- hyakusai — One hundred years old; a centenarian's age.
- まで
- made — Until; up to; as far as; even.
- 生き
- iki — To live; to be alive; stem form.
- 死ぬ
- shinu — To die; to cease living.
- そう
- sō — So; that way; appearing to be so.
- あり
- ari — Stem of 'aru'; to exist or be (literary).
- 続ける
- tsuzukeru — To continue; to keep doing something.
- だろう
- darō — Probably; I suppose; conjecture about something.
- 目
- me — Eye; the organ of sight.
- 大きく
- ōkiku — Largely; in a big way; adverb of 'big'.
- 青く
- aoku — Bluely; in a blue manner; adverb of 'blue'.
- 不思議
- fushigi — Mysterious; strange; wonderfully inexplicable.
- まっすぐ
- massugu — Straight; directly; without deviation.
- こちら
- kochira — This way; here; this person (polite).
- 見つめ
- mitsume — To stare at; to gaze fixedly at something.
- 鼻
- hana — The nose; organ of smell on the face.
- 形
- katachi — Shape; form; the outline of something.
- はっきり
- hakkiri — Clearly; distinctly; without ambiguity.
- せず
- sezu — Without doing; negative connective of 'suru'.
- 上向き
- uwamuki — Upward-facing; turned up; upward direction.
- 唇
- kuchibiru — Lips; the fleshy edges of the mouth.
- 赤く
- akaku — Redly; in a red manner; adverb of 'red'.
- 潤っ
- uruott(e) — Moist; moistened; glistening with moisture.
- 髪
- kami — Hair; the hair on one's head.
- 小さな
- chiisana — Small; little; tiny (prenominal adjective form).
- カール
- kāru — Curl; a coiled or wavy lock of hair.
- 列
- retsu — Row; line; an arranged sequence of things.
- 整え
- totonoe — To arrange; to put in order; to tidy.
- この
- kono — This; referring to something close to the speaker.
- 印象
- inshō — Impression; the effect someone or something creates.
- いっそう
- issō — Even more; all the more; further still.
- 高め
- takame — To raise; to heighten; to enhance something.
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