Cranford — Page 11
I do not know whether she was pretty or not; but I liked her face, and so did everybody, and I do not think she could help her dimples.
彼女が美人かどうかは分からない。しかし私は彼女の顔が気に入ったし、誰もがそうであった。彼女はえくぼをどうにかできたとも思わない。
She had something of her father's jauntiness of gait and manner; and any female observer might detect a slight difference in the attire of the two sisters—that of Miss Jessie being about two pounds per annum more expensive than Miss Brown's.
彼女には父親のさっそうとした歩き方や物腰が少し見られた。また、女性の観察者であれば、二人の姉妹の服装にわずかな違いを見て取ることができたであろう――ジェシーお嬢さんのものは、ブラウンお嬢さんのものより年間約二ポンド高価であった。
Two pounds was a large sum in Captain Brown's annual disbursements.
二ポンドは、ブラウン大尉の年間支出においては大きな金額であった。
Such was the impression made upon me by the Brown family when I first saw them all together in Cranford Church.
クランフォードの教会で初めてブラウン一家全員を見たときに、私が受けた印象はそのようなものであった。
The Captain I had met before—on the occasion of the smoky chimney, which he had cured by some simple alteration in the flue.
大尉とは以前に会ったことがあった――煙の出る煙突の一件で、彼は煙道に簡単な改造を施してそれを直したのであった。
In church, he held his double eye-glass to his eyes during the Morning Hymn, and then lifted up his head erect and sang out loud and joyfully.
教会では、朝の讃美歌の間、彼は両眼鏡を目に当てていたが、やがて頭をすっと上げて、声高らかに喜ばしげに歌った。
He made the responses louder than the clerk—an old man with a piping feeble voice, who, I think, felt aggrieved at the Captain's sonorous bass, and quivered higher and higher in consequence.
彼は聖歌隊員よりも大きな声で応唱した――その聖歌隊員は細くか細い声の老人で、大尉の朗々とした低音に心外に感じたのか、それに対抗するかのようにますます高い声で震わせて歌った。
On coming out of church, the brisk Captain paid the most gallant attention to his two daughters.
教会から出ると、快活な大尉は二人の娘たちに対して、このうえなく礼儀正しい心遣いを見せた。
Vocabulary
- 彼女
- kanojo — She; her; girlfriend
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle
- 美人
- bijin — Beautiful person, especially a beautiful woman
- か
- ka — Question particle; whether
- どう
- dou — How; in what way
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle
- 分から
- wakara — (Stem of) to understand; to know
- ない
- nai — Negative auxiliary; not exist
- しかし
- shikashi — However; but; nevertheless
- 私
- watashi — I; me (first-person pronoun)
- の
- no — Possessive or nominalizing particle
- 顔
- kao — Face; facial features
- 気に入った
- ki ni itta — Came to like; took a liking to
- し
- shi — And; listing reasons or actions
- 誰
- dare — Who; anyone
- も
- mo — Also; too; even; either
- そう
- sou — So; that way; like that
- で
- de — At; by; with; linking particle
- あった
- atta — Was; existed (past tense of aru)
- えくぼ
- ekubo — Dimple on one's cheek
- を
- wo — Object marker particle
- に
- ni — To; at; in; direction/location particle
- でき
- deki — (Stem of) to be able; to form
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary verb
- と
- to — And; with; quotation particle
- 思わ
- omowa — (Stem of) to think; to feel
- 父親
- chichioya — Father; one's male parent
- さっそう
- sassou — Dashing; gallant; with a flourish
- した
- shita — Did; performed (past tense of suru)
- 歩き方
- arukikata — Way of walking; gait; stride
- や
- ya — And (listing items); or
- 物腰
- monogoshi — Manner; bearing; demeanor; attitude
- 少し
- sukoshi — A little; slightly; a small amount
- 見られ
- mirare — (Stem of) to be seen; to observe
- また
- mata — Again; also; moreover
- 女性
- josei — Woman; female; womankind
- 観察者
- kansatsusha — Observer; one who watches carefully
- あれ
- are — That (over there); conditional form
- ば
- ba — If; conditional particle
- 二人
- futari — Two people; a pair
- 姉妹
- shimai — Sisters; female siblings
- 服装
- fukusou — Clothing; attire; outfit; dress
- わずか
- wazuka — Only; merely; slight; tiny amount
- な
- na — Adjectival linking particle (na-adjective)
- 違い
- chigai — Difference; distinction; discrepancy
- 見て取る
- mitetoru — To perceive; to grasp by observation
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; matter (nominalizer)
- あろう
- arou — Probably is; volitional form of aru
- お嬢さん
- ojousan — Young lady; daughter (polite form)
- もの
- mono — Thing; object; matter; nominalizer
- より
- yori — Than; from; more than (comparative)
- 年間
- nenkan — Per year; annually; yearly period
- 約
- yaku — Approximately; about; roughly
- 二
- ni — Two; the number two
- ポンド
- pondo — Pound (currency or weight unit)
- 高価
- kouka — Expensive; high-priced; costly
- 大尉
- taii — Captain; military officer rank
- 支出
- shishutsu — Expenditure; spending; outlay
- おい
- oi — Hey! (casual interjection to call attention)
- て
- te — Te-form connective particle
- 大きな
- ookina — Large; big; great
- 金額
- kingaku — Amount of money; sum; monetary amount
- 教会
- kyoukai — Church; Christian place of worship
- 初めて
- hajimete — For the first time; first experience
- 一家
- ikka — A family; the whole household
- 全員
- zen'in — All members; everyone; entire group
- 見た
- mita — Saw; looked at (past tense)
- とき
- toki — Time; moment; occasion; when
- 受け
- uke — (Stem of) to receive; to get
- 印象
- inshou — Impression; image; effect on mind
- そのような
- sono you na — Such; that kind of; like that
- 以前
- izen — Before; previously; formerly; prior
- 会っ
- a'(tte) — (Stem of) to meet; to encounter
- 煙
- kemuri — Smoke; fumes
- 出る
- deru — To come out; to leave; to emerge
- 煙突
- entotsu — Chimney; smokestack; flue pipe
- 一件
- ikken — One case; one matter; an incident
- 彼
- kare — He; him; boyfriend
- 煙道
- endou — Flue; smoke passage; chimney duct
- 簡単
- kantan — Simple; easy; brief; straightforward
- 改造
- kaizou — Remodeling; modification; alteration
- 施し
- hodokoshi — Charity; alms; applying a treatment
- それ
- sore — That; it (mid-distance demonstrative)
- 直し
- naoshi — Fixing; correcting; repairing
- 朝
- asa — Morning; early part of the day
- 讃美歌
- sanbika — Hymn; religious song of praise
- 間
- aida / ma — Between; during; interval; space
- 目
- me — Eye; eyesight; vision
- 当て
- ate — Pressing against; aiming at; applying
- い
- i — (Stem of iru) to be; to exist
- やがて
- yagate — Soon; before long; eventually
- 頭
- atama — Head; top; mind; brain
- すっと
- sutto — Smoothly; swiftly; straight up
- 上げ
- age — (Stem of) to raise; to lift up
- 声
- koe — Voice; sound of voice
- 高らか
- takaraka — Loudly; in a high, resonant voice
- 喜ばし
- yorokobashi — Joyful; glad; pleasing; delightful
- げ
- ge — Suffix indicating appearance or seeming
- 歌っ
- utat(te) — (Stem of) to sing a song
- その
- sono — That; the (before a noun)
- 細く
- hosoku — Thinly; slenderly; in a thin manner
- か細い
- kayowai — Faint; thin; frail; delicate (of voice)
- 老人
- roujin — Old person; elderly man or woman
- 朗々
- rourou — Resonantly; sonorously; in a clear voice
- 低音
- Low tone; bass voice or sound
- 心外
- shingai — Unexpected; disagreeable; contrary to feelings
- 感じ
- kanji — Feeling; sense; impression
- 対抗
- taikou — Competing against; opposing; rivalry
- する
- suru — To do; to perform; to make
- よう
- you — Seeming; like; as if; in order to
- ますます
- masumasu — More and more; increasingly; all the more
- 高い
- takai — High; tall; loud; expensive
- 震わせ
- furowase — (Stem of) to make tremble; to quaver
- から
- kara — From; because; after; since
- 快活
- kaikatsu — Cheerful; lively; vivacious; merry
- 娘
- musume — Daughter; young woman; girl
- たち
- tachi — Plural suffix for people or beings
- 対し
- taishi — Toward; against; in contrast to
- この
- kono — This (before a noun)
- うえ
- ue — Above; on top; moreover; in addition
- なく
- naku — Without; not having (conjunctive negative)
- 礼儀正しい
- reigitadashii — Polite; well-mannered; courteous; proper
- 心遣い
- kokorozukai — Consideration; thoughtfulness; care for others
- 見せ
- mise — (Stem of) to show; to display
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