Dracula — Page 1
How these papers have been placed in sequence will be made manifest in the reading of them.
これらの文書がどのように順序立てて並べられたかは、それらを読むことによって明らかになるであろう。
All needless matters have been eliminated, so that a history almost at variance with the possibilities of later-day belief may stand forth as simple fact.
後世の信念の可能性とほぼ相容れない歴史が単純な事実として浮かび上がるよう、すべての不必要な事柄は取り除かれた。
There is throughout no statement of past things wherein memory may err, for all the records chosen are exactly contemporary, given from the standpoints and within the range of knowledge of those who made them.
選ばれた記録はすべてまさに同時代のものであり、それらを作成した人々の立場から、かつその知識の範囲内で記されたものであるから、記憶が誤りを犯しうるような過去の事柄についての記述は全編を通じて一切存在しない。
Vocabulary
- これら
- korera — These (referring to multiple previously mentioned items)
- の
- no — Possessive or nominalizing particle
- 文書
- bunsho — Document, written record, official paper
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle
- どの
- dono — Which (used before a noun to ask selection)
- よう
- you — Way, manner, appearance, likeness
- に
- ni — Direction, location, or purpose particle
- 順序
- junjo — Order, sequence, proper arrangement of things
- 立て
- tate — To set up, arrange, or establish systematically
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle connecting sequential actions
- 並べ
- narabe — To line up, arrange side by side
- られ
- rare — Passive or potential auxiliary verb suffix
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary verb marker
- か
- ka — Question particle or marker of uncertainty
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle
- それら
- sorera — Those (referring to multiple previously mentioned things)
- を
- wo — Direct object marker particle
- 読む
- yomu — To read text or written material
- こと
- koto — Thing, fact, nominalizer for verb phrases
- よっ
- yotte (contracted) — By means of, due to, depending on
- 明らか
- akiraka — Clear, obvious, evident, apparent
- なる
- naru — To become, to turn into something
- で
- de — Particle indicating means, location of action
- あろ
- aro — Volitional form of ある, meaning probably is
- う
- u — Volitional auxiliary indicating probability or conjecture
- 後世
- kousei — Posterity, later generations, future ages
- 信念
- shinnen — Belief, conviction, strongly held personal faith
- 可能
- kanou — Possible, feasible, capable of being done
- 性
- sei / shou — Suffix indicating nature, characteristic, or possibility
- と
- to — And, with, quotation particle, conditional particle
- ほぼ
- hobo — Almost, nearly, approximately
- 相容れ
- aoire — To be compatible, reconcilable with something
- ない
- nai — Negative auxiliary, does not exist or occur
- 歴史
- rekishi — History, the record of past events
- 単純
- tanjun — Simple, plain, uncomplicated, straightforward
- な
- na — Adjectival copula particle linking na-adjectives to nouns
- 事実
- jijitsu — Fact, truth, actual occurrence or reality
- し
- shi — Conjunctive particle listing reasons or actions
- 浮かび上がる
- ukabigaru — To emerge, surface, come to light clearly
- すべて
- subete — All, everything, the whole of something
- 不必要
- fuhitsuyou — Unnecessary, needless, not required
- 事柄
- kotogara — Matter, affair, thing, subject of concern
- 取り除か
- torinozoka — To remove, eliminate, get rid of something
- れ
- re — Passive verb suffix indicating being acted upon
- 選ば
- eraba — To choose, select from available options
- 記録
- kiroku — Record, document, written account of events
- まさに
- masani — Exactly, precisely, just as expected
- 同時代
- dojidai — Same era, contemporary period, same age
- もの
- mono — Thing, object, person (nominalizer)
- あり
- ari — Exists, is present (classical or literary form)
- 作成
- sakusei — Creation, preparation, drawing up a document
- 人々
- hitobito — People, various persons, folks
- 立場
- tachiba — Standpoint, position, one's situation or viewpoint
- から
- kara — From, because of, starting point particle
- かつ
- katsu — And, moreover, simultaneously, furthermore
- その
- sono — That, the (referring to something previously mentioned)
- 知識
- chishiki — Knowledge, information, understanding of a subject
- 範囲
- han'i — Range, scope, extent, boundary of an area
- 内
- nai / uchi — Within, inside, interior of a defined range
- 記さ
- shirusa — To write down, note, record in writing
- ある
- aru — To exist, to be, to have (inanimate)
- 記憶
- kioku — Memory, recollection, remembrance of past events
- 誤り
- ayamari — Error, mistake, inaccuracy in judgment or memory
- 犯し
- okashi — To commit, perpetrate an error or offense
- うる
- uru — Can, be able to (potential classical auxiliary)
- 過去
- kako — The past, former times, previous events
- つい
- tsui — About, concerning, regarding (used with に)
- 記述
- kijutsu — Description, account, written explanation of something
- 全編
- zenpen — The entire work, whole volume or piece
- 通じ
- tsuuji — Throughout, through, by means of
- 一切
- issai — All, everything, entirely (often used negatively)
- 存在
- sonzai — Existence, being, presence of something or someone
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