Dracula — Page 7
It was so near the time of starting that I had no time to ask any one else, for it was all very mysterious and not by any means comforting.
出発の時間がとても迫っていたので、他の誰かに聞く時間もなかった。それはすべて非常に謎めいていて、決して気休めになるものではなかった。
Just before I was leaving, the old lady came up to my room and said in a very hysterical way:
私が出発しようとする直前に、老婦人が私の部屋にやってきて、ひどく取り乱した様子でこう言った。
"Must you go? Oh! young Herr, must you go?" She was in such an excited state that she seemed to have lost her grip of what German she knew, and mixed it all up with some other language which I did not know at all.
「行かなければなりませんか？ああ！若い旦那様、行かなければなりませんか？」彼女はとても興奮していたので、知っているドイツ語もうまく話せなくなり、私にはまったくわからない別の言語とごちゃまぜにしてしまっていた。
I was just able to follow her by asking many questions.
私はたくさんの質問をすることで、かろうじて彼女の言っていることを理解することができた。
When I told her that I must go at once, and that I was engaged on important business, she asked again:
すぐに行かなければならず、重要な仕事があると彼女に告げると、彼女は再び尋ねた。
"Do you know what day it is?" I answered that it was the fourth of May. She shook her head as she said again:
「今日が何の日か知っていますか？」私は五月四日だと答えた。彼女は首を振りながら、再び言った。
"Oh, yes! I know that! I know that, but do you know what day it is?" On my saying that I did not understand, she went on:
「ええ、そうです！それは知っています！それは知っています、でも今日が何の日か知っていますか？」私がわからないと言うと、彼女は続けた。
"It is the eve of St. George's Day. Do you not know that to-night, when the clock strikes midnight, all the evil things in the world will have full sway? Do you know where you are going, and what you are going to?"
「今日は聖ジョージの祭日の前夜です。今夜、時計が真夜中を告げる時、世界中のあらゆる邪悪なものが完全に支配するということを知らないのですか？あなたはどこへ行くのか、何のために行くのかわかっていますか？」
She was in such evident distress that I tried to comfort her, but without effect.
彼女は明らかにひどく苦悩していたので、私は彼女を慰めようとしたが、効果はなかった。
Vocabulary
- 出発
- shuppatsu — Departure; the act of setting out on a journey
- の
- no — Possessive or nominalizing particle
- 時間
- jikan — Time; a period or duration of time
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle
- とても
- totemo — Very; extremely; used to intensify adjectives
- 迫っ
- sematte — Approaching; pressing close; becoming imminent
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle connecting verb phrases
- い
- i — Auxiliary verb indicating ongoing state or action
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary verb ending
- で
- de — Particle indicating location, means, or cause
- 他
- hoka — Other; another; elsewhere
- 誰か
- dareka — Someone; anybody; an unspecified person
- に
- ni — Particle indicating direction, target, or location
- 聞く
- kiku — To ask; to listen; to inquire
- も
- mo — Also; too; even; particle adding inclusion
- なかっ
- nakatte — Negative past form of 'ない'; did not exist
- それ
- sore — That; referring to something previously mentioned
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle
- すべて
- subete — Everything; all; the whole of something
- 非常
- hijō — Extraordinary; very; extremely unusual or serious
- 謎めい
- nazomei — Mysterious; enigmatic; having a puzzling quality
- 決して
- kesshite — Never; by no means; used with negation
- 気休め
- kiyasume — Consolation; temporary comfort; empty reassurance
- なる
- naru — To become; to turn into something
- もの
- mono — Thing; object; something tangible or abstract
- 私
- watashi — I; me; first-person singular pronoun
- しよう
- shiyō — Let's do; volitional form of 'suru'
- と
- to — Particle meaning 'and', 'with', or quotation marker
- する
- suru — To do; to perform an action
- 直前
- chokuzen — Just before; immediately prior to something
- 老婦人
- rōfujin — Old woman; elderly lady
- 部屋
- heya — Room; a space within a building
- やっ
- yatte — Coming; doing; arriving (colloquial form)
- き
- ki — Came; past stem of 'kuru' (to come)
- ひどく
- hidoku — Terribly; severely; extremely in a bad way
- 取り乱し
- torimidashi — Losing composure; being flustered or agitated
- 様子
- yōsu — Appearance; state; condition of a person
- こう
- kō — Like this; in this way; thus
- 言っ
- itte — Said; spoke; conjunctive form of 'iu'
- 行か
- ika — Go; stem form of 'iku' used before negation
- なけれ
- nakere — Must; conditional negative form used in obligation
- ば
- ba — Conditional particle meaning 'if' or 'when'
- なり
- nari — Become; auxiliary indicating result or state
- ませ
- mase — Polite imperative auxiliary; part of formal speech
- ん
- n — Negative or explanatory sentence-ending particle
- か
- ka — Question particle placed at sentence end
- ああ
- aa — Ah; oh; exclamation of emotion or realization
- 若い
- wakai — Young; youthful in age
- 旦那様
- dannasama — Master; honorific term for a gentleman or lord
- 彼女
- kanojo — She; her; also used for 'girlfriend'
- 興奮
- kōfun — Excitement; agitation; being emotionally stirred up
- し
- shi — And; conjunctive form of 'suru'; listing reasons
- 知っ
- shitte — Knowing; conjunctive form of 'shiru' (to know)
- いる
- iru — To be; to exist (for animate beings)
- ドイツ語
- Doitsugo — German language
- うまく
- umaku — Well; skillfully; successfully
- 話せ
- hanase — Can speak; potential form of 'hanasu'
- なく
- naku — Without; negative conjunctive form of 'nai'
- まったく
- mattaku — Completely; entirely; absolutely; not at all (negative)
- わから
- wakara — Not understanding; stem of 'wakaru' before negation
- ない
- nai — Not; negative auxiliary or adjective
- 別
- betsu — Different; separate; another; distinct from
- 言語
- gengo — Language; a system of communication
- ごちゃまぜ
- gochamaze — Jumble; mixture; all mixed up together
- しまっ
- shimatte — Ended up doing; regrettable completion of action
- たくさん
- takusan — Many; a lot; much; plenty of
- 質問
- shitsumon — Question; inquiry; something asked of another
- を
- wo — Direct object marker particle
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; matter; nominalizing abstract concepts
- かろうじて
- karōjite — Barely; narrowly; just managing to do something
- 理解
- rikai — Understanding; comprehension of meaning or content
- でき
- deki — Can do; be able; stem of 'dekiru'
- すぐ
- sugu — Soon; immediately; right away
- なら
- nara — If; conditional form; speaking of a topic
- ず
- zu — Without doing; classical negative conjunctive form
- 重要
- jūyō — Important; significant; of great consequence
- な
- na — Adjectival particle linking na-adjectives to nouns
- 仕事
- shigoto — Work; job; occupation; task to be done
- ある
- aru — To exist; to have; to be (inanimate)
- 告げる
- tsugeru — To inform; to tell; to announce something formally
- 再び
- futatabi — Again; once more; a second time
- 尋ね
- tazune — To ask; to inquire; stem form of 'tazuneru'
- 今日
- kyō — Today; the present day
- 何
- nani — What; which; an interrogative pronoun
- 日
- nichi / hi — Day; sun; date of the month
- ます
- masu — Polite verb ending indicating present or future tense
- 五月四日
- gogatsu yokka — May 4th; the fourth day of May
- だ
- da — Copula; plain form of 'desu' meaning 'is/are'
- 答え
- kotae — Answer; response; reply to a question
- 首
- kubi — Neck; head; also used in idioms about shaking
- 振り
- furi — Shaking; waving; swinging a body part
- ながら
- nagara — While doing; simultaneously performing two actions
- ええ
- ee — Yes; yeah; informal affirmative response
- そう
- sō — So; that's right; in that way
- です
- desu — Polite copula meaning 'is', 'am', or 'are'
- でも
- demo — But; however; even so; nevertheless
- 言う
- iu — To say; to speak; to utter words
- 続け
- tsuzuke — Continue; keep doing; stem of 'tsuzukeru'
- 聖
- sei — Saint; holy; sacred; used as honorific prefix
- 祭日
- saijitsu — Festival day; national holiday; day of celebration
- 前夜
- zen'ya — Eve; the night before an event or day
- 今夜
- konya — Tonight; this evening; the current night
- 時計
- tokei — Clock; watch; a timekeeping device
- 真夜中
- mayonaka — Midnight; the middle of the night
- 時
- toki / ji — Time; hour; moment; when something occurs
- 世界中
- sekaijū — Throughout the world; everywhere on earth
- あらゆる
- arayuru — Every; all kinds of; each and every type
- 邪悪
- jaaku — Evil; wicked; malicious; morally corrupt
- 完全
- kanzen — Complete; perfect; total; without any flaw
- 支配
- shihai — Control; domination; rule over others
- いう
- iu — To say; to be called; to be referred to as
- 知ら
- shira — Know; stem of 'shiru' before negation
- あなた
- anata — You; second-person singular pronoun
- どこ
- doko — Where; what place; interrogative of location
- へ
- e — Directional particle indicating movement toward
- 行く
- iku — To go; to move toward a destination
- ため
- tame — For the sake of; purpose; benefit; because of
- わかっ
- wakatte — Understood; knowing; conjunctive form of 'wakaru'
- 明らか
- akiraka — Clear; obvious; evident; plainly apparent
- 苦悩
- kunō — Anguish; suffering; deep mental or physical pain
- 慰めよう
- nagusameyō — Let's comfort; volitional form of 'nagusameru'
- 効果
- kōka — Effect; result; effectiveness of an action
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