Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus — Page 15

Vocabulary

しかし

shikashi — Conjunction meaning 'however' or 'but'.

翌朝

yokuasa — The following morning; next morning.

夜が明ける

yoru ga akeru — Dawn breaks; night comes to an end.

と

to — Particle indicating 'when' or 'and'.

すぐに

sugu ni — Immediately; right away; without delay.

上がる

agaru — To go up; to rise; to come onto.

船員たち

sen'in-tachi — The sailors; the crew members of a ship.

が

ga — Subject-marking particle in Japanese grammar.

全員

zen'in — All members; everyone present together.

片側

katakawa — One side; one flank of something.

で

de — Particle indicating location of action or means.

誰か

dareka — Someone; a certain unspecified person.

話して

hanashite — Speaking; talking (te-form of hanasu).

いる

iru — To be; indicates ongoing action or state.

ようす

yousu — Appearance; situation; the way things seem.

だった

datta — Was; past tense of the copula da.

それは

sore wa — That (thing) was; referring to something mentioned.

じつのところ

jitsu no tokoro — In truth; actually; to tell the truth.

以前に

izen ni — Previously; before now; at an earlier time.

見た

mita — Saw; past tense of the verb miru.

もの

mono — Thing; object; something previously referred to.

同じ

onaji — Same; identical; not different from another.

そり

sori — Sled; sledge used for traveling over snow.

夜のあいだに

yoru no aida ni — During the night; while it was nighttime.

大きな

ookina — Large; big (prenominal adjective form).

氷の塊

koori no katamari — A chunk of ice; a large lump of ice.

乗って

notte — Riding on; mounted on (te-form of noru).

我々の

wareware no — Our; belonging to us (formal first-person plural).

ほうへ

hou e — Toward our direction; in our direction.

流れ着いて

nagaretsuite — Drifted and arrived; washed up onto shore.

いた

ita — Was (there); past progressive auxiliary verb.

の

no — Possessive or nominalizing particle in Japanese.

一頭

ittou — One (large animal); counter for large animals.

しか

shika — Only; nothing but (used with negative verb).

生き残っていなかった

ikinokotte inakatta — Had not survived; no longer alive to remain.

人間

ningen — Human being; a person; mankind in general.

ひとり

hitori — One person; alone; a single individual.

おり

ori — Was present (humble/literary form of iru).

は

wa — Topic-marking particle highlighting the subject discussed.

その人物

sono jinbutsu — That person; that individual being referred to.

船へ乗る

fune e noru — To board the ship; to get onto the vessel.

よう

you — In order to; so as to; indicating purpose.

説得

settoku — Persuasion; convincing someone to do something.

もう一方の

mou ippo no — The other; the remaining one of two things.

旅人の

tabibito no — Of the traveler; belonging to the wanderer.

未発見の

mihakken no — Undiscovered; not yet found or explored.

野蛮な

yaban na — Savage; barbaric; uncivilized and primitive.

住人

juunin — Resident; inhabitant; a person who lives there.

など

nado — Et cetera; and so on; such things as.

ではなく

de wa naku — Not; rather than; is not the case.

ヨーロッパ人

Yooroppa-jin — A European person; someone from Europe.

私

watashi — I; me; the first-person singular pronoun.

甲板

kanpan — Deck of a ship; the ship's upper floor.

姿を現す

sugata wo arawasu — To appear; to show oneself; to come into view.

航海長

koukaicho — First mate; chief navigation officer on a ship.

言った

itta — Said; spoke (past tense of the verb iu).

こちら

kochira — This way; here; referring politely to this side.

船長

senchou — Ship's captain; the commander of a vessel.

です

desu — Polite copula meaning 'is' or 'am'.

あなた

anata — You; second-person pronoun (polite register).

を

wo — Object-marking particle indicating the direct object.

この

kono — This; referring to something nearby or mentioned.

大海原

oounabara — The vast ocean; the wide open sea.

死なせる

shinaseru — To let die; to cause someone's death.

な

na — Negative imperative particle; don't do this.

こと

koto — Thing; fact; nominalizer for verbal phrases.

なさいません

nasaimasen — Please do not (polite negative imperative form).

見知らぬ

mishiranu — Unknown; unfamiliar; a stranger never met before.

気づく

kizuku — To notice; to become aware; to realize something.

外国なまり

gaikoku namari — Foreign accent; the speech pattern of a foreigner.

あった

atta — There was; existed (past tense of aru).

英語

eigo — English language; the language spoken in England.

話しかけてきた

hanashikakete kita — Came and spoke to; addressed me directly.

乗り込む

norikomu — To board; to get into a vehicle or vessel.

前

mae — Before; in front; prior to an action.

彼

kare — He; him; the third-person masculine pronoun.

どちら

dochira — Which direction; where; polite form of doko.

向かって

mukatte — Heading toward; facing in a direction.

おられる

orareru — Honorific form of iru; are you going (polite).

か

ka — Question-marking particle at end of a sentence.

教えていただけますか

oshiete itadakemasu ka — Could you please tell me; polite request for information.

滅亡の淵

metsubou no fuchi — The brink of ruin; the edge of destruction.

立つ

tatsu — To stand; to be at a point or position.

から

kara — From; because; particle indicating reason or origin.

質問

shitsumon — Question; inquiry; something asked of another.

受けた

uketa — Received; accepted (past tense of ukeru).

とき

toki — Time; moment; when a certain situation occurs.

想像に難くない

souzou ni kataku nai — Not hard to imagine; easy to picture mentally.

だろう

darou — Probably; I suppose; expresses conjecture or assumption.

てっきり

tekkiri — Surely; certainly; mistakenly convinced of something.

こそ

koso — Emphatic particle; precisely this; none other than.

とって

totte — For; from the perspective of a person.

地上の

chijou no — On earth; of this world; earthly.

いかなる

ikanaru — Any; whatever kind of; no matter what.

宝

takara — Treasure; something of great value or worth.

換えがたい

kaegatai — Irreplaceable; cannot be exchanged for anything else.

救い

sukui — Salvation; rescue; relief from danger or suffering.

なるはずだ

naru hazu da — Should become; is expected to turn out as.

思って

omotte — Thinking; believing (te-form of omou).

だから

dakara — Therefore; that is why; for that reason.

我々

wareware — We; us (formal first-person plural pronoun).

北極

hokkyoku — The North Pole; the Arctic region.

向けた

muketa — Directed toward; aimed at a destination.

探検の航海

tanken no koukai — An exploratory voyage; a journey of discovery.

途中

tochuu — Midway; in the middle of a journey or task.

ある

aru — There is; to exist; to be present.

答えた

kotaeta — Answered; replied (past tense of kotaeru).

満足した

manzoku shita — Was satisfied; felt content with the answer given.

乗船

jousen — Boarding a ship; embarking onto a vessel.

同意した

doui shita — Agreed; gave consent to a proposal.

なんという

nan to iu — What a; how remarkable; expressing strong emotion.