Great Expectations — Page 4

English → Japanese Chapter I. Level 8/10

"Darn me if I couldn't eat 'em," said the man, with a threatening shake of his head, "and if I han't half a mind to't!"

「食ってやれないことがあるか」と男は頭を脅すように振りながら言った。「食ってやろうという気が半分はあるんだぞ！」

I earnestly expressed my hope that he wouldn't, and held tighter to the tombstone on which he had put me; partly, to keep myself upon it; partly, to keep myself from crying.

私はそうしないでくれと真剣に訴え、彼が私を乗せた墓石にいっそうしっかりとしがみついた。一つには自分がそこに留まるため、もう一つには泣かないようにするためだった。

"Now lookee here!" said the man. "Where's your mother?"

「さあ、よく聞け！」と男は言った。「お前の母親はどこにいる？」

"There, sir!" said I.

「あそこです、旦那！」と私は言った。

He started, made a short run, and stopped and looked over his shoulder.

男はびくっとして、少し走り出したかと思うと止まり、肩越しに振り返った。

"There, sir!" I timidly explained. "Also Georgiana. That's my mother."

「あそこですよ、旦那！」と私は恐る恐る説明した。「ジョージアナも。あれが私の母親なんです。」

"Oh!" said he, coming back. "And is that your father alonger your mother?"

「ああ！」と彼は戻ってきながら言った。「それで、お前の母親のそばにいるのはお前の父親か？」

"Yes, sir," said I; "him too; late of this parish."

「そうです、旦那」と私は言った。「父もそこに。この教区のかつての住人です。」

"Ha!" he muttered then, considering. "Who d'ye live with,—supposin' you're kindly let to live, which I han't made up my mind about?"

「ふむ！」と彼は考えながらつぶやいた。「誰と一緒に暮らしているんだ。——まあ、お前を生かしておくとすればの話だが、まだそこまで決めていないがな？」

"My sister, sir,—Mrs. Joe Gargery,—wife of Joe Gargery, the blacksmith, sir."

「姉です、旦那。——ジョー・ガージェリー夫人、——鍛冶屋のジョー・ガージェリーの妻です、旦那。」

"Blacksmith, eh?" said he. And looked down at his leg.

「鍛冶屋、か？」と彼は言った。そして自分の足元を見下ろした。

After darkly looking at his leg and me several times, he came closer to my tombstone, took me by both arms, and tilted me back as far as he could hold me; so that his eyes looked most powerfully down into mine, and mine looked most helplessly up into his.

陰鬱な目で自分の足と私を何度か見比べた後、彼は私の墓石に近づき、両腕をつかんで、支えられる限り後ろへ傾けた。そのため彼の目は力強く私の目を見下ろし、私の目はなすすべもなく彼の目を見上げることになった。

"Now lookee here," he said, "the question being whether you're to be let to live. You know what a file is?"

「さあ、よく聞け」と彼は言った。「問題はお前を生かしておくかどうかだ。やすりというものを知っているか？」

"Yes, sir.

「はい、旦那。

Vocabulary

食っ: kutte — Eating; te-form of kuu, to eat.
て: te — Conjunctive particle connecting verb phrases.
やれ: yare — Imperative form of yaru; do it, go ahead.
ない: nai — Negative auxiliary; does not exist, is not.
こと: koto — Thing, fact, matter, or nominalizer.
が: ga — Subject marker particle in Japanese grammar.
ある: aru — To exist, to be, to have (inanimate).
か: ka — Question marker particle at sentence end.
と: to — Particle meaning and, with, or quotation marker.
男: otoko — Man, male person.
は: wa — Topic marker particle in Japanese grammar.
頭: atama — Head, the part of the body above the neck.
を: wo — Object marker particle indicating direct object.
脅す: odosu — To threaten, to intimidate, to menace someone.
よう: you — Like, as if; expresses similarity or manner.
に: ni — Particle indicating direction, location, or purpose.
振り: furi — Shaking, swinging; stem of furu, to shake.
ながら: nagara — While doing; simultaneous action conjunctive particle.
言っ: itte — Said; te-form of iu, to say.
た: ta — Past tense auxiliary verb in Japanese.
やろう: yarou — Let's do it; volitional form of yaru.
いう: iu — To say, to call, to be called.
気: ki — Spirit, feeling, inclination, mood, mind.
半分: hanbun — Half, fifty percent of something.
ん: n — Informal contraction of no; explanatory particle.
だ: da — Informal copula; is, am, are.
ぞ: zo — Emphatic sentence-final particle, assertive tone.
私: watashi — I, me; first-person singular pronoun.
そう: sou — So, that way, like that, indeed.
し: shi — And, also; conjunctive particle listing reasons.
で: de — Particle indicating location of action or means.
くれ: kure — Give me; imperative of kureru, to give.
真剣: shinken — Serious, earnest, in dead earnest.
訴え: uttae — Appeal, plea, complaint, lawsuit.
彼: kare — He, him; third-person male pronoun.
乗せ: nose — To place on, to load, to give a ride.
墓石: boseki — Gravestone, tombstone, memorial stone marker.
いっそう: issou — Even more, all the more, increasingly.
しっかり: shikkari — Firmly, tightly, steadily, reliably.
しがみつい: shigamitsuite — Clinging to, grasping tightly; te-form of shigamitsuku.
一つ: hitotsu — One thing, one item; the number one.
自分: jibun — Oneself, myself, yourself; reflexive pronoun.
そこ: soko — There, that place, that location.
留まる: todomaru — To stay, to remain, to stop in place.
ため: tame — For the sake of, in order to, because of.
もう: mou — Already, anymore, soon, now.
泣か: naka — Crying; negative stem of naku, to cry.
する: suru — To do, to make, to perform an action.
だっ: datte — Because, even, also; informal conjunctive form.
さあ: saa — Well, now, come on; interjection prompting action.
よく: yoku — Well, carefully, often, frequently.
聞け: kike — Listen! Hear me! Imperative of kiku.
お前: omae — You; informal or rough second-person pronoun.
の: no — Possessive or nominalizing particle in Japanese.
母親: hahaoya — Mother, one's mother.
どこ: doko — Where? Which place? Location question word.
いる: iru — To be, to exist (animate beings).
あそこ: asoko — Over there, that place over there.
です: desu — Polite copula; is, am, are (formal).
旦那: danna — Master, husband, sir; term of address.
びくっ: bikutto — Startled flinch; onomatopoeia for sudden startle.
少し: sukoshi — A little, a few, slightly, somewhat.
走り: hashiri — Running; stem of hashiru, to run.
出し: dashi — Starting out; stem of dasu, to put out.
思う: omou — To think, to feel, to believe, to consider.
止まり: tomari — Stopping; stem of tomaru, to stop.
肩越し: katagoshi — Over one's shoulder, across the shoulder.
振り返っ: furikaette — Looking back; te-form of furikaeru, to turn around.
よ: yo — Emphatic sentence-final particle asserting information.
恐る恐る: osoruosoru — Timidly, fearfully, with nervous hesitation.
説明: setsumei — Explanation, description, account of something.
も: mo — Also, too, even; inclusive particle.
あれ: are — That thing over there; distal demonstrative pronoun.
な: na — Sentence-final particle expressing emotion or seeking agreement.
ああ: aa — Ah, oh; interjection expressing realization or emotion.
戻っ: modotte — Returning; te-form of modoru, to go back.
き: ki — Come; stem of kuru used in compound forms.
それ: sore — That, that thing; medial demonstrative pronoun.
そば: soba — Near, beside, close by someone or something.
父親: chichioya — Father, one's father.
父: chichi — Father; humble or plain word for father.
この: kono — This; proximal demonstrative adjective.
教区: kyouku — Parish, church district, ecclesiastical area.
かつて: katsute — Once, formerly, in the past, at one time.
住人: juunin — Resident, inhabitant, dweller of a place.
ふむ: fumu — Hmm; interjection expressing thought or consideration.
考え: kangae — Thought, idea, thinking, consideration.
つぶやい: tsubuyaite — Muttering; te-form of tsubuyaku, to mutter.
誰: dare — Who? Which person? Interrogative pronoun.
一緒: issho — Together, in company with, jointly.
暮らし: kurashi — Living, livelihood, daily life.
まあ: maa — Well, hmm; softening interjection expressing moderation.
生かし: ikashi — Keeping alive; stem of ikasu, to keep alive.
おく: oku — To put, to leave in a state, to do in advance.
すれ: sure — Conditional stem of suru; if one does.
ば: ba — Conditional particle; if, when, provided that.
話: hanashi — Story, talk, conversation, matter to discuss.
まだ: mada — Still, yet, not yet, as of now.
まで: made — Until, up to, as far as, by.
決め: kime — Deciding; stem of kimeru, to decide.
い: i — Continuative stem of iru; being, existing.
姉: ane — Older sister, elder sister.
夫人: fujin — Madam, Mrs., a married woman of status.
鍛冶屋: kajiya — Blacksmith, a smith who forges iron.
妻: tsuma — Wife, one's own wife.
そして: soshite — And then, and so, after that.
足元: ashimoto — At one's feet, the ground underfoot.
見下ろし: miорoshi — Looking down at; stem of miorosu, to look down.
陰鬱: in'utsu — Gloomy, dismal, melancholy, depressing in mood.
目: me — Eye, eyes; the organ of sight.
足: ashi — Foot, leg, lower limb.
何度: nando — How many times, several times, repeatedly.
見比べ: mikurabe — Comparing by looking; stem of mikuraberu, to compare visually.
後: nochi / ato — After, later, behind, subsequent.
近づき: chikazuki — Approaching; stem of chikazuku, to approach.
両腕: ryoude — Both arms, both of one's arms.
つかん: tsukan — Grasping; negative/conjunctive stem of tsukamu, to grab.
支え: sasae — Support, prop; stem of sasaeru, to support.
られる: rareru — Passive/potential auxiliary; can do, is done.
限り: kagiri — As much as possible, to the limit, as long as.
後ろ: ushiro — Back, rear, behind someone or something.
へ: e — Directional particle indicating movement toward something.
傾け: katamuke — Tilting, leaning; stem of katamukeru, to tilt.
そのため: sonotame — For that reason, therefore, because of that.
力強く: chikarazuyoku — Powerfully, strongly, with great force.
なす: nasu — To do, to accomplish, to make happen.
すべ: sube — Way, means, method; what one can do.
なく: naku — Without, lacking; conjunctive negative form.
見上げる: miageru — To look up at, to gaze upward toward.
なっ: natte — Becoming; te-form of naru, to become.
問題: mondai — Problem, question, issue, matter at hand.
どう: dou — How, in what way, what about it.
やすり: yasuri — File, rasp; a tool for smoothing or cutting.
もの: mono — Thing, object; nominalizer with nuance of explanation.
知っ: shitte — Knowing; te-form of shiru, to know.
はい: hai — Yes, correct; polite affirmative response.

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