Great Expectations — Page 5
My sister had a trenchant way of cutting our bread and butter for us, that never varied.
姉は私たちのためにパンとバターを切る際に、決して変わることのない鋭い手際を持っていた。
First, with her left hand she jammed the loaf hard and fast against her bib,—where it sometimes got a pin into it, and sometimes a needle, which we afterwards got into our mouths.
まず、左手でパンのかたまりをエプロンにぐっと強く押し付けるのだが、そこでパンにピンが刺さることもあれば、針が刺さることもあり、それを私たちは後になって口の中に入れてしまうのだった。
Then she took some butter (not too much) on a knife and spread it on the loaf, in an apothecary kind of way, as if she were making a plaster,—using both sides of the knife with a slapping dexterity, and trimming and moulding the butter off round the crust.
次に、ナイフにバターを少量（多くなりすぎないように）取り、まるで湿布を作るような薬剤師めいたやり方でパンに塗り広げるのだった。ナイフの両面をぴしゃぴしゃと器用に使い、パンの耳の周りのバターを整えて形を整えながら。
Then, she gave the knife a final smart wipe on the edge of the plaster, and then sawed a very thick round off the loaf: which she finally, before separating from the loaf, hewed into two halves, of which Joe got one, and I the other.
それから、ナイフを塗り広げたパンの端でさっと拭い、パンからとても厚い円形の一切れを鋸で切るように切り取った。そして最後に、パンから切り離す前にそれを二つに割り、ジョーが一方を受け取り、私がもう一方を受け取るのだった。
On the present occasion, though I was hungry, I dared not eat my slice.
このときは、空腹ではあったが、私は自分の一切れを食べる勇気が出なかった。
I felt that I must have something in reserve for my dreadful acquaintance, and his ally the still more dreadful young man.
あの恐ろしい知り合いと、さらに恐ろしいその仲間の若い男のために、何か取っておかなければならないと感じていたのだ。
I knew Mrs. Joe's housekeeping to be of the strictest kind, and that my larcenous researches might find nothing available in the safe.
ジョー夫人の家事管理が非常に厳格なものであることは知っていたし、食料棚をこっそり探しても使えるものは何も見つからないかもしれないと分かっていた。
Therefore I resolved to put my hunk of bread and butter down the leg of my trousers.
そこで私は、パンとバターのかたまりをズボンの足の部分に押し込もうと決心した。
The effort of resolution necessary to the achievement of this purpose I found to be quite awful.
この目的を果たすために必要な決意の努力が、まったく恐ろしいものであることを私は悟った。
Vocabulary
- 姉
- ane — Older sister; one's elder female sibling
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle indicating the subject
- 私
- watashi — I; first-person singular pronoun
- たち
- tachi — Plural suffix indicating a group of people
- の
- no — Possessive or linking particle between nouns
- ため
- tame — For the sake of; benefit or purpose
- に
- ni — Particle indicating direction, purpose, or location
- パン
- pan — Bread; baked loaf or roll
- と
- to — And; connecting particle listing items together
- バター
- bataa — Butter; dairy fat spread for bread
- を
- wo — Object marker particle indicating direct object
- 切る
- kiru — To cut; to slice with a blade
- 際
- sai — When; at the time of an occasion
- 決して
- kesshite — Never; absolutely not; used with negatives
- 変わる
- kawaru — To change; to vary or shift
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; nominalizer for verbs
- ない
- nai — Not; negative auxiliary or adjective
- 鋭い
- surudoi — Sharp; keen; pointed or acute
- 手際
- tegiwa — Skill; dexterity; efficient manner of doing
- 持っ
- moc(te) — To have; to hold; stem of motsu
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle connecting sequential actions
- い
- i — Stem of iru; to be or exist
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary indicating completed action
- まず
- mazu — First of all; to begin with
- 左手
- hidarite — Left hand; one's left hand
- で
- de — With; by means of; location particle
- かたまり
- katamari — Lump; chunk; solid mass of something
- エプロン
- epuron — Apron; protective garment worn while cooking
- ぐっ
- gu(tto) — Firmly; forcefully; with strong pressure
- 強く
- tsuyoku — Strongly; forcefully; with great strength
- 押し付ける
- oshitsukeru — To press against; to push firmly onto
- だ
- da — Copula; plain form of desu meaning is
- が
- ga — Subject marker; but; conjunctive particle
- そこ
- soko — There; that place nearby
- ピン
- pin — Pin; small pointed fastening device
- 刺さる
- sasaru — To pierce; to stick into something
- も
- mo — Also; too; even; inclusive particle
- あれ
- are — That thing over there; that one
- ば
- ba — Conditional particle meaning if or when
- 針
- hari — Needle; pin; pointed sewing tool
- あり
- ari — There is; existence; stem of aru
- それ
- sore — That; that thing near the listener
- 後
- ato — After; later; afterward; remaining
- なっ
- nat(te) — Became; stem of naru in te-form
- 口
- kuchi — Mouth; opening; entrance of a passage
- 中
- naka — Inside; middle; within something
- 入れ
- ire — To put in; to insert; stem of ireru
- しまう
- shimau — To end up doing; to finish regrettably
- だっ
- dat(ta) — Was; past form of copula da
- 次
- tsugi — Next; following; the one after
- ナイフ
- naifu — Knife; cutting blade utensil
- 少量
- shouryou — Small amount; a little quantity of something
- 多く
- ooku — Many; much; a large amount
- なり
- nari — Becoming; stem of naru linking form
- すぎ
- sugi — Too much; excessively; suffix of excess
- よう
- you — So that; in order to; appearing like
- 取り
- tori — Taking; stem of toru to take
- まるで
- marude — Just like; as if; exactly as though
- 湿布
- shippu — Compress; medicated patch applied to skin
- 作る
- tsukuru — To make; to create; to produce
- な
- na — Sentence-final or adjectival modification particle
- 薬剤師
- yakuzaishi — Pharmacist; licensed dispenser of medicines
- めい
- mei — Suffix meaning -like; resembling; in manner of
- やり方
- yarikata — Way of doing; method; approach to task
- 塗り広げる
- nurihirogeru — To spread; to smear across a surface
- 両面
- ryoumen — Both sides; two faces of something
- ぴしゃぴしゃ
- pishapisha — Slapping sound; pat pat; smacking repeatedly
- 器用
- kiyou — Skillful; dexterous; adept with hands
- 使い
- tsukai — Using; stem of tsukau to use
- 耳
- mimi — Ear; edge crust of bread
- 周り
- mawari — Around; surroundings; perimeter of something
- 整え
- totonoe — To arrange; to neaten; to put in order
- 形
- katachi — Shape; form; appearance of an object
- ながら
- nagara — While doing; simultaneously performing two actions
- から
- kara — From; because; after; starting point particle
- 塗り広げ
- nurihirogete — Spreading; smearing across; stem of nurihirogeru
- 端
- hashi — Edge; end; tip; margin of something
- さっと
- satto — Quickly; swiftly; in one smooth motion
- 拭い
- nugui — Wiping; stem of nuguu to wipe off
- とても
- totemo — Very; extremely; quite; very much so
- 厚い
- atsui — Thick; deep; having great thickness
- 円形
- enkei — Circular shape; round form; disc-shaped
- 一切れ
- hitokire — One slice; a single cut piece
- 鋸
- nokogiri — Saw; serrated blade cutting tool
- 切り取っ
- kiritot(te) — Cutting off; stem of kiritoru to cut away
- そして
- soshite — And then; after that; furthermore
- 最後
- saigo — Last; final; the very end
- 切り離す
- kirihannasu — To cut apart; to separate by cutting
- 前
- mae — Before; in front of; prior to
- 二つ
- futatsu — Two; a pair; two items
- 割り
- wari — Dividing; splitting; stem of waru to divide
- 一方
- ippou — One side; one of two; meanwhile
- 受け取り
- uketori — Receiving; stem of uketoru to receive
- もう
- mou — Already; another; one more; soon
- 受け取る
- uketoru — To receive; to accept something handed over
- この
- kono — This; the near demonstrative modifier
- とき
- toki — Time; moment; when something occurs
- 空腹
- kuufuku — Hunger; being hungry; empty stomach
- あっ
- at(te) — Was; te-form of aru to exist
- 自分
- jibun — Oneself; one's own self; yourself
- 食べる
- taberu — To eat; to consume food
- 勇気
- yuuki — Courage; bravery; bold spirit
- 出
- de — Coming out; stem of deru to emerge
- なかっ
- nacat(ta) — Did not have; past negative of nai
- あの
- ano — That; distant demonstrative modifier
- 恐ろしい
- osoroshii — Terrible; frightening; dreadful; scary
- 知り合い
- shiriai — Acquaintance; someone one knows slightly
- さらに
- sarani — Furthermore; even more; in addition
- その
- sono — That; the demonstrative modifier for nearby
- 仲間
- nakama — Companion; friend; member of a group
- 若い
- wakai — Young; youthful; of a young age
- 男
- otoko — Man; male person
- 何か
- nanika — Something; anything; some unspecified thing
- 取っ
- tot(te) — Taking; te-form stem of toru
- おか
- oka — Stem of oku; to place or put aside
- なけれ
- nakere — Must; conditional stem of nai negation
- なら
- nara — If; conditional; as for; regarding
- 感じ
- kanji — Feeling; sense; impression; sensation
- 夫人
- fujin — Madam; wife; married woman of status
- 家事
- kaji — Housework; household chores; domestic duties
- 管理
- kanri — Management; administration; control of affairs
- 非常
- hijou — Extraordinary; very; extremely; emergency
- 厳格
- genkaku — Strict; stern; rigid; rigorous in manner
- もの
- mono — Thing; object; person; nominalizer
- ある
- aru — To exist; there is; to have
- 知っ
- shit(te) — Knowing; te-form stem of shiru to know
- し
- shi — And; moreover; listing conjunction particle
- 食料棚
- shokuryoudana — Food cupboard; pantry shelf storing provisions
- こっそり
- kossori — Secretly; stealthily; without being noticed
- 探し
- sagashi — Searching; looking for; stem of sagasu
- 使える
- tsukaeru — Usable; can be used; able to use
- 何
- nani — What; which; anything; an unspecified thing
- 見つから
- mitsukara — Not found; stem of mitsukaru to be found
- かも
- kamo — Might; maybe; possibly; uncertainty marker
- しれ
- shire — Know; stem of shireru in shirenai
- 分かっ
- wacat(te) — Understood; te-form stem of wakaru to understand
- ズボン
- zubon — Trousers; pants; lower body garment
- 足
- ashi — Foot; leg; lower limb of body
- 部分
- bubun — Part; portion; section of a whole
- 押し込もう
- oshikomou — Let us stuff in; volitional of oshikomu
- 決心
- kesshin — Resolution; determination; firm decision made
- 目的
- mokuteki — Purpose; goal; objective; aim
- 果たす
- hatasu — To accomplish; to fulfill; to achieve goal
- 必要
- hitsuyou — Necessary; needed; essential requirement
- 決意
- ketsui — Resolve; firm determination; strong decision
- 努力
- doryoku — Effort; endeavor; hard work toward goal
- まったく
- mattaku — Completely; utterly; entirely; not at all
- 悟っ
- sasat(te) — Realized; awakened to; te-form of satoru
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