Harrigan — Page 2
His beat is quiet. Shall I tell him to come with us?"
彼の担当区域は静かです。一緒に来るよう伝えましょうか？」
"No," grinned the sergeant, and then looked up and watched the broad shoulders of the red-haired man, who advanced through the crowd as the prow of a ship lunges through the waves.
「いや」と巡査部長はにやりと笑い、それから顔を上げて、船の舳先が波を切るように群衆をかき分けて進む赤毛の男の広い肩を目で追った。
"Go get Morley," he said abruptly.
「モーリーを連れてこい」と彼は唐突に言った。
But Harrigan went on his way without misgivings, not that he forgot the policeman, but he was accustomed to stand under the suspicious eye of the law.
しかしハリガンは何の不安も感じることなく歩き続けた。警官のことを忘れていたわけではなく、法の疑いの目にさらされることに慣れていたのだ。
In all the course of his wanderings it had been upon him.
流浪の旅のいたるところで、その目は常に彼につきまとっていた。
His coming was to the men in uniform like the sound of the battle trumpet to the cavalry horse.
制服を着た男たちにとって彼の出現は、騎馬兵の馬にとっての軍ラッパの音のようなものだった。
This, however, was Harrigan's first night in Honolulu, and there was much to see, much to do.
しかしこの夜は、ハリガンがホノルルで過ごす最初の夜であり、見るべきものも、すべきことも多くあった。
He had rambled through the streets; now he was headed for the Ivilei district.
彼は街の通りをぶらぶらと歩き回り、今はイヴィレイ地区へと向かっていた。
Instinct brought him there, the still, small voice which had guided him from trouble to trouble all his life.
本能が彼をそこへ導いた。生涯を通じて彼をトラブルからトラブルへと導いてきた、あの静かで小さな声が。
At a corner he stopped to watch a group of Kanakas who passed him, wreathed with leis and thrumming their ukuleles.
ある角で彼は足を止め、レイを首にかけてウクレレを爪弾きながら通り過ぎるカナカ人の一団を眺めた。
They sang in their soft, many-voweled language and the sound was to Harrigan like the rush and lapse of water on a beach, infinitely soothing and as lazy as the atmosphere of Honolulu.
彼らは柔らかく母音の多い言葉で歌い、その音はハリガンにとって浜辺に打ち寄せては引いていく波の音のように、限りなく心を落ち着かせ、ホノルルの空気と同じくらいのんびりとしたものだった。
All things are subdued in the strange city where East and West meet in the middle of the Pacific.
太平洋のただ中で東と西が出会う不思議な都市では、あらゆるものが穏やかに鎮まっている。
Vocabulary
- 彼
- kare — He; that person (male third-person pronoun).
- の
- no — Possessive or nominalizing particle.
- 担当
- tantou — Being in charge; one's assigned responsibility or duty.
- 区域
- kuiki — Zone, district, or designated area.
- は
- wa — Topic-marking grammatical particle.
- 静か
- shizuka — Quiet, calm, peaceful (na-adjective).
- です
- desu — Polite copula meaning 'is' or 'am.'
- 一緒
- issho — Together, at the same time, in company.
- に
- ni — Particle indicating direction, time, or target.
- 来る
- kuru — To come; to arrive at a place.
- よう
- you — Auxiliary indicating resemblance, manner, or instruction.
- 伝え
- tsutae — Convey, communicate, pass along a message.
- ましょう
- mashou — Polite volitional ending meaning 'let us do.'
- か
- ka — Question-marking sentence-final particle.
- いや
- iya — No; an expression of refusal or disagreement.
- と
- to — Particle meaning 'and,' 'with,' or quotation marker.
- 巡査
- junsa — Police constable; lowest-ranking police officer.
- 部長
- buchou — Section chief; senior officer or department head.
- にやり
- niyari — Adverb describing a sly or cunning grin.
- 笑い
- warai — Laughter, smile, a laugh.
- それから
- sorekara — After that, and then, subsequently.
- 顔
- kao — Face; facial expression or appearance.
- を
- wo — Object-marking grammatical particle.
- 上げ
- age — Raise, lift up (stem of ageru).
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle connecting sequential actions.
- 船
- fune — Ship, boat, vessel.
- 舳先
- へさき (hesaki) — Bow or prow of a ship or boat.
- が
- ga — Subject-marking grammatical particle.
- 波
- nami — Wave; a wave of water on the sea.
- 切る
- kiru — To cut; to slice through something.
- 群衆
- gunshuu — Crowd, multitude, throng of people.
- かき分け
- kakiwake — Push aside, part through a crowd forcefully.
- 進む
- susumu — To advance, proceed, move forward.
- 赤毛
- akage — Red hair; a person with red hair.
- 男
- otoko — Man, male person.
- 広い
- hiroi — Wide, broad, spacious (i-adjective).
- 肩
- kata — Shoulder; the shoulder of the body.
- 目
- me — Eye; the organ of sight.
- で
- de — Particle indicating means, place of action, or cause.
- 追っ
- ot(te) — Chase, follow, track (stem of ou).
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary verb ending.
- 連れ
- tsure — Companion; to bring or take someone along.
- こい
- koi — Come here! (imperative form of kuru).
- 唐突
- toutotsu — Abrupt, sudden, without warning (na-adjective).
- 言っ
- it(te) — Said, spoke (te-form stem of iu).
- しかし
- shikashi — However, but, nevertheless (conjunction).
- 何
- nani / nan — What; any (interrogative or indefinite pronoun).
- 不安
- fuan — Anxiety, unease, worry, insecurity.
- も
- mo — Also, too, even (inclusive particle).
- 感じる
- kanjiru — To feel, sense, perceive something emotionally.
- こと
- koto — Thing, matter, fact (nominalizer).
- なく
- naku — Without; negating adverbial form of nai.
- 歩き
- aruki — Walking; stem of aruku (to walk).
- 続け
- tsuzuke — Continue doing; stem of tsuzukeru.
- 警官
- keikan — Police officer, policeman, cop.
- 忘れ
- wasure — Forget; stem of wasureru (to forget).
- い
- i — Be, exist (colloquial stem of iru).
- わけ
- wake — Reason, meaning, the case; logical ground.
- 法
- hou — Law, method, way of doing something.
- 疑い
- utagai — Doubt, suspicion, mistrust.
- さらさ
- sarasa — Expose, subject to (stem of sarasareru).
- れる
- reru — Passive or potential auxiliary verb suffix.
- 慣れ
- nare — Become accustomed to, get used to.
- だ
- da — Plain-form copula meaning 'is' or 'am.'
- 流浪
- rurou — Wandering, roaming without a fixed home.
- 旅
- tabi — Journey, trip, travel.
- いたる
- itaru — Reach, extend to, be found everywhere.
- ところ
- tokoro — Place, location, spot; point in time.
- その
- sono — That (demonstrative adjective near listener).
- 常
- tsune — Always, habitually; the norm or custom.
- つきまとっ
- tsukimato(tte) — Follow persistently, haunt, cling to someone.
- 制服
- seifuku — Uniform; standardized clothing worn officially.
- 着た
- kita — Wore, put on (past tense of kiru).
- たち
- tachi — Plural suffix for people or animate beings.
- とっ
- tot(te) — Take, grasp (te-form stem of toru).
- 出現
- shutsugen — Appearance, emergence, sudden showing up.
- 騎馬
- kiba — Horseback riding; mounted cavalry.
- 兵
- hei — Soldier, troop, military personnel.
- 馬
- uma — Horse; the animal.
- 軍
- gun — Army, military force, troops.
- ラッパ
- rappa — Bugle, trumpet; a brass wind instrument.
- 音
- oto — Sound, noise, audio.
- な
- na — Sentence-final particle for emphasis or exclamation.
- もの
- mono — Thing; object; used for explanatory nuance.
- だっ
- dat(ta) — Was, were (past plain copula stem).
- この
- kono — This (demonstrative adjective near speaker).
- 夜
- yoru — Night, evening time.
- 過ごす
- sugosu — Spend time; pass a period of time.
- 最初
- saisho — First, the beginning, the very start.
- あり
- ari — Exist, there is (stem of aru).
- 見る
- miru — To see, look at, watch.
- べき
- beki — Should, ought to (obligation auxiliary).
- 多く
- ooku — Many, much, a large number of things.
- あっ
- at(te) — Exist, be present (te-form of aru).
- 街
- machi — Town, city, neighborhood, street district.
- 通り
- toori — Street, road; way of doing something.
- ぶらぶら
- burabura — Strolling aimlessly, wandering about casually.
- 回り
- mawari — Going around; surroundings, neighborhood.
- 今
- ima — Now, at this moment, currently.
- 地区
- chiku — District, area, zone of a city.
- へ
- e — Particle indicating direction or destination.
- 向かっ
- mukat(te) — Head toward, face, proceed in direction.
- 本能
- honnou — Instinct; innate natural impulse or drive.
- そこ
- soko — There; that place near the listener.
- 導い
- michibi(te) — Guide, lead, direct toward something.
- 生涯
- shougai — Lifetime, one's whole life, lifelong.
- 通じ
- tsuuji — Through, throughout, communicate via (stem).
- トラブル
- toraburu — Trouble, problem, complication (loanword).
- あの
- ano — That (demonstrative adjective for distant things).
- 小さな
- chiisana — Small, little, tiny (prenominal adjective form).
- 声
- koe — Voice; a sound produced by speaking.
- ある
- aru — To exist, be present (inanimate things).
- 角
- kado — Corner; a street corner or building edge.
- 足
- ashi — Foot, leg; a step in walking.
- 止め
- tome — Stop, halt (stem of tomeru).
- 首
- kubi — Neck; the neck of the body.
- かけ
- kake — Hang, put around; stem of kakeru.
- ウクレレ
- ukurere — Ukulele; a small Hawaiian string instrument.
- 爪弾き
- tsumabiki — Plucking strings with fingertips; fingerpicking.
- ながら
- nagara — While doing; simultaneous action conjunction.
- 通り過ぎる
- toorисугиру (toorисугиру) — Pass by, go past a place or person.
- 人
- hito — Person, human being, people.
- 一団
- ichidan — A group, band, or party of people.
- 眺め
- nagame — View, scene; gaze at a sight (stem).
- 彼ら
- karera — They, them (third-person plural pronoun).
- 柔らか
- yawaraka — Soft, gentle, tender (adjective base form).
- く
- ku — Adverbial ending for i-adjectives.
- 母音
- boin — Vowel; a vocal sound in phonetics.
- 多い
- ooi — Many, numerous, plentiful (i-adjective).
- 言葉
- kotoba — Language, words, speech, expression.
- 歌い
- utai — Sing (stem of utau); singing.
- 浜辺
- hamabe — Beachside, shoreline, the edge of a beach.
- 打ち寄せ
- uchiyose — Waves washing ashore, surging toward shore.
- 引い
- hii(te) — Pull back, recede (te-form of hiku).
- いく
- iku — Go; proceed in a direction (auxiliary).
- 限り
- kagiri — As long as, to the extent, limit.
- 心
- kokoro — Heart, mind, spirit, inner feelings.
- 落ち着か
- ochitsuka — Calm down, settle, feel at ease (stem).
- せ
- se — Causative auxiliary verb stem (saseru/seru).
- 空気
- kuuki — Air; atmosphere; mood of a situation.
- 同じ
- onaji — Same, identical, equal in kind.
- くらい
- kurai — About, approximately; to the extent that.
- のんびり
- nonbiri — Leisurely, easygoing, relaxed and unhurried.
- し
- shi — And; conjunctive particle listing reasons or states.
- 太平洋
- Taiheiyou — The Pacific Ocean.
- ただ中
- tadanaka — Right in the middle, the very center.
- 東
- higashi — East; the eastern direction.
- 西
- nishi — West; the western direction.
- 出会う
- deau — Meet, encounter, come across someone.
- 不思議
- fushigi — Mysterious, strange, wonderful, puzzling.
- 都市
- toshi — City, urban area, metropolis.
- あらゆる
- arayuru — Every, all kinds of, any possible.
- 穏やか
- odayaka — Calm, gentle, mild, peaceful (na-adjective).
- 鎮まっ
- shizumat(te) — Become quiet, settle down, grow calm.
- いる
- iru — To be, exist (animate beings); auxiliary.
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