Jane Eyre: An Autobiography — Page 4
They say he is like Fielding: they talk of his wit, humour, comic powers.
彼はフィールディングに似ていると言われている。彼の機知、ユーモア、喜劇的な力について語られている。
He resembles Fielding as an eagle does a vulture: Fielding could stoop on carrion, but Thackeray never does.
彼がフィールディングに似ているのは、ちょうど鷲がハゲタカに似ているようなものだ。フィールディングは腐肉に身をかがめることができたが、サッカレーは決してそうしない。
His wit is bright, his humour attractive, but both bear the same relation to his serious genius that the mere lambent sheet-lightning playing under the edge of the summer-cloud does to the electric death-spark hid in its womb.
彼の機知は輝かしく、ユーモアは魅力的だが、その両方は彼の真剣な天才性に対して、夏雲の端に揺らめく淡いシート状の稲妻が、その胎内に秘められた電気の死の閃光に対するのと同じ関係にある。
Finally, I have alluded to Mr. Thackeray, because to him—if he will accept the tribute of a total stranger—I have dedicated this second edition of "JANE EYRE.
最後に、私がサッカレー氏に言及したのは、彼が——まったくの見知らぬ者からの敬意を受け入れてくださるならば——この「ジェーン・エア」第二版を捧げる相手だからである。
Vocabulary
- 彼
- kare — He; third-person masculine pronoun
- は
- wa — Topic-marking particle in Japanese grammar
- に
- ni — Particle indicating direction, location, or target
- 似て
- nite — Resembling; being similar to something
- いる
- iru — To exist; indicates ongoing state or action
- と
- to — Particle meaning 'and', 'with', or quotation marker
- 言わ
- iwa — Base form of 'to say'; used in passive constructions
- れて
- rete — Passive verb ending; indicates action done to subject
- の
- no — Possessive or nominalizing particle in Japanese
- 機知
- kichi — Wit; clever quickness of mind and humor
- ユーモア
- yūmoa — Humor; sense of comedy and amusement
- 喜劇
- kigeki — Comedy; a humorous play or comic genre
- 的
- teki — Suffix meaning '-like', '-al', or '-ic'
- な
- na — Adjectival linking particle connecting na-adjectives
- 力
- chikara — Power; strength or ability of a person
- について
- ni tsuite — About; regarding a particular topic or subject
- 語ら
- katara — To speak or talk; base of 'to narrate'
- が
- ga — Subject-marking particle in Japanese grammar
- ちょうど
- chōdo — Just; exactly; precisely at that point
- 鷲
- washi — Eagle; large bird of prey with strong wings
- ハゲタカ
- hagetaka — Vulture; scavenging bird that feeds on carrion
- よう
- yō — Like; similar to; resembling something else
- もの
- mono — Thing; object; used for emphasis or explanation
- だ
- da — Copula meaning 'is' or 'it is'
- 身
- mi — Body; oneself; one's own physical being
- を
- wo — Object-marking particle in Japanese grammar
- かがめる
- kagameru — To bend down; to stoop or crouch low
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; nominalizer for verb phrases
- でき
- deki — Can; to be able to do something
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary verb ending in Japanese
- 決して
- kesshite — Never; absolutely not; under no circumstances
- そう
- sō — So; that way; in such a manner
- し
- shi — Connective verb form meaning 'and' or 'do'
- ない
- nai — Negation; does not; is not present
- 輝かしく
- kagayakashiku — Brilliantly; gloriously; in a radiant manner
- 魅力
- miryoku — Charm; attraction; appealing quality of something
- その
- sono — That; referring to something previously mentioned
- 両方
- ryōhō — Both; the two sides or elements together
- 真剣
- shinken — Serious; earnest; genuine sincerity or seriousness
- 天才
- tensai — Genius; a person of extraordinary intellectual ability
- 性
- sei / shou — Nature; character; suffix denoting quality or property
- 対して
- taishite — Toward; in contrast to; with respect to
- 端
- hashi / tan — Edge; end; tip of something; border
- 揺らめく
- yurameku — To flicker; to waver or shimmer gently
- 淡い
- awai — Pale; faint; light in color or intensity
- シート
- shīto — Sheet; a flat expanse or layer of something
- 状
- jō — Suffix meaning 'shape of' or 'in the form'
- 稲妻
- inazuma — Lightning; a flash of electricity during a storm
- 秘め
- hime — To conceal; to hide something within oneself
- られ
- rare — Passive or potential auxiliary verb suffix
- 電気
- denki — Electricity; electric power or current
- 死
- shi — Death; the end of life
- 閃光
- senkō — Flash of light; brilliant brief burst of light
- 対する
- taisuru — To face; to be directed toward something
- 同じ
- onaji — Same; identical; not different from another
- 関係
- kankei — Relationship; connection or association between things
- ある
- aru — To exist; to be; to have (inanimate)
- 最後
- saigo — Last; final; the very end of something
- 私
- watashi — I; first-person singular pronoun in Japanese
- 氏
- shi — Mr./Ms.; honorific suffix for a person's name
- 言及
- genkyū — Reference; mention; bringing up a topic explicitly
- まったく
- mattaku — Completely; utterly; absolutely; quite entirely
- 見知らぬ
- mishiranu — Unknown; unfamiliar; a complete stranger to someone
- 者
- mono / sha — Person; one who does or is something
- から
- kara — From; because; starting point or cause
- 敬意
- keii — Respect; reverence; feeling of esteem toward another
- 受け入れ
- ukoire — To accept; to receive something offered willingly
- て
- te — Connective particle linking clauses or verb forms
- くださる
- kudasaru — To give; honorific form of doing something for someone
- なら
- nara — If; conditional particle for hypothetical situations
- ば
- ba — Conditional suffix meaning 'if' or 'when'
- この
- kono — This; referring to something near the speaker
- 第
- dai — Ordinal prefix meaning 'number' or 'the Nth'
- 二
- ni — Two; the number 2
- 版
- han — Edition; version; a published printing of a book
- 捧げる
- sasageru — To dedicate; to offer or devote to someone
- 相手
- aite — Partner; the other party; recipient of an action
- で
- de — Particle indicating means, location of action, or reason
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