Jane Eyre: An Autobiography — Page 4
The two ships becalmed on a torpid sea, I believed to be marine phantoms.
無風状態の凪いだ海に浮かぶ二艘の船は、海の幻影だと私は思っていた。
The fiend pinning down the thief's pack behind him, I passed over quickly: it was an object of terror.
泥棒の背嚢を後ろから押さえつける悪鬼の絵は、さっと読み飛ばした。恐ろしいものだったからだ。
So was the black horned thing seated aloof on a rock, surveying a distant crowd surrounding a gallows.
岩の上に孤独に座り、絞首台を取り囲む遠くの群衆を見渡す黒い角の生き物も、同じく恐ろしかった。
Each picture told a story; mysterious often to my undeveloped understanding and imperfect feelings, yet ever profoundly interesting: as interesting as the tales Bessie sometimes narrated on winter evenings, when she chanced to be in good humour; and when, having brought her ironing-table to the nursery hearth, she allowed us to sit about it, and while she got up Mrs. Reed's lace frills, and crimped her nightcap borders, fed our eager attention with passages of love and adventure taken from old fairy tales and other ballads; or (as at a later period I discovered) from the pages of Pamela, and Henry, Earl of Moreland.
どの絵も一つの物語を語っていた。未熟な理解力と不完全な感受性しか持たない私には、しばしば謎めいて見えたが、それでも常に深く興味をそそるものだった。それはベッシーが冬の夜に語ってくれる話と同じくらい面白かった。彼女の機嫌が良い時には、アイロン台を子供部屋の暖炉のそばに運んできて、私たちをその周りに座らせてくれた。そしてリード夫人のレースの飾りを整えたり、ナイトキャップの縁にひだを作ったりしながら、古い昔話や他のバラッドから取った恋愛と冒険の一節で私たちの熱心な注意を引きつけてくれた。あるいは（後に私が知ったことだが）『パメラ』や『モアランド伯爵ヘンリー』のページからも語ってくれた。
With Bewick on my knee, I was then happy: happy at least in my way.
膝の上にビーウィックの本を置いて、私はその時幸せだった。少なくとも私なりの意味で幸せだった。
I feared nothing but interruption, and that came too soon.
邪魔が入ること以外は何も恐れていなかったが、それはあまりにも早く訪れた。
The breakfast-room door opened.
朝食室のドアが開いた。
"Boh! Madam Mope!" cried the voice of John Reed; then he paused: he found the room apparently empty.
「ボー！ 陰気なお嬢さん！」ジョン・リードの声が叫んだ。それから彼は黙った。部屋は見たところ空っぽだったのだ。
"Where the dickens is she!" he continued.
「一体どこにいるんだ！」と彼は続けた。
"Lizzy! Georgy! (calling to his sisters) Joan is not here: tell mama she is run out into the rain—bad animal!
「リジー！ ジョージー！（姉妹たちに呼びかけて）ジョーンはここにいない。雨の中に飛び出したと母さんに言え――悪い子め！」
Vocabulary
- 無風
- mufuu — No wind; calm, windless conditions
- 状態
- joutai — State, condition, or situation of something
- の
- no — Possessive or descriptive particle linking nouns
- だ
- da — Copula; casual form of 'is' or 'are'
- 海
- umi — Sea, ocean, large body of water
- に
- ni — Particle indicating location, direction, or time
- 浮かぶ
- ukabu — To float, rise up, or come to mind
- 船
- fune — Boat, ship, vessel for water travel
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle highlighting sentence subject
- 幻影
- gen'ei — Illusion, phantom, or ghostly apparition
- と
- to — Particle meaning 'and', 'with', or quotation marker
- 私
- watashi — I, me; first-person singular pronoun
- 思っ
- omot(te) — Thought, believed (te-form of 思う)
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle connecting actions or clauses
- い
- i — Auxiliary verb stem indicating ongoing state
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary verb marker
- 泥棒
- dorobou — Thief, burglar, or robber
- を
- wo — Object marker particle indicating direct object
- 後ろ
- ushiro — Behind, rear, back side of something
- から
- kara — Particle meaning 'from' or 'because'
- 押さえつける
- osaetsukeru — To pin down, suppress, or hold firmly
- 絵
- e — Picture, drawing, painting, illustration
- さっと
- satto — Quickly, swiftly, in a flash
- 恐ろしい
- osoroshii — Terrifying, dreadful, frightening, horrible
- もの
- mono — Thing, object, or matter (concrete or abstract)
- だっ
- dat(ta) — Past tense of copula だ; 'was' or 'were'
- 岩
- iwa — Rock, boulder, large stone
- 上
- ue — Above, on top, upper position
- 孤独
- kodoku — Loneliness, solitude, isolation from others
- 座り
- suwari — Sitting, seated position (stem of 座る)
- 取り囲む
- torikakomu — To surround, encircle, or gather around
- 遠く
- tooku — Far away, distant place or distance
- 群衆
- gunshuu — Crowd, multitude, throng of people
- 見渡す
- miwatasu — To look out over, survey a wide view
- 黒い
- kuroi — Black, dark in color
- 角
- tsuno — Horn, antler, or pointed projection on animal
- 生き物
- ikimono — Living creature, organism, living being
- も
- mo — Also, too, even; inclusive particle
- 同じく
- onajiku — Likewise, equally, in the same way
- 恐ろしかっ
- osoroshikat(ta) — Was terrifying, was frightening (past adjective form)
- どの
- dono — Which (of several); interrogative determiner
- 一つ
- hitotsu — One thing; the number one (general counter)
- 物語
- monogatari — Story, tale, narrative, legend
- 語っ
- katat(te) — Told, narrated (te-form of 語る)
- 未熟
- mijuku — Immature, inexperienced, undeveloped skill or mind
- な
- na — Adjectival particle linking na-adjectives to nouns
- 理解力
- rikairyoku — Comprehension ability, capacity to understand things
- 不完全
- fukanzen — Incomplete, imperfect, deficient, lacking completeness
- 感受性
- kanjusei — Sensitivity, receptivity, emotional responsiveness
- しか
- shika — Only, nothing but (used with negative verb)
- 持た
- mota(nai) — Not have, not possess (negative stem of 持つ)
- ない
- nai — Negative auxiliary; does not, is not
- しばしば
- shibashiba — Often, frequently, repeatedly over time
- 謎めい
- nazomei — Mysterious, enigmatic, puzzling (stem of 謎めく)
- 見え
- mie — Appears, seems, is visible (stem of 見える)
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle; also means 'but'
- それでも
- soredemo — Even so, nevertheless, still, despite that
- 常
- tsune — Always, constantly, at all times
- 深く
- fukaku — Deeply, profoundly, to a great degree
- 興味
- kyoumi — Interest, curiosity in something or someone
- そそる
- sosoru — To arouse, stimulate, or inspire interest
- それ
- sore — That, it; refers to something previously mentioned
- 冬
- fuyu — Winter, the coldest season of the year
- 夜
- yoru — Night, evening, nighttime hours
- くれる
- kureru — To give (to me); to do something for me
- 話
- hanashi — Story, talk, conversation, narrative
- 同じ
- onaji — Same, identical, equal, alike
- くらい
- kurai — About, approximately; to the extent of
- 面白かっ
- omoshirokat(ta) — Was interesting, was fun (past adjective form)
- 彼女
- kanojo — She, her; also means 'girlfriend'
- 機嫌
- kigen — Mood, humor, temper, disposition
- 良い
- yoi — Good, fine, favorable, acceptable
- 時
- toki — Time, moment, occasion, when
- 子供
- kodomo — Child, children, young person
- 部屋
- heya — Room, chamber in a building
- 暖炉
- danro — Fireplace, hearth, indoor fire for warmth
- そば
- soba — Beside, near, next to something
- 運ん
- hakon(de) — Carried, transported (te-form of 運ぶ)
- で
- de — Particle indicating means, location of action
- き
- ki — Came (stem of くる, to come)
- 私たち
- watashitachi — We, us; first-person plural pronoun
- その
- sono — That (near listener); demonstrative adjective
- 周り
- mawari — Around, surroundings, circumference
- 座ら
- suwara — Sit (negative/causative stem of 座る)
- せ
- se — Causative auxiliary; make or let someone do
- くれ
- kure — Give (me); imperative or te-form of くれる
- そして
- soshite — And then, and also, furthermore
- 夫人
- fujin — Mrs., Madam, a married woman or wife
- レース
- reesu — Lace (fabric); also can mean 'race'
- 飾り
- kazari — Decoration, ornament, adornment, trimming
- 整え
- totonoe — Arrange, tidy, prepare neatly (stem of 整える)
- たり
- tari — Particle listing representative actions alternately
- 縁
- fuchi — Brim, edge, border, rim of an object
- 作っ
- tsukut(te) — Made, created (te-form of 作る)
- し
- shi — Conjunction listing reasons or actions; and
- ながら
- nagara — While doing; simultaneous action conjunction
- 古い
- furui — Old, aged, ancient (for objects or ideas)
- 昔話
- mukashibanashi — Old tale, folktale, story from long ago
- や
- ya — And (among others); listing particle for examples
- 他
- hoka — Other, another, the rest, else
- 取っ
- tot(te) — Took, picked up (te-form of 取る)
- 恋愛
- renai — Romantic love, romance between people
- 冒険
- bouken — Adventure, risky venture, daring endeavor
- 熱心
- nesshin — Enthusiasm, eagerness, zeal, keen devotion
- 注意
- chuui — Attention, caution, notice, warning
- 引きつけ
- hikitsuke — Attract, draw in, captivate (stem of 引きつける)
- あるいは
- aruiwa — Or, alternatively, perhaps, on the other hand
- 後
- nochi/ato — Later, afterward, behind, subsequent time
- 知っ
- shit(te) — Knew, learned (te-form of 知る, to know)
- こと
- koto — Thing, fact, matter (abstract or intangible)
- ページ
- peeji — Page; a single leaf side in a book
- 膝
- hiza — Knee, lap (upper leg when sitting)
- 本
- hon — Book, volume, publication
- 置い
- ooi(te) — Placed, put down (te-form of 置く)
- 幸せ
- shiawase — Happiness, good fortune, blessing, bliss
- 少なくとも
- sukunakutomo — At least, at the minimum, if nothing else
- なり
- nari — Become (literary/classical form of なる)
- 意味
- imi — Meaning, significance, sense of a word
- 邪魔
- jama — Obstruction, hindrance, nuisance, interruption
- 入る
- hairu — To enter, go into, come inside
- 以外
- igai — Except for, other than, besides something
- 何
- nani/naN — What; interrogative pronoun for things
- 恐れ
- osore — Fear, dread, apprehension, worry
- なかっ
- nacat(ta) — Was not, did not exist (past negative form)
- あまりにも
- amari ni mo — Too much, excessively, far too, overly
- 早く
- hayaku — Early, quickly, fast, soon
- 訪れ
- otozure — Visit, arrival, advent of a season or event
- 朝食
- choushoku — Breakfast, the first meal of the day
- 室
- shitsu — Room, chamber, enclosed space in a building
- ドア
- doa — Door, entrance panel of a room or vehicle
- 開い
- hiraoi(te) — Opened (te-form of 開く, to open)
- 陰気
- inki — Gloomy, dismal, melancholy, depressing in mood
- お嬢さん
- ojoosan — Young lady, miss, another's daughter (polite)
- 声
- koe — Voice, sound produced by a person or animal
- 叫ん
- sakeN(de) — Shouted, cried out (te-form of 叫ぶ)
- 彼
- kare — He, him; third-person masculine pronoun
- 黙っ
- damot(te) — Silently, having gone quiet (te-form of 黙る)
- 見た
- mita — Saw, looked at (past tense of 見る)
- ところ
- tokoro — Place, spot; also expresses timing of action
- 空っぽ
- karappo — Empty, hollow, completely vacant inside
- 一体
- ittai — What on earth, in the world (emphasis word)
- どこ
- doko — Where; interrogative pronoun for location
- いる
- iru — To be, to exist (for animate beings)
- ん
- n — Explanatory or seeking-confirmation sentence ending
- 続け
- tsuzuke — Continue, keep doing (stem of 続ける)
- 姉妹
- shimai — Sisters, female siblings
- たち
- tachi — Plural suffix for people or animate beings
- 呼びかけ
- yobikake — Call out to, address, appeal to someone
- ここ
- koko — Here, this place, current location
- 雨
- ame — Rain, rainfall, precipitation
- 中
- naka — Inside, middle, among, within
- 飛び出し
- tobidashi — Rush out, jump out, dash outside suddenly
- 母さん
- okaasan — Mother, mom (familiar term for one's mother)
- 言え
- ie — Say, tell (imperative of 言う)
- 悪い
- warui — Bad, wrong, evil, poor in quality
- 子
- ko — Child, kid, young one
- め
- me — Derogatory suffix expressing contempt or rebuke
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