Jane Eyre: An Autobiography — Page 7
I wonder if he read that notion in my face; for, all at once, without speaking, he struck suddenly and strongly.
彼は私の顔からその考えを読み取ったのだろうか。というのも、突然、何も言わずに、彼は急に強く打ちかかってきたのだ。
I tottered, and on regaining my equilibrium retired back a step or two from his chair.
私はよろめき、体勢を立て直すと彼の椅子から一、二歩後ずさりした。
"That is for your impudence in answering mama awhile since," said he, "and for your sneaking way of getting behind curtains, and for the look you had in your eyes two minutes since, you rat!"
「これはさっきお母様に口答えした無礼に対するものだ」と彼は言った。「それからカーテンの陰に隠れるこそこそした振る舞いと、さっきお前の目に浮かんでいた表情に対してもだ、このネズミめ！」
Accustomed to John Reed's abuse, I never had an idea of replying to it; my care was how to endure the blow which would certainly follow the insult.
ジョン・リードの乱暴には慣れていたので、言い返すという考えは全く浮かばなかった。私が心がけていたのは、侮辱の後に必ず来る打撃をどう耐え忍ぶかということだった。
"What were you doing behind the curtain?" he asked.
「カーテンの陰で何をしていたのか？」と彼は尋ねた。
"I was reading."
「本を読んでいました。」
"Show the book."
「その本を見せろ。」
I returned to the window and fetched it thence.
私は窓のところへ戻り、そこから本を取ってきた。
"You have no business to take our books; you are a dependent, mama says; you have no money; your father left you none; you ought to beg, and not to live here with gentlemen's children like us, and eat the same meals we do, and wear clothes at our mama's expense.
「お前には私たちの本を持ち出す権利などない。お前は居候だとお母様もおっしゃっている。お前には金がない。お父さんも何も残さなかった。お前は物乞いをすべきで、私たちのような紳士の子供たちと一緒にここで暮らして、同じ食事をして、お母様の費用で服を着るべきではないのだ。
Now, I'll teach you to rummage my bookshelves: for they _are_ mine; all the house belongs to me, or will do in a few years.
さあ、私の本棚を勝手に漁ることを思い知らせてやる。なぜならあれは確かに私のものだから。この家全体が私のものだ、あるいは数年のうちにそうなるのだから。
Go and stand by the door, out of the way of the mirror and the windows.
行って戸口のそばに立っていろ、鏡や窓の邪魔にならないようにな。
Vocabulary
- 彼
- kare — He; third-person masculine pronoun
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle in Japanese grammar
- 私
- watashi — I; first-person singular pronoun
- の
- no — Possessive or linking particle
- 顔
- kao — Face; one's facial expression or appearance
- から
- kara — From; indicating origin or starting point
- その
- sono — That; demonstrative adjective referring to nearby thing
- 考え
- kangae — Thought; idea or way of thinking
- を
- wo — Object marker particle in Japanese grammar
- 読み取っ
- yomitot(te) — Read; discern meaning or emotion from something
- た
- ta — Past tense grammatical ending marker
- だろ
- daro — Probably; conjecture or uncertain assertion form
- う
- u — Volitional or probabilistic grammatical ending particle
- か
- ka — Question marker particle at sentence end
- という
- to iu — Called; known as; expressing a name or quote
- も
- mo — Also; too; even; inclusive particle
- 突然
- totsuzen — Suddenly; all at once without warning
- 何
- nani — What; interrogative pronoun asking about things
- 言わ
- iwa — Say; speak; base form of 言う
- ず
- zu — Without doing; negative conjunctive verb ending
- に
- ni — In; at; to; directional or locative particle
- 急
- kyuu — Sudden; abrupt; urgent; steep
- 強く
- tsuyoku — Strongly; forcefully; with great power
- 打ち
- uchi — Strike; hit; blow delivered physically
- かかっ
- kakat(te) — Attack; lunge at; fall upon someone
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle connecting verb phrases
- き
- ki — Come; toward speaker directional auxiliary verb
- だ
- da — Is; plain-form copula asserting a state
- よろめき
- yoromeki — Stagger; stumble; lose one's balance
- 体勢
- taisei — Posture; body position or stance
- 立て直す
- tatenaosu — Recover; regain one's balance or footing
- と
- to — And; with; quotation particle in Japanese
- 椅子
- isu — Chair; seat for sitting on
- 一
- ichi — One; the number one
- 二歩
- niho — Two steps; a couple of paces backward
- 後ずさり
- atosuzari — Back away; retreat stepping backward nervously
- し
- shi — Do; conjunctive form listing actions or reasons
- これ
- kore — This; demonstrative pronoun for nearby thing
- さっき
- sakki — A little while ago; just before now
- お母様
- okaasama — Mother; highly respectful term for one's mother
- 口答え
- kuchigotae — Talk back; impudent reply to a superior
- 無礼
- burei — Rudeness; impoliteness; disrespectful behavior
- 対する
- taisuru — Against; in response to; directed toward
- もの
- mono — Thing; used for explanation or mild assertion
- 言っ
- it(te) — Say; speak; conjunctive form of 言う
- それ
- sore — That; demonstrative pronoun for nearby thing
- カーテン
- kaaten — Curtain; cloth window or room divider
- 陰
- kage — Shadow; shade; hidden side behind something
- 隠れる
- kakureru — Hide; conceal oneself from view
- こそこそ
- kosokoso — Sneakily; furtively; acting in a secretive manner
- 振る舞い
- furumai — Behavior; conduct; manner of acting
- お前
- omae — You; second-person pronoun, rough or familiar
- 目
- me — Eye; eyesight; gaze directed at something
- 浮かん
- ukan — Float up; appear; surface in one's mind
- で
- de — At; by; with; instrumental or locative particle
- い
- i — Be; exist; continuous state auxiliary verb
- 表情
- hyoujou — Facial expression; look on one's face
- 対し
- taishi — Toward; against; in relation to something
- この
- kono — This; demonstrative adjective modifying a noun
- ネズミ
- nezumi — Rat; mouse; small rodent used as insult
- め
- me — You wretch; derogatory suffix after a noun
- 乱暴
- ranbou — Violence; roughness; reckless or brutal behavior
- 慣れ
- nare — Accustomed; used to; familiarity through experience
- 言い返す
- iikaesu — Talk back; retort; answer back to someone
- 全く
- mattaku — Completely; entirely; not at all (with negative)
- 浮かば
- ukaba — Come to mind; occur; negative conditional form
- なかっ
- nakat(ta) — Did not exist; negative past auxiliary form
- が
- ga — But; however; subject marker particle
- 心がけ
- kokorogake — Mindset; attitude; mental preparedness or resolve
- 侮辱
- bujoku — Insult; humiliation; contemptuous treatment of someone
- 後
- ato — After; later; behind in time or place
- 必ず
- kanarazu — Certainly; without fail; definitely always
- 来る
- kuru — Come; arrive; approach the speaker
- 打撃
- dageki — Blow; strike; damaging impact or shock
- どう
- dou — How; in what way; asking about method
- 耐え忍ぶ
- taeshinobu — Endure patiently; bear hardship with perseverance
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; nominalizer turning verbs into nouns
- だっ
- dat(ta) — Was; past tense of the copula だ
- 尋ね
- tazune — Ask; inquire; put a question to someone
- 本
- hon — Book; bound written publication
- 読ん
- yon(de) — Read; conjunctive form of 読む
- まし
- mashi — Better; preferable; or polite verb suffix
- 見せろ
- misero — Show me; imperative command to show something
- 窓
- mado — Window; opening in a wall for light
- ところ
- tokoro — Place; spot; point in time or situation
- へ
- e — To; toward; directional particle indicating destination
- 戻り
- modori — Return; go back to a previous place
- そこ
- soko — There; that place near the listener
- 取っ
- tot(te) — Take; grab; pick up an object
- たち
- tachi — Plural suffix for people or animate beings
- 持ち出す
- mochidasu — Take out; bring out; remove from somewhere
- 権利
- kenri — Right; entitlement; legal or moral claim
- など
- nado — Et cetera; such as; and so forth
- ない
- nai — There is not; does not exist; negation
- 居候
- isourou — Freeloader; someone living off another's hospitality
- おっしゃっ
- osshat(te) — Say; honorific form of 言う, respect level
- いる
- iru — Be; exist; continuous state for animate beings
- 金
- kane — Money; gold; wealth or financial resources
- お父さん
- otousan — Father; polite or familiar term for father
- 残さ
- nokosa — Leave behind; bequeath; causative negative base form
- 物乞い
- monogoi — Beggar; person who begs for food or money
- べき
- beki — Should; ought to; expressing moral obligation
- よう
- you — Like; seems; appearance; way of doing
- な
- na — Sentence-ending particle for emphasis or prohibition
- 紳士
- shinshi — Gentleman; man of refinement and good manners
- 子供
- kodomo — Child; children; young person
- 一緒
- issho — Together; at the same time or place
- ここ
- koko — Here; this place near the speaker
- 暮らし
- kurashi — Living; daily life; one's livelihood
- 同じ
- onaji — Same; identical; equal in nature or quality
- 食事
- shokuji — Meal; act of eating food
- 費用
- hiyou — Cost; expense; money spent on something
- 服
- fuku — Clothing; garment worn on the body
- 着る
- kiru — Wear; put on clothing over the body
- さあ
- saa — Come now; well then; urging or prompting interjection
- 本棚
- hondana — Bookshelf; shelf or case for storing books
- 勝手
- katte — Selfishly; arbitrarily; doing as one pleases
- 漁る
- asaru — Rummage; search through; forage for something
- 思い知らせ
- omoishirase — Make someone realize; teach a harsh lesson
- やる
- yaru — Do; give; perform an action colloquially
- なぜなら
- nazenara — Because; for the reason that; explaining cause
- あれ
- are — That; demonstrative pronoun for distant thing
- 確か
- tashika — Certain; sure; if I recall correctly
- 家
- ie — House; home; household or family dwelling
- 全体
- zentai — Whole; entire; the totality of something
- ある
- aru — Exist; there is; be present (inanimate)
- 数年
- suunen — Several years; a few years in duration
- うち
- uchi — Within; among; inside a period or group
- そう
- sou — So; that way; it seems; agreeing response
- なる
- naru — Become; turn into; change into a state
- 行っ
- it(te) — Go; move away from the speaker's location
- 戸口
- toguchi — Doorway; entrance of a door or gate
- そば
- soba — Beside; near; close to someone or something
- 立っ
- tat(te) — Stand; be upright on one's feet
- いろ
- iro — Be; exist; stay; colloquial imperative of いる
- 鏡
- kagami — Mirror; reflective surface showing one's image
- や
- ya — And; listing particle; or sentence-final softener
- 邪魔
- jama — Obstacle; nuisance; something getting in the way
- なら
- nara — If; in the case of; conditional particle
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