Light O' the Morning: The Story of an Irish Girl — Page 7
At that moment loud, strong steps were heard in the hall; a hearty voice exclaimed:
その瞬間、廊下で大きく力強い足音が聞こえた。そして朗らかな声が叫んだ。
"Where's Light o' the Morning? Where have you hidden yourself, witch?"
「朝の光はどこだ？どこに隠れているんだ、この魔女め？」
"It's father," said Nora.
「お父さんだ」とノーラは言った。
She said the words with a sort of gasp of rejoicing, and the next moment had dashed out of the room.
彼女はその言葉を喜びの息をのむような声で言い、次の瞬間には部屋を飛び出していた。
Vocabulary
- その
- sono — That (used before a noun to indicate something nearby)
- 瞬間
- shunkan — Moment; instant; a very brief period of time
- 廊下
- rouka — Hallway; corridor inside a building
- で
- de — Particle indicating location of action or means
- 大きく
- ookiku — Largely; greatly; in a big manner
- 力強い
- chikarazuyoi — Powerful; strong; vigorous and forceful
- 足音
- ashioto — Sound of footsteps; noise made while walking
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle; indicates the grammatical subject
- 聞こえた
- kikoeta — Was heard; became audible (past tense of 聞こえる)
- そして
- soshite — And then; and; used to connect sequential events
- 朗らかな
- hogarakana — Cheerful; bright; merry and lighthearted in manner
- 声
- koe — Voice; the sound produced by a person speaking
- 叫んだ
- sakenda — Shouted; yelled; cried out loudly (past tense)
- 朝の光
- asa no hikari — Morning light; the sunlight present in the morning
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle; indicates the topic of sentence
- どこ
- doko — Where; what place; asking about a location
- だ
- da — Informal copula; equivalent to 'is' or 'are'
- に
- ni — Particle indicating direction, location, or target
- 隠れて
- kakurete — Hiding; concealing oneself (te-form of 隠れる)
- いる
- iru — To be; to exist (for animate beings); ongoing action
- ん
- n — Informal explanatory particle; equivalent to のだ
- この
- kono — This (used before a noun to indicate something close)
- 魔女
- majo — Witch; a woman who practices magic or sorcery
- め
- me — Derogatory suffix expressing contempt or frustration toward someone
- お父さん
- otousan — Father; dad; polite term for one's own or someone's father
- と
- to — Quotation particle or 'and'; connects nouns or quotes
- 言った
- itta — Said; spoke; expressed verbally (past tense of 言う)
- 彼女
- kanojo — She; her; also used to mean girlfriend
- 言葉
- kotoba — Words; language; an utterance or expression
- を
- wo — Object marker particle; indicates the direct object
- 喜び
- yorokobi — Joy; delight; happiness; a feeling of great pleasure
- の
- no — Possessive or linking particle connecting nouns
- 息
- iki — Breath; breathing; inhalation or exhalation of air
- のむ
- nomu — To swallow; to gulp; also to drink a liquid
- よう
- you — Like; as if; appearing to resemble something
- な
- na — Adjectival or sentence-final particle; softens or modifies
- 言い
- ii — Saying; speaking (conjunctive form of 言う)
- 次
- tsugi — Next; following; the thing or time coming after
- 部屋
- heya — Room; a single enclosed space within a building
- 飛び出して
- tobidashite — Jumping out; rushing out suddenly (te-form of 飛び出す)
- いた
- ita — Was doing; had been (past tense of いる auxiliary)
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