Middlemarch — Page 1
Since I can do no good because a woman,
女であるがゆえに善をなすことができないのなら、
Reach constantly at something that is near it.
それに近いものへと、絶えず手を伸ばせ。
—_The Maid's Tragedy:_ BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER.
―『乙女の悲劇』：ボーモントとフレッチャー。
Miss Brooke had that kind of beauty which seems to be thrown into relief by poor dress.
ブルック嬢は、粗末な服装によってかえって際立つような美しさを持っていた。
Her hand and wrist were so finely formed that she could wear sleeves not less bare of style than those in which the Blessed Virgin appeared to Italian painters; and her profile as well as her stature and bearing seemed to gain the more dignity from her plain garments, which by the side of provincial fashion gave her the impressiveness of a fine quotation from the Bible,—or from one of our elder poets,—in a paragraph of to-day's newspaper.
彼女の手首や手は非常に優美な形をしており、イタリアの画家たちが聖母マリアを描く際に用いるような、装飾を極力省いた袖をまとうことができた。また、彼女の横顔や立ち居振る舞いは、質素な衣服によってかえって品位を増しているように見え、地方の流行と並べれば、今日の新聞のコラムの中に引用された聖書の一節、あるいは古の詩人の言葉のような印象的な存在感を放っていた。
She was usually spoken of as being remarkably clever, but with the addition that her sister Celia had more common-sense.
彼女はたいへん聡明であると言われるのが常であったが、妹のシーリアの方が常識を持ち合わせているという言葉が必ず付け加えられた。
Nevertheless, Celia wore scarcely more trimmings; and it was only to close observers that her dress differed from her sister's, and had a shade of coquetry in its arrangements; for Miss Brooke's plain dressing was due to mixed conditions, in most of which her sister shared.
それでも、シーリアの服もほとんど飾り気がなく、彼女の服装が姉のものと異なり、その装いにほんの少し媚態が漂っていることは、よほど注意深い観察者にしか気づかれなかった。というのも、ブルック嬢の質素な身なりはさまざまな事情によるものであり、その大部分は妹も共有していたからである。
Vocabulary
- 女
- onna — Woman; female person
- で
- de — Particle indicating means, location, or context
- ある
- aru — To exist; to be (inanimate or abstract)
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle; but; however
- ゆえ
- yue — Because of; reason; therefore (formal/literary)
- に
- ni — Particle indicating direction, time, or cause
- 善
- zen — Goodness; virtue; moral good
- を
- wo — Object marker particle
- なす
- nasu — To do; to accomplish; to perform (literary)
- こと
- koto — Thing; matter; fact (nominalizer)
- でき
- deki — Can; be able to (stem of できる)
- ない
- nai — Not; negative auxiliary adjective
- の
- no — Possessive particle; nominalizer
- なら
- nara — If; in that case; conditional particle
- それ
- sore — That; it (referring to something nearby)
- 近い
- chikai — Near; close; not far away
- もの
- mono — Thing; object; person (general noun)
- へ
- e — Particle indicating direction toward something
- と
- to — And; with; quotation particle
- 絶えず
- taezu — Constantly; continuously; without ceasing
- 手
- te — Hand; arm
- 伸ばせ
- nobase — Extend; reach out (imperative of 伸ばす)
- 乙女
- otome — Maiden; young girl; virgin
- 悲劇
- higeki — Tragedy; tragic play or event
- 嬢
- jou — Young lady; miss; daughter (honorific suffix)
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle
- 粗末
- somatsu — Crude; plain; shabby; lacking refinement
- な
- na — Adjectival linking particle (na-adjective form)
- 服装
- fukusou — Clothing; outfit; attire; dress style
- よって
- yotte — Because of; by means of; therefore
- かえって
- kaette — On the contrary; instead; rather unexpectedly
- 際立つ
- kiwadatsu — To stand out; to be conspicuous or prominent
- よう
- you — Like; as if; seems; appearance (auxiliary)
- 美し
- utsukushi — Beautiful (literary stem of 美しい)
- さ
- sa — Suffix nominalizing adjectives into nouns
- 持っ
- motte — To have; to hold; to carry (te-form)
- て
- te — Te-form connective particle
- い
- i — Auxiliary verb indicating ongoing state (いる stem)
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary verb
- 彼女
- kanojo — She; her; girlfriend
- 手首
- tekubi — Wrist
- や
- ya — And; or (listing particle, non-exhaustive)
- 非常
- hijou — Extremely; very; extraordinary
- 優美
- yuubi — Graceful; elegant; refined beauty
- 形
- katachi — Shape; form; figure
- し
- shi — And; doing (conjunctive verb form)
- おり
- ori — Being; existing (humble/literary form of いる)
- イタリア
- Itaria — Italy (country name)
- 画家
- gaka — Painter; artist who paints
- たち
- tachi — Plural suffix for people
- 聖母
- seibo — Holy mother; the Virgin Mary
- 描く
- egaku — To draw; to paint; to depict
- 際
- sai — Occasion; time; when doing something
- 用いる
- mochiiru — To use; to employ; to make use of
- 装飾
- sousyoku — Decoration; ornament; adornment
- 極力
- kyokuryoku — As much as possible; to the utmost degree
- 省い
- habai — Omitting; reducing; cutting down (te-form)
- 袖
- sode — Sleeve (of a garment)
- まとう
- matou — To wear; to drape oneself in
- また
- mata — Also; again; furthermore; in addition
- 横顔
- yokogao — Profile; side view of a face
- 立ち居振る舞い
- tachiifurumai — One's bearing; behavior; manners in daily life
- 質素
- shisso — Simple; plain; modest; frugal lifestyle
- 衣服
- ifuku — Clothing; garments; apparel
- 品位
- hini — Dignity; grace; nobility of character
- 増し
- mashi — Increasing; adding to (stem of 増す)
- いる
- iru — To be; to exist (animate); progressive auxiliary
- 見え
- mie — Appears; looks like (stem of 見える)
- 地方
- chihou — Region; local area; countryside
- 流行
- ryuukou — Fashion; trend; popularity
- 並べれ
- narabere — To line up; compare side by side (conditional)
- ば
- ba — Conditional particle meaning if or when
- 今日
- kyou — Today; this day
- 新聞
- shinbun — Newspaper
- コラム
- koramu — Column; regular newspaper or magazine article
- 中
- naka — Inside; middle; among; within
- 引用
- inyou — Quotation; citation; quoting a source
- れ
- re — Passive/potential auxiliary verb suffix
- 聖書
- seisho — The Bible; Holy Scripture
- 一節
- hitofushi — A passage; a verse; a phrase
- 古
- furui — Old; ancient; of the past
- 詩人
- shijin — Poet; one who writes poetry
- 言葉
- kotoba — Words; language; speech; expression
- 印象的
- inshouteki — Impressive; striking; memorable impression
- 存在感
- Presence; aura; sense of one's existence
- 放っ
- hotte — To emit; to let out; to release (te-form)
- たいへん
- taihen — Very; greatly; extremely; terribly
- 聡明
- soumei — Clever; intelligent; wise; bright-minded
- 言わ
- iwa — Said; told (passive stem of 言う)
- れる
- reru — Passive or potential auxiliary verb suffix
- 常
- tsune — Always; usually; ordinary; constant
- あっ
- atte — Being; existing (te-form of ある)
- 妹
- imouto — Younger sister
- 方
- hou — Direction; side; alternative; person (honorific)
- 常識
- joushiki — Common sense; general knowledge
- 持ち合わせ
- mochiawase — To happen to have; to possess on hand
- いう
- iu — To say; to be called; to state
- 必ず
- kanarazu — Always; certainly; without fail
- 付け加え
- tsukekuwae — To add; to append; to supplement
- られ
- rare — Passive/potential/honorific auxiliary suffix
- でも
- demo — But; however; even so; even
- 服
- fuku — Clothes; garment; clothing
- も
- mo — Also; too; even; as well
- ほとんど
- hotondo — Almost; mostly; nearly; hardly
- 飾り気
- kazarike — Affectation; pretension; showy ornamentation
- なく
- naku — Without; lacking (connective negative form)
- 姉
- ane — Older sister
- 異なり
- kotonari — Differing; unlike; being different from
- その
- sono — That; the (demonstrative adjective)
- 装い
- yosooi — Attire; dress; adornment; appearance
- ほんの
- honnno — Just a little; mere; slight; only
- 少し
- sukoshi — A little; a small amount; slightly
- 媚態
- bitai — Coquetry; flirtatious manner; alluring behavior
- 漂っ
- tadayotte — Drifting; wafting; floating (te-form of 漂う)
- よほど
- yohodo — Considerably; very much; to a great extent
- 注意深い
- chuuibukai — Careful; attentive; cautious; observant
- 観察者
- kansatsusha — Observer; one who watches and notices things
- しか
- shika — Only; nothing but (used with negative)
- 気づか
- kidzuka — Noticing; becoming aware of (stem of 気づく)
- なかっ
- nakatte — Did not; negative past (te-form of ない)
- 身なり
- minari — Appearance; one's dress and grooming
- さまざま
- samazama — Various; diverse; all sorts of things
- 事情
- jijou — Circumstances; situation; reasons; background
- よる
- yoru — To be due to; to depend on; caused by
- あり
- ari — Existence; there is/are (literary form of ある)
- 大部分
- daibubun — The greater part; majority; most of something
- 共有
- kyouyuu — Sharing; holding in common; joint ownership
- から
- kara — From; because; since; after
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