Middlemarch — Page 3
She could not reconcile the anxieties of a spiritual life involving eternal consequences, with a keen interest in gimp and artificial protrusions of drapery.
彼女は、永遠の結果をはらむ精神的な生活への不安と、飾り紐や布地の人工的な膨らみへの強い関心とを、折り合わせることができなかった。
Her mind was theoretic, and yearned by its nature after some lofty conception of the world which might frankly include the parish of Tipton and her own rule of conduct there;
彼女の精神は理論的であり、その本質においてティプトン教区と自らの行動規範を率直に包含しうるような、何か崇高な世界観を切望していた。
she was enamoured of intensity and greatness, and rash in embracing whatever seemed to her to have those aspects;
彼女は強烈さと偉大さに魅了されており、そうした側面を持つと思われるものは何でも無分別に受け入れた。
likely to seek martyrdom, to make retractations, and then to incur martyrdom after all in a quarter where she had not sought it.
殉教を求め、撤回を行い、そして結局は求めてもいなかった方面で殉教に遭いそうな性質であった。
Certainly such elements in the character of a marriageable girl tended to interfere with her lot, and hinder it from being decided according to custom, by good looks, vanity, and merely canine affection.
確かに、婚期の娘の性格にこうした要素があれば、その運命を妨げ、それが習慣に従って、容姿や虚栄心や単なる犬のような愛情によって決まることを阻む傾向があった。
With all this, she, the elder of the sisters, was not yet twenty, and they had both been educated, since they were about twelve years old and had lost their parents, on plans at once narrow and promiscuous, first in an English family and afterwards in a Swiss family at Lausanne, their bachelor uncle and guardian trying in this way to remedy the disadvantages of their orphaned condition.
それにもかかわらず、姉妹の姉である彼女はまだ二十歳になっておらず、二人は十二歳頃に両親を亡くして以来、独身の叔父兼後見人がこうして孤児という境遇の不利を補おうとして、まずイギリスの家庭で、その後ローザンヌのスイスの家庭で、同時に狭隘でもあり雑多でもある方針のもとで教育を受けてきた。
It was hardly a year since they had come to live at Tipton Grange with their uncle, a man nearly sixty, of acquiescent temper, miscellaneous opinions, and uncertain vote.
彼女たちが、六十近くで従順な気性を持ち、雑多な意見を抱き、投票も定まらない叔父とともにティプトン・グランジに住み始めてから、まだ一年も経っていなかった。
Vocabulary
- 彼女
- kanojo — She; her; girlfriend
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle
- 永遠
- eien — Eternity; forever; everlasting
- の
- no — Possessive or linking particle
- 結果
- kekka — Result; outcome; consequence
- を
- wo — Direct object marker particle
- はらむ
- haramu — To contain; to be pregnant with; to imply
- 精神
- seishin — Spirit; mind; mental; psyche
- 的
- teki — Suffix meaning '-like' or '-al'
- な
- na — Adjectival linking particle
- 生活
- seikatsu — Life; daily living; lifestyle
- へ
- e — Directional particle meaning 'toward'
- 不安
- fuan — Anxiety; unease; worry; insecurity
- と
- to — And; with; quotation particle
- や
- ya — And; listing particle among items
- 布地
- nunoji — Fabric; cloth material; textile
- 人工
- jinkou — Artificial; man-made; synthetic
- 膨らみ
- fukurami — Swelling; bulge; puffiness; inflation
- 強い
- tsuyoi — Strong; powerful; intense
- 関心
- kanshin — Interest; concern; attention toward something
- 折り合わせる
- oriawaseru — To reconcile; to come to terms with
- こと
- koto — Thing; matter; nominalizing particle
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle
- でき
- deki — Can do; be able to (stem form)
- なかった
- nakatta — Was not; did not exist (past negative)
- 理論
- riron — Theory; theoretical framework
- で
- de — At; by means of; particle of location/means
- あり
- ari — To be; exist (conjunctive form)
- その
- sono — That; the (demonstrative adjective)
- 本質
- honshitsu — Essence; true nature; fundamental quality
- に
- ni — In; at; to; direction/location particle
- おいて
- oite — In; at; regarding (formal location expression)
- 自ら
- mizukara — Oneself; personally; by one's own hand
- 行動
- koudou — Action; behavior; conduct; movement
- 規範
- kihan — Norm; standard; model of conduct
- 率直
- sotchoku — Frankness; straightforwardness; candor
- し
- shi — And; doing (conjunctive verb form)
- うる
- uru — Can; be able to (potential auxiliary)
- よう
- you — So that; in order to; appearance
- 何か
- nanika — Something; anything; some kind of thing
- 崇高
- suukou — Sublime; lofty; noble; exalted
- 世界観
- sekaikan — Worldview; philosophy of the world
- 切望
- setsubou — Yearning; earnest desire; longing strongly
- して
- shite — Doing; and (te-form of suru)
- いた
- ita — Was doing; existed (past progressive)
- 強烈
- kyouretsu — Intense; fierce; powerful; overwhelming
- さ
- sa — Suffix nominalizing adjectives; degree of quality
- 偉大
- idai — Great; grand; magnificent; outstanding
- 魅了
- miryou — Fascination; charming; captivating someone completely
- れて
- rete — Passive te-form indicating being acted upon
- おり
- ori — Being; existing (humble/formal progressive form)
- そう
- sou — So; like that; in that way
- した
- shita — Did; past tense of suru
- 側面
- sokumen — Aspect; side; facet of something
- 持つ
- motsu — To hold; to have; to possess
- 思わ
- omowa — Think; seem (negative/passive stem form)
- れる
- reru — Passive/potential auxiliary verb suffix
- もの
- mono — Thing; object; person; nominalizer
- 何でも
- nandemo — Anything; everything; whatever it may be
- 無分別
- mufunbetsu — Indiscretion; lack of judgment; recklessness
- 受け入れ
- ukoire — Acceptance; receiving; taking in something
- た
- ta — Past tense verb ending particle
- 求め
- motome — Seeking; requesting; demanding something
- 撤回
- tekkai — Withdrawal; retraction; taking back a statement
- 行い
- okonai — Conduct; deed; act; behavior
- そして
- soshite — And then; and so; furthermore
- 結局
- kekkyoku — After all; in the end; ultimately
- 求めて
- motomete — Seeking; pursuing; looking for something
- も
- mo — Also; too; even; inclusive particle
- いなかった
- inakatta — Was not there; did not exist (past negative)
- 方面
- houmen — Direction; area; field; sector
- 遭い
- ai — Encountering; meeting with (often unpleasant)
- 性質
- seishitsu — Nature; character; disposition; quality
- あった
- atta — Was; existed; there was (past form)
- 確か
- tashika — Certainly; surely; if I recall correctly
- 娘
- musume — Daughter; young woman; girl
- 性格
- seikaku — Personality; character; temperament
- こう
- kou — Like this; in this way; thus
- 要素
- youso — Element; factor; component; ingredient
- あれ
- are — That (over there); that thing
- ば
- ba — If; conditional particle
- 運命
- unmei — Fate; destiny; one's lot in life
- 妨げ
- samatage — Obstacle; hindrance; interference; obstruction
- それ
- sore — That; it (mid-distance demonstrative pronoun)
- 習慣
- shuukan — Habit; custom; practice; routine
- 従って
- shitagatte — Therefore; accordingly; following; in accordance
- 容姿
- youshi — Appearance; looks; physical features
- 虚栄心
- kyoueishin — Vanity; conceit; desire for admiration
- 単なる
- tannaru — Mere; simple; nothing but; only
- 犬
- inu — Dog; canine animal
- 愛情
- aijou — Affection; love; tender feeling
- よって
- yotte — By; due to; therefore; because of
- 決まる
- kimaru — To be decided; to be determined; settled
- 阻む
- habamu — To obstruct; to hinder; to block progress
- 傾向
- keikou — Tendency; trend; inclination; disposition
- かかわら
- kakawara — Regardless of; in spite of (stem form)
- ず
- zu — Without; not doing (negative suffix)
- 姉妹
- shimai — Sisters; female siblings
- 姉
- ane — Older sister; elder sister
- ある
- aru — To be; to exist; to have
- まだ
- mada — Still; not yet; even now
- 二十歳
- hatachi — Twenty years old; age of twenty
- なって
- natte — Becoming; having become (te-form)
- 二人
- futari — Two people; a pair; both of them
- 十二歳
- juunisai — Twelve years old; age of twelve
- 頃
- koro — Around; about; approximately that time
- 両親
- ryoushin — Both parents; father and mother
- 亡くして
- nakushite — Having lost; having experienced bereavement
- 以来
- irai — Since; ever since; from that time
- 独身
- dokushin — Single; unmarried; bachelor; spinster
- 叔父
- oji — Uncle; father's or mother's brother
- 兼
- ken — Also serving as; concurrently; combined role
- 孤児
- koji — Orphan; child without parents
- いう
- iu — To say; to be called; named
- 境遇
- kyouguu — Circumstances; life situation; personal conditions
- 不利
- furi — Disadvantage; unfavorable; handicap
- 補おう
- oginaoou — Let's compensate; make up for a deficiency
- まず
- mazu — First of all; to begin with; firstly
- イギリス
- Igirisu — England; the United Kingdom; Britain
- 家庭
- katei — Home; household; family environment
- その後
- sonogo — After that; subsequently; thereafter
- スイス
- Suisu — Switzerland; the Swiss Confederation
- 同時
- douji — Simultaneous; at the same time
- 雑多
- zatta — Miscellaneous; varied; diverse and mixed
- 方針
- houshin — Policy; principle; course of action
- もと
- moto — Under; based on; origin; foundation
- 教育
- kyouiku — Education; upbringing; teaching; instruction
- 受けて
- ukete — Receiving; having received (te-form)
- きた
- kita — Has come; has been doing (past)
- たち
- tachi — Plural suffix for people or beings
- 六十
- rokujuu — Sixty; the number sixty
- 近く
- chikaku — Near; nearby; close to; almost
- 従順
- juujun — Obedient; docile; submissive; compliant
- 気性
- kishou — Temperament; disposition; natural character
- 持ち
- mochi — Having; holding; possessing (stem form)
- 意見
- iken — Opinion; view; comment; standpoint
- 抱き
- daki — Holding; embracing; harboring (a feeling)
- 投票
- touhyou — Voting; casting a ballot; election vote
- 定まら
- sadamara — Not settled; undecided; indefinite (negative stem)
- ない
- nai — Not; does not exist; negative form
- とも
- tomo — Both; even if; regardless; together
- 住み
- sumi — Living; residing; dwelling (stem form)
- 始めて
- hajimete — Beginning; starting for the first time
- から
- kara — From; since; because; starting point
- 一年
- ichinen — One year; a single year
- 経って
- tatte — Having passed; after (time) has elapsed
- い
- i — Being; existing (continuous stem form)
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