Old Mother West Wind — Page 4
By the time Tommy Brown had it once more on his head he had forgotten all about Mrs. Redwing and her dear little nest.
トミー・ブラウンがもう一度帽子を頭にかぶった頃には、彼はレッドウィング夫人と彼女のかわいらしい小さな巣のことをすっかり忘れていました。
Besides, he heard the breakfast horn blowing just then, so off he started for home up the Lone Little Path through the wood.
その上、ちょうどその時に朝食を知らせるホルンの音が聞こえたので、彼は森の中の一本道を通って家へと出発しました。
And all the Merry Little Breezes danced away across the Green Meadows to the swamp where the bulrushes grow to see the new speckled egg in the dear little nest where Mrs. Redwing was singing for joy.
そして陽気な小さなそよ風たちは皆、緑の草原を渡って、ガマが生えている沼地へと踊るように向かいました。レッドウィング夫人が喜びの歌を歌っているかわいらしい小さな巣の中の、新しいまだら模様の卵を見るために。
And while she sang the Merry Little Breezes danced among the bulrushes, for they knew, and Mrs. Redwing knew, that some day out of that pretty new speckled egg would come a wee baby Redwing.
そして彼女が歌う間、陽気な小さなそよ風たちはガマの間で踊りました。なぜなら彼らも、そしてレッドウィング夫人も、いつかあのきれいな新しいまだら模様の卵から小さな赤ちゃんレッドウィングが生まれてくることを知っていたからです。
Vocabulary
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle in Japanese grammar.
- もう一度
- mou ichido — One more time; again.
- 帽子
- boushi — Hat; cap worn on the head.
- を
- wo — Object marker particle in Japanese grammar.
- 頭
- atama — Head; the top part of the body.
- に
- ni — Direction or location particle; to, at, on.
- かぶっ
- kabut(te) — Put on (a hat); wear on head (conjunctive form).
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary; indicates completed action.
- 頃
- koro — Around the time when; about that time.
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle in Japanese grammar.
- 彼
- kare — He; him; referring to a male person.
- 夫人
- fujin — Mrs.; a married woman or lady.
- と
- to — And; with; connecting nouns or quoting speech.
- 彼女
- kanojo — She; her; referring to a female person.
- の
- no — Possessive or noun-linking particle; of.
- かわいらしい
- kawairashii — Cute; lovely; charming in appearance or manner.
- 小さな
- chiisana — Small; little; tiny in size.
- 巣
- su — Nest; a bird's dwelling place.
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; matter (abstract noun).
- すっかり
- sukkari — Completely; entirely; thoroughly forgotten or changed.
- 忘れ
- wasure — Forget; to lose memory of something (stem form).
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle connecting sequential or causal clauses.
- い
- i — Auxiliary verb stem indicating ongoing state or action.
- まし
- mashi — Polite auxiliary verb stem (part of ました).
- その上
- sono ue — Moreover; furthermore; in addition to that.
- ちょうど
- choudo — Just; exactly; precisely at that moment.
- その
- sono — That; the; referring to something previously mentioned.
- 時
- toki — Time; moment; when something occurs.
- 朝食
- choushoku — Breakfast; the first meal of the day.
- 知らせる
- shiraseru — To inform; to notify; to let someone know.
- ホルン
- Horun — Horn; a brass musical instrument.
- 音
- oto — Sound; noise; an audible vibration.
- 聞こえ
- kikoе — Be heard; sound reaches one's ears (stem form).
- ので
- node — Because; since; expressing reason or cause.
- 森
- mori — Forest; woods; a dense area of trees.
- 中
- naka — Inside; middle; within a place or group.
- 一本道
- ippondou — Single straight path; one road with no branches.
- 通っ
- too(tte) — Pass through; travel along a road (conjunctive form).
- 家
- ie — House; home; one's dwelling place.
- へ
- e — Direction particle; toward; heading to a place.
- 出発
- shuppatsu — Departure; setting out on a journey.
- し
- shi — Conjunctive verb form; did and (then).
- そして
- soshite — And then; after that; furthermore.
- 陽気な
- youki na — Cheerful; merry; in high spirits.
- そよ風
- soyokaze — Gentle breeze; a soft light wind.
- たち
- tachi — Plural suffix for people or animate beings.
- 皆
- minna — Everyone; all; the whole group together.
- 緑
- midori — Green; the color of grass and leaves.
- 草原
- sougen — Meadow; grassy plain; open green field.
- 渡っ
- wata(tte) — Cross over; pass across a field or water (conjunctive).
- 生え
- hae — Grow; sprout; plants growing in a place (stem).
- いる
- iru — To be; to exist (for animate beings).
- 沼地
- numachi — Swamp; marsh; boggy wetland area.
- 踊る
- odoru — To dance; to move rhythmically with joy.
- よう
- you — Like; as if; in the manner of.
- 向かい
- mukai — Heading toward; facing; in the direction of.
- 喜び
- yorokobi — Joy; delight; a feeling of happiness.
- 歌
- uta — Song; a musical vocal composition.
- 歌っ
- utat(te) — Sang; sing (conjunctive or past form).
- 新しい
- atarashii — New; fresh; recently made or discovered.
- まだら
- madara — Spotted; speckled; irregular pattern of patches.
- 模様
- moyou — Pattern; design; decorative markings on a surface.
- 卵
- tamago — Egg; an oval object laid by birds.
- 見る
- miru — To see; to look at; to view.
- ため
- tame — For the purpose of; in order to do.
- 歌う
- utau — To sing; to perform a song vocally.
- 間
- aida — While; during; the interval between two points.
- で
- de — At; in; by means of (location/method particle).
- 踊り
- odori — Dance; dancing; a performance of rhythmic movement.
- なぜなら
- nazenara — Because; the reason being; for the reason that.
- 彼ら
- karera — They; them; referring to a group of people.
- も
- mo — Also; too; even; inclusive particle.
- いつか
- itsuka — Someday; sometime; at some point in future.
- あの
- ano — That (over there); referring to a distant thing.
- きれいな
- kirei na — Beautiful; pretty; clean and attractive in appearance.
- から
- kara — From; because; starting point or reason particle.
- 赤ちゃん
- akachan — Baby; infant; a very young child.
- 生まれ
- umare — Be born; come into existence (stem form).
- くる
- kuru — To come; to arrive; approaching the speaker.
- 知っ
- shit(te) — Know; be aware of (conjunctive form of 知る).
- です
- desu — Polite copula; is, am, are (formal ending).
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