Old Mother West Wind — Page 5
Reddy Fox and Hooty the Owl looked so surprised and foolish when they found the Bob Whites were not there that the willful little Breeze nearly laughed out loud.
レディ・フォックスとフーティ・ザ・オウルは、ボブ・ホワイトたちがそこにいないとわかったとき、とても驚いてまぬけな顔をしたので、わがままな小さなそよ風はもう少しで声を出して笑うところだった。
Then Reddy Fox and Hooty the Owl hunted here and hunted there, all over the Brown Pasture, but they couldn't find the Bob Whites.
それからレディ・フォックスとフーティ・ザ・オウルは、ブラウン牧草地のあちこちをくまなく探し回ったが、ボブ・ホワイトたちを見つけることができなかった。
And the willful little Breeze went back to the juniper tree and curled himself beside Mr. Bob White to sleep, for he was lonely no longer.
そしてわがままな小さなそよ風は、ねずの木のところへ戻り、ボブ・ホワイト氏のそばに丸くなって眠った。もう寂しくはなかったから。
Vocabulary
- と
- to — and; with; quotation particle
- は
- wa — topic marker particle indicating subject of sentence
- たち
- tachi — plural suffix indicating a group of people
- が
- ga — subject marker particle emphasizing the subject
- そこ
- soko — there; that place nearby
- に
- ni — location or direction particle; at, in, to
- い
- i — stem of iru; to exist, be present (animate)
- ない
- nai — negative form; not existing, not present
- わかっ
- wakatt- — stem of wakatta; realized, understood, found out
- た
- ta — past tense auxiliary verb ending
- とき
- toki — time; moment; when something occurs
- とても
- totemo — very; extremely; quite
- 驚い
- odoroi- — stem of odoroita; surprised, astonished, startled
- て
- te — te-form conjunctive particle linking actions
- まぬけ
- manuke — stupid expression; dull, foolish, dimwitted look
- な
- na — adjectival linking particle for na-adjectives
- 顔
- kao — face; facial expression
- を
- wo — direct object marker particle
- し
- shi — conjunctive form of suru; did, made
- の
- no — possessive or nominalizing particle
- で
- de — particle indicating reason, means, or location of action
- わがまま
- wagamama — selfish; self-centered; having one's own way
- 小さな
- chiisana — small; little; tiny
- そよ風
- soyokaze — gentle breeze; soft light wind
- もう少し
- mou sukoshi — a little more; slightly more
- 声
- koe — voice; sound produced by speaking or calling
- 出し
- dashi- — stem of dasu; to put out, emit, produce
- 笑う
- warau — to laugh; to smile
- ところ
- tokoro — place; point; about to do something
- だっ
- datt- — past tense stem of da; was, were
- それ
- sore — that; that thing near listener
- から
- kara — from; after; because
- 牧草地
- bokusōchi — meadow; pasture; grassy grazing land
- あちこち
- achikochi — here and there; various places; all around
- くまなく
- kumanaku — thoroughly; all over; without missing any spot
- 探し
- sagashi- — stem of sagasu; to search, look for
- 回っ
- mawatt- — stem of mawaru; went around, circled about
- 見つける
- mitsukeru — to find; to discover; to locate something
- こと
- koto — thing; fact; nominalizer for verb phrases
- でき
- deki- — stem of dekiru; able to do, possible
- なかっ
- nakatt- — past negative stem; was not, could not
- そして
- soshite — and then; after that; and so
- 木
- ki — tree; wood; wooden object
- へ
- e — directional particle indicating movement toward
- 戻り
- modori- — stem of modoru; returned, went back
- 氏
- shi — Mr.; honorific suffix for a person's name
- そば
- soba — beside; near; close to someone or something
- 丸く
- maruku — roundly; curled up into a ball shape
- なっ
- natt- — stem of naru; became, turned into
- 眠っ
- nemut- — stem of nemuru; slept, fell asleep
- もう
- mou — already; anymore; no longer
- 寂しく
- sabishiku — lonely; feeling of loneliness or solitude
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