Old Mother West Wind — Page 9
And so Spotty the Turtle was awarded the race, and to this day Peter Rabbit and Reddy Fox and Billy Mink can't bear the sight of a hickory nut.
こうしてカメのスポッティがレースの勝者となり、今日に至るまでピーター・ラビットもレディ・フォックスもビリー・ミンクもヒッコリーの実を見るのが我慢できないのです。
End of Project Gutenberg's Old Mother West Wind, by Thornton W.
ソーントン・W著、プロジェクト・グーテンベルク版「老いたる母なる西風」終わり。
Vocabulary
- こうして
- kōshite — In this way; thus; and so it happened
- カメ
- kame — Turtle or tortoise
- の
- no — Possessive or linking particle connecting nouns
- が
- ga — Subject-marking grammatical particle
- レース
- rēsu — Race; a competition of speed
- 勝者
- shōsha — Winner; the one who wins a contest
- と
- to — And; with; quotation or result particle
- なり
- nari — Became; classical/literary form of なる
- 今日
- kyō — Today; the present day
- に
- ni — To; at; in; directional or locative particle
- 至る
- itaru — To reach; to arrive at a point or state
- まで
- made — Until; up to; as far as
- も
- mo — Also; too; even; inclusive particle
- 実
- mi — Fruit; seed; nut of a plant
- を
- o — Object-marking grammatical particle
- 見る
- miru — To see; to look at; to watch
- 我慢
- gaman — Patience; endurance; putting up with something
- でき
- deki — Can do; be able to (stem form of できる)
- ない
- nai — Not; negative auxiliary indicating inability or absence
- です
- desu — Is; am; are; polite copula verb
- 著
- cho — Written by; authorship credit for a book
- 版
- ban — Edition; version; print of a publication
- 老いたる
- oitaru — Aged; having grown old (literary attributive form)
- 母
- haha — Mother; one's own mother
- なる
- naru — Being; that is (classical attributive copula)
- 西風
- nishikaze — West wind; wind blowing from the west
- 終わり
- owari — End; conclusion; the final part of something
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