Peter Pan — Page 3
She wanted to risk it, come what might, but that was not his way; his way was with a pencil and a piece of paper, and if she confused him with suggestions he had to begin at the beginning again.
彼女はどうなろうとも賭けに出たかったのだが、それは彼のやり方ではなかった。彼のやり方は鉛筆と一枚の紙を使うことで、もし彼女が提案をして彼を混乱させると、彼は最初からやり直さなければならなかった。
"Now don't interrupt," he would beg of her.
「さあ、口を挟まないでくれ」と彼は彼女に懇願したものだった。
"I have one pound seventeen here, and two and six at the office; I can cut off my coffee at the office, say ten shillings, making two nine and six, with your eighteen and three makes three nine seven, with five naught naught in my cheque-book makes eight nine seven—who is that moving?—eight nine seven, dot and carry seven—don't speak, my own—and the pound you lent to that man who came to the door—quiet, child—dot and carry child—there, you've done it!—did I say nine nine seven? yes, I said nine nine seven; the question is, can we try it for a year on nine nine seven?"
「ここに一ポンド十七シリング、会社に二シリング六ペンス。会社でのコーヒーを切り詰めれば、十シリングとして、二ポンド九シリング六ペンスになる。それにあなたの十八シリング三ペンスを足すと三ポンド九シリング七ペンス、小切手帳の五ポンドを合わせると八ポンド九シリング七ペンスだ――誰が動いているんだ？――八ポンド九シリング七ペンス、繰り上がって七――黙っていておくれ、ねえ――繰り上がって……――ほら、やってしまった！――九ポンド九シリング七ペンスと言ったかな？そうだ、九ポンド九シリング七ペンスと言った。問題は、九ポンド九シリング七ペンスで一年間やっていけるかどうかだ？」
"Of course we can, George," she cried.
「もちろんやっていけますわ、ジョージ」と彼女は叫んだ。
But she was prejudiced in Wendy's favour, and he was really the grander character of the two.
しかし彼女はウェンディに肩入れしていたのであり、実際には彼のほうが二人のうちでより立派な人物だった。
"Remember mumps," he warned her almost threateningly, and off he went again.
「おたふく風邪のことを忘れるなよ」と彼はほとんど脅すように彼女に警告し、そしてまたやり直し始めた。
Vocabulary
- 彼女
- kanojo — She; her; girlfriend
- は
- wa — Topic-marking particle in Japanese sentences
- どう
- dou — How; in what way
- なろう
- narou — Let it become; volitional form of naru
- とも
- tomo — Even if; no matter what happens
- 賭け
- kake — A bet; a gamble; a wager
- に
- ni — Direction, location, or purpose particle
- 出
- de — To go out; exit; appear
- たかった
- takatta — Wanted to do (past tense desire)
- の
- no — Possessive or nominalizing particle
- だが
- daga — But; however; nevertheless
- それ
- sore — That; that thing (near listener)
- 彼
- kare — He; him; boyfriend
- やり方
- yarikata — Way of doing; method; approach
- で
- de — By means of; at; particle of means
- なかった
- nakatta — Was not; did not exist (past negative)
- 鉛筆
- enpitsu — Pencil; writing instrument with graphite
- と
- to — And; with; quotation particle
- 一枚
- ichimai — One flat sheet (paper, cloth, etc.)
- 紙
- kami — Paper; sheet for writing or drawing
- を
- wo — Object-marking particle in sentences
- 使う
- tsukau — To use; to make use of something
- こと
- koto — Thing; matter; fact (nominalizer)
- もし
- moshi — If; supposing; in case that
- が
- ga — Subject-marking particle in Japanese
- 提案
- teian — Proposal; suggestion; putting forward an idea
- して
- shite — Doing; te-form of suru (to do)
- 混乱
- konran — Confusion; disorder; chaos; turmoil
- さ
- sa — Causative suffix or sentence-final particle
- せる
- seru — Causative auxiliary: to make/let someone do
- 最初
- saisho — The beginning; the very first; start
- から
- kara — From; because; after (particle)
- やり直さ
- yarinaosu — To redo; to start over again
- なけれ
- nakere — Must; conditional negative necessity form
- ば
- ba — If; conditional particle in Japanese
- なら
- nara — If it is; conditional form of da
- さあ
- saa — Come now; well then; let's go
- 口
- kuchi — Mouth; opening; entrance
- 挟ま
- hasama — To be sandwiched; insert; interject
- ない
- nai — Not; negative auxiliary adjective
- くれ
- kure — Give me; please do (imperative request)
- 懇願
- kongan — Earnest entreaty; pleading; imploring someone
- し
- shi — And; doing; conjunctive verb form
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary verb marker
- もの
- mono — Thing; object; person; nominalizer
- だった
- datta — Was; it was (past tense copula)
- ここ
- koko — Here; this place; right here
- 一
- ichi — One; the number one
- ポンド
- pondo — Pound (British currency or weight unit)
- 十七
- juushichi — Seventeen; the number 17
- シリング
- shiringu — Shilling; former British monetary unit
- 会社
- kaisha — Company; corporation; business firm
- 二
- ni — Two; the number two
- 六
- roku — Six; the number six
- ペンス
- pensu — Pence; plural of penny (British currency)
- コーヒー
- koohii — Coffee; the popular caffeinated beverage
- 切り詰めれ
- kiritsumere — To cut back; reduce; trim expenses
- 十
- juu — Ten; the number ten
- 九
- kyuu — Nine; the number nine
- なる
- naru — To become; to turn into something
- あなた
- anata — You; second-person pronoun (polite)
- 十八
- juuhachi — Eighteen; the number 18
- 三
- san — Three; the number three
- 足す
- tasu — To add; to sum up numbers
- 七
- nana — Seven; the number seven
- 小切手
- kogitte — Cheque; bank check for payment
- 帳
- chou — Book; register; ledger; account book
- 五
- go — Five; the number five
- 合わせる
- awaseru — To combine; to add together; match
- 八
- hachi — Eight; the number eight
- だ
- da — Is; informal copula (plain form)
- 誰
- dare — Who; which person
- 動い
- ugoi — Moving; stirring (conjunctive form of ugoku)
- て
- te — Te-form connective particle linking actions
- いる
- iru — To be; to exist (animate beings)
- ん
- n — Informal nominalizer or explanatory particle
- 繰り上がっ
- kuriagatte — To carry over (numbers); move up
- 黙っ
- damatte — Being silent; staying quiet; shut up
- い
- i — Continuous state suffix (te-iru shortened)
- おくれ
- okure — Please do for me (dialectal request form)
- ねえ
- nee — Hey; right?; seeking agreement or attention
- ほら
- hora — Look; see; there it is (exclamation)
- やっ
- yatte — Doing; performing (colloquial te-form)
- しまっ
- shimatte — Ended up doing (regret or completion)
- 言っ
- itte — Saying; having said (te-form of iu)
- かな
- kana — I wonder; maybe; soft uncertainty expression
- そう
- sou — That's right; so; like that
- 問題
- mondai — Problem; question; issue; matter
- 年間
- nenkan — Throughout the year; annual period
- いけ
- ike — Can go; it'll work (conditional base)
- る
- ru — Dictionary form verb ending (present/future)
- か
- ka — Question particle at sentence end
- もちろん
- mochiron — Of course; certainly; naturally
- ます
- masu — Polite verb ending for present/future tense
- わ
- wa — Sentence-final particle (feminine or emphasis)
- 叫ん
- sakende — Shouting; crying out (conjunctive form)
- しかし
- shikashi — However; but; yet (conjunctive)
- 肩入れ
- kataire — Backing someone up; showing partiality toward
- あり
- ari — There is; existing; acceptable (casual)
- 実際
- jissai — Actually; in reality; in practice
- ほう
- hou — Direction; side; alternative; way
- 二人
- futari — Two people; a pair of persons
- うち
- uchi — Among; within; one's home or group
- より
- yori — Than; more than; compared to
- 立派
- rippa — Splendid; fine; respectable; admirable person
- な
- na — Adjectival linking particle (na-adjective)
- 人物
- jinbutsu — Person; character; figure; personage
- だっ
- datte — Was; it was (te-form of da)
- おたふく
- otafuku — Mumps; also a round-faced lucky woman
- 風邪
- kaze — Cold; flu-like illness; sickness
- 忘れる
- wasureru — To forget; to fail to remember
- よ
- yo — Sentence-final assertive or emphatic particle
- ほとんど
- hotondo — Almost; nearly; mostly; hardly any
- 脅す
- odosu — To threaten; to intimidate; to menace
- よう
- you — Like; appearing to; seeming as if
- 警告
- keikoku — Warning; caution; alert; admonishment
- そして
- soshite — And then; after that; furthermore
- また
- mata — Again; also; moreover; once more
- やり直し
- yarinaosu — Redo; do over again from scratch
- 始め
- hajime — Beginning; start; commencement of something
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