Peter Pan — Page 11
She explained in quite a matter-of-fact way that she thought Peter sometimes came to the nursery in the night and sat on the foot of her bed and played on his pipes to her.
彼女はごく当たり前のように、ピーターが夜に子ども部屋へやって来て、ベッドの足元に座り、笛を吹いてくれることがあると思うと説明した。
Unfortunately she never woke, so she didn't know how she knew, she just knew.
あいにく彼女は一度も目を覚ましたことがなかったので、どうして知っているのかはわからなかったが、ただ知っているのだった。
"What nonsense you talk, precious. No one can get into the house without knocking."
「まあ、なんてばかげたことを言うの、かわいこちゃん。誰もノックせずに家の中へ入ってくることなんてできないわよ。」
"I think he comes in by the window," she said.
「窓から入ってくると思うの」と彼女は言った。
"My love, it is three floors up."
「ねえ、あそこは三階よ。」
"Were not the leaves at the foot of the window, mother?"
「お母さん、窓の下に葉っぱがあったでしょう？」
It was quite true; the leaves had been found very near the window.
それはまったく本当のことで、葉っぱは窓のすぐそばで見つかっていたのだ。
Mrs. Darling did not know what to think, for it all seemed so natural to Wendy that you could not dismiss it by saying she had been dreaming.
ダーリング夫人はどう考えればいいかわからなかった。というのも、すべてがウェンディにとってあまりにも自然なことに思えたので、夢を見ていたのだと言って片付けることができなかったからだ。
"My child," the mother cried, "why did you not tell me of this before?"
「ねえ、あなた」と母親は叫んだ。「どうしてもっと早く話してくれなかったの？」
"I forgot," said Wendy lightly.
「忘れてたの」とウェンディはさらりと言った。
She was in a hurry to get her breakfast.
彼女は朝食を食べるのを急いでいたのだ。
Oh, surely she must have been dreaming.
ああ、きっと夢を見ていたに違いない。
But, on the other hand, there were the leaves.
しかし、一方では、あの葉っぱがある。
Mrs. Darling examined them very carefully; they were skeleton leaves, but she was sure they did not come from any tree that grew in England.
ダーリング夫人はそれらをとても注意深く調べた。それらは葉脈だけになった枯れ葉だったが、イギリスで育つどんな木のものでもないと彼女は確信した。
She crawled about the floor, peering at it with a candle for marks of a strange foot.
彼女は床を這いまわり、ろうそくを手に見知らぬ足跡がないか床を覗き込んだ。
She rattled the poker up the chimney and tapped the walls.
彼女は火かき棒を煙突の中でがちゃがちゃと動かし、壁を叩いた。
Vocabulary
- 彼女
- kanojo — She; her; also means 'girlfriend'
- は
- wa — Topic-marking particle in Japanese sentences
- ごく
- goku — Extremely; very; quite ordinary or common
- 当たり前
- atarimae — Natural; obvious; taken for granted
- の
- no — Possessive or nominalizing particle
- よう
- you — Manner; appearance; as if; like
- に
- ni — Direction, location, or purpose particle
- が
- ga — Subject-marking particle in Japanese grammar
- 夜
- yoru — Night; evening; nighttime
- 子ども
- kodomo — Child; children; young person
- 部屋
- heya — Room; a space within a building
- へ
- e — Directional particle indicating movement toward
- やって来て
- yatte kite — Come over; arrive; show up somewhere
- ベッド
- beddo — Bed; sleeping furniture
- 足元
- ashimoto — At one's feet; foot of the bed
- 座り
- suwari — Sitting; to sit down somewhere
- 笛
- fue — Flute; pipe; whistle instrument
- を
- wo — Object-marking particle in Japanese grammar
- 吹いて
- fuite — Playing (a wind instrument); blowing
- くれる
- kureru — To give (to me/us); do a favor for
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; nominalized event or action
- ある
- aru — To exist; to have; there is (inanimate)
- と
- to — Quotation or conjunction particle; 'and/that'
- 思う
- omou — To think; to feel; to believe
- 説明
- setsumei — Explanation; description; to explain something
- した
- shita — Did; past tense of する (to do)
- あいにく
- ainiku — Unfortunately; regrettably; as bad luck would have it
- 一度
- ichido — Once; one time; a single occasion
- も
- mo — Also; too; even; not even (with negative)
- 目
- me — Eye; eyesight; perception
- 覚まし
- samashi — Waking up; rousing from sleep
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary verb ending
- なかった
- nakatta — Did not; past negative form of ある/ない
- で
- de — At; by means of; because of (particle)
- どうして
- doushite — Why; how; for what reason
- 知っている
- shitte iru — To know; to be aware of something
- か
- ka — Question particle; uncertainty marker
- わからなかった
- wakaranakatta — Did not understand; did not know
- ただ
- tada — Just; only; simply; merely
- だった
- datta — Was; past tense of だ (to be)
- まあ
- maa — Well; oh my; expression of mild surprise
- なんて
- nante — What a; how; expressing surprise or contempt
- ばかげた
- bakageta — Absurd; ridiculous; nonsensical; foolish
- 言う
- iu — To say; to tell; to speak
- かわいこちゃん
- kawaikochan — Little sweetheart; cutie; affectionate address for child
- 誰
- dare — Who; which person
- ノック
- nokku — Knock; knocking on a door
- せず
- sezu — Without doing; negative conjunctive of する
- 家
- ie — House; home; household
- 中
- naka — Inside; within; middle
- 入って
- haitte — Entering; going inside; coming in
- くる
- kuru — To come; to arrive; auxiliary showing movement toward
- でき
- deki — Can do; be able to; possibility
- ない
- nai — Not; does not exist; negative form
- わよ
- wa yo — Sentence-final feminine emphatic particle combination
- 窓
- mado — Window; opening in a wall
- から
- kara — From; because; after (particle)
- 言った
- itta — Said; told; past tense of 言う
- ねえ
- nee — Hey; right?; seeking agreement or attention
- あそこ
- asoko — Over there; that place (far from both speakers)
- 三階
- sangai — Third floor; third story of a building
- よ
- yo — Sentence-final particle asserting information
- お母さん
- okaasan — Mother; mom (polite/common form)
- 下
- shita — Below; under; beneath; lower position
- 葉っぱ
- happa — Leaf; leaves of a plant or tree
- あった
- atta — There was; existed; past tense of ある
- でしょう
- deshou — Right?; probably; seeking confirmation or agreement
- それ
- sore — That; it; that thing near you
- まったく
- mattaku — Completely; utterly; indeed; really
- 本当
- hontou — True; real; genuine; truly
- すぐ
- sugu — Immediately; right away; very soon
- そば
- soba — Nearby; beside; close to something
- 見つかって
- mitsukatte — Being found; discovered; turned up
- い
- i — Auxiliary: ongoing state (て form of いる)
- だ
- da — Is; informal copula (to be)
- 夫人
- fujin — Madam; Mrs.; a married woman
- どう
- dou — How; in what way; what should be done
- 考えれ
- kangaere — Think; conditional stem of 考える
- ば
- ba — Conditional particle: if; when; provided that
- いい
- ii — Good; fine; alright; acceptable
- という
- to iu — Called; known as; that says/states
- すべて
- subete — All; everything; entirely; whole
- とって
- totte — For; from the perspective of someone
- あまりに
- amari ni — Too much; excessively; overly so
- 自然
- shizen — Natural; nature; ordinary; unforced
- な
- na — Adjectival ending for な-adjectives
- 思えた
- omoeta — Could feel; seemed; appeared to be
- 夢
- yume — Dream; a dream during sleep
- 見て
- mite — Seeing; watching; looking at
- 言って
- itte — Saying; speaking; te-form of 言う
- 片付ける
- katazukeru — To put away; to dismiss; to tidy up
- あなた
- anata — You; second-person pronoun (also 'dear')
- 母親
- hahaoya — Mother; one's own mother
- 叫んだ
- sakenda — Shouted; cried out; exclaimed loudly
- もっと
- motto — More; even more; to a greater degree
- 早く
- hayaku — Quickly; early; sooner; faster
- 話して
- hanashite — Speaking; telling; te-form of 話す
- くれ
- kure — Give me; do for me (imperative of くれる)
- 忘れてた
- wasureteta — Had forgotten; was forgetting (casual form)
- さらり
- sarari — Smoothly; lightly; casually; without hesitation
- 朝食
- choushoku — Breakfast; morning meal
- 食べる
- taberu — To eat; to consume food
- 急いで
- isoide — Hurrying; in a hurry; rushing
- ああ
- aa — Ah; oh; I see; expression of realization
- きっと
- kitto — Surely; certainly; definitely; no doubt
- 違いない
- chigainai — Must be; no doubt; certainly is
- しかし
- shikashi — However; but; nevertheless; on the other hand
- 一方
- ippou — On the other hand; meanwhile; one side
- あの
- ano — That (over there); um (hesitation filler)
- それら
- sorera — Those; those things (plural of それ)
- とても
- totemo — Very; extremely; quite; so much
- 注意深く
- chuuibukaku — Carefully; attentively; with great caution
- 調べた
- shirabeta — Investigated; examined; looked into carefully
- 葉脈
- youmyaku — Leaf veins; the vein structure of a leaf
- だけ
- dake — Only; just; merely; nothing but
- なった
- natta — Became; turned into; past tense of なる
- 枯れ葉
- kareba — Dead leaf; withered leaf; fallen dry leaf
- イギリス
- Igirisu — England; Britain; the United Kingdom
- 育つ
- sodatsu — To grow up; to be raised; to develop
- どんな
- donna — What kind of; what sort of; any
- 木
- ki — Tree; wood; timber
- もの
- mono — Thing; object; something tangible or abstract
- 確信
- kakushin — Conviction; certainty; firm belief
- 床
- yuka — Floor; the surface one walks on indoors
- 這いまわり
- haimawari — Crawling around; creeping about on all fours
- ろうそく
- rousoku — Candle; a wax candle used for light
- 手
- te — Hand; arm; means; way
- 見知らぬ
- mishiranu — Unknown; unfamiliar; strange; unrecognized
- 足跡
- ashiato — Footprint; footstep; trace of footsteps
- 覗き込んだ
- nozokikonda — Peered into; looked closely inside something
- 火かき棒
- hikakibou — Poker; metal rod for stirring fireplace coals
- 煙突
- entotsu — Chimney; smokestack; flue pipe
- がちゃがちゃ
- gachagacha — Rattling; clanking; making a clattering noise
- 動かし
- ugokashi — Moving; shifting; operating something physically
- 壁
- kabe — Wall; partition; barrier inside or outside
- 叩いた
- tataita — Hit; knocked; tapped; struck a surface
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