Sense and Sensibility — Page 5

English → Japanese CHAPTER II. Level 7/10

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Certainly not; but if you observe, people always live for ever when there is an annuity to be paid them; and she is very stout and healthy, and hardly forty.

「もちろんそんなことはありません。でも、よく考えてみると、年金を支払われる人というのは、いつまでも生き続けるものなのです。それに、あの方はとても丈夫で健康で、まだ四十歳にもなっていません。

An annuity is a very serious business; it comes over and over every year, and there is no getting rid of it.

年金というのは、とても厄介なものです。毎年毎年繰り返しやってきて、逃れる方法がありません。

You are not aware of what you are doing.

あなたは自分が何をしようとしているのか、わかっていないのです。

I have known a great deal of the trouble of annuities; for my mother was clogged with the payment of three to old superannuated servants by my father's will, and it is amazing how disagreeable she found it.

私は年金の煩わしさをよく知っています。というのも、私の母は父の遺言によって、老いた元使用人三人への年金支払いに縛られていたのですが、母がそれをどれほど不快に感じていたか、驚くばかりです。

Twice every year these annuities were to be paid; and then there was the trouble of getting it to them; and then one of them was said to have died, and afterwards it turned out to be no such thing.

毎年二回、これらの年金を支払わなければならず、それを届けるための手間もありました。さらに、そのうちの一人が亡くなったと言われたのに、後になってそんなことはなかったとわかったこともありました。

My mother was quite sick of it.

母はすっかりうんざりしていました。

Her income was not her own, she said, with such perpetual claims on it; and it was the more unkind in my father, because, otherwise, the money would have been entirely at my mother's disposal, without any restriction whatever.

そのような絶え間ない請求があっては、収入が自分のものではないと母は言っていました。しかも、そうでなければ、そのお金は何の制限もなく完全に母の自由になったはずなのですから、父のしたことはよりいっそう思いやりのないことでした。

It has given me such an abhorrence of annuities, that I am sure I would not pin myself down to the payment of one for all the world."

そのせいで、私は年金というものがすっかり嫌いになってしまい、どんなことがあっても年金の支払いに縛られるようなことは絶対にしないと思っています。」

"It is certainly an unpleasant thing," replied Mr. Dashwood, "to have those kind of yearly drains on one's income.

「確かに、そのような毎年の出費が収入にのしかかるのは不快なことですね」とダッシュウッド氏は答えました。

One's fortune, as your mother justly says, is _not_ one's own.

あなたのお母様が正しくおっしゃるように、財産というものは自分のものではないのです。

Vocabulary

もちろん: mochiron — Of course; naturally; certainly.
そんな: sonna — Such; that kind of; like that.
こと: koto — Thing; matter; fact; circumstance.
は: wa — Topic marker particle indicating the subject.
ありません: arimasen — Polite negative: there is not; does not exist.
でも: demo — But; however; even so.
よく: yoku — Well; often; carefully; thoroughly.
考えて: kangaete — Thinking; considering (te-form of 考える).
みる: miru — To try doing; to see what happens.
と: to — When; if; and; quotation particle.
年金: nenkin — Pension; annuity; regular retirement payment.
を: wo — Object marker particle indicating direct object.
支払わ: shiharawa — To pay; stem form of 支払う (to pay).
れる: reru — Passive or potential auxiliary verb suffix.
人: hito — Person; human being; individual.
という: to iu — Called; known as; the one who.
の: no — Possessive or nominalizing particle.
いつまでも: itsumademo — Forever; indefinitely; always; endlessly.
も: mo — Also; too; even; as well.
生き: iki — Living; being alive (stem of 生きる).
続ける: tsuzukeru — To continue; to keep doing something.
もの: mono — Thing; person; one who does something.
な: na — Sentence-ending particle expressing emotion or emphasis.
です: desu — Polite copula: is; am; are.
それ: sore — That; it; that thing.
に: ni — Particle indicating location, direction, or time.
あの: ano — That (over there); that particular.
方: kata — Person (polite); direction; way; side.
とても: totemo — Very; extremely; quite; so much.
丈夫: joubu — Sturdy; strong; healthy; robust; durable.
で: de — Particle indicating means, location of action, or reason.
健康: kenkou — Health; good health; being healthy.
まだ: mada — Still; not yet; as of now.
四十: shijuu — Forty; the number 40.
歳: sai — Years old; age counter for people.
なって: natte — Becoming; having become (te-form of なる).
厄介: yakkai — Troublesome; burden; nuisance; inconvenient problem.
毎年: maitoshi / mainen — Every year; annually; each year.
繰り返し: kurikaeshi — Repetition; repeatedly; over and over again.
やって: yatte — Doing; coming; performing (te-form of やる).
きて: kite — Coming (te-form of くる); having come.
逃れる: nogareru — To escape; to evade; to get away from.
方法: houhou — Method; way; means; approach; procedure.
が: ga — Subject marker particle; but; however.
あなた: anata — You (second-person pronoun, polite).
自分: jibun — Oneself; myself; yourself; one's own.
何: nani / nan — What; which; how many; something.
しよう: shiyou — Let's do; volitional form of する.
して: shite — Doing; and (te-form of する).
いる: iru — To be; to exist; to be doing something.
か: ka — Question particle; whether; or.
わかって: wakatte — Understanding; knowing (te-form of わかる).
ない: nai — Negative: not; does not; there is no.
私: watashi — I; me; first-person singular pronoun.
煩わし: wazurawashi — Troublesome; annoying; vexing; bothersome (adjective stem).
さ: sa — Nominalizing suffix making adjective into a noun.
知って: shitte — Knowing; being aware (te-form of 知る).
ます: masu — Polite verb ending indicating present or future tense.
母: haha — Mother; one's own mother.
父: chichi — Father; one's own father.
遺言: yuigon — Will; last testament; dying wishes.
よって: yotte — By means of; due to; because of; accordingly.
老い: oi — Old age; aging; growing old.
た: ta — Past tense auxiliary verb; completed action.
元: moto — Former; original; previous; ex-.
使用人: shiyounin — Servant; employee; domestic worker; hired help.
三人: sannin — Three people; a group of three persons.
へ: e — Directional particle: to; toward; for.
支払い: shiharai — Payment; paying; settlement of money owed.
縛ら: shibara — Being bound; tied (passive stem of 縛る).
どれ: dore — Which one; which (of three or more options).
ほど: hodo — To the extent that; as much as; about.
不快: fukai — Discomfort; unpleasantness; disagreeable feeling.
感じて: kanjite — Feeling; sensing (te-form of 感じる).
驚く: odoroku — To be surprised; to be amazed; to be astonished.
ばかり: bakari — Only; just; nothing but; merely.
二: ni — Two; the number 2.
回: kai — Counter for times; occurrences; rounds.
これら: korera — These (plural demonstrative pronoun).
ばならず: ba narazu — Must; have to; obliged to do something.
届ける: todokeru — To deliver; to report; to send; to notify.
ため: tame — For; in order to; for the purpose of.
手間: tema — Time and effort; trouble; labor required.
ありました: arimashita — There was; existed (polite past tense of ある).
さらに: sara ni — Furthermore; moreover; in addition; even more.
その: sono — That; those (preceding a noun, mid-distance).
うち: uchi — Among; within; inside; one's home.
一人: hitori — One person; alone; by oneself.
亡くなった: nakunatta — Passed away; died (polite past of 亡くなる).
言わ: iwa — Saying; told (passive stem of 言う).
後: ato / nochi — After; later; behind; subsequent.
なかった: nakatta — Was not; did not exist (plain past negative).
わかった: wakatta — Understood; realized; figured out (past of わかる).
すっかり: sukkari — Completely; entirely; thoroughly; all the way.
うんざり: unzari — Fed up; sick of; disgusted; thoroughly tired of.
ました: mashita — Polite past tense verb ending.
よう: you — Seems like; looks as if; volitional expression.
絶え間ない: taemanai — Ceaseless; unending; incessant; continuous; nonstop.
請求: seikyuu — Claim; demand; bill; invoice; request for payment.
あって: atte — Being; existing; having (te-form of ある).
収入: shuunyuu — Income; earnings; revenue; salary.
言って: itte — Saying; speaking (te-form of 言う).
しかも: shikamo — Moreover; furthermore; besides; on top of that.
そう: sou — That way; so; like that; I see.
お金: okane — Money; cash; funds.
制限: seigen — Restriction; limit; limitation; constraint.
なく: naku — Without; not having (connective negative form).
完全: kanzen — Complete; perfect; total; absolute; thorough.
自由: jiyuu — Freedom; liberty; free; unrestricted.
なった: natta — Became; turned into (past tense of なる).
はず: hazu — Supposed to; expected to; should be.
から: kara — From; because; since; after.
した: shita — Did; done (past tense of する).
より: yori — Than; from; more than; compared to.
いっそう: issou — Even more; all the more; further; increasingly.
思いやり: omoiyari — Consideration; empathy; compassion; thoughtfulness toward others.
でした: deshita — Was; were (polite past tense copula).
せい: sei — Fault; blame; because of; due to.
嫌い: kirai — Dislike; hate; aversion; not fond of.
しまい: shimai — End; finish; winding up; doing completely.
どんな: donna — What kind of; what sort of; any kind.
絶対: zettai — Absolutely; definitely; never; unconditional.
し: shi — And; also; what's more (listing reasons).
思って: omotte — Thinking; feeling (te-form of 思う).
確か: tashika — Certain; sure; indeed; if I recall correctly.
出費: shuppi — Expenditure; expense; outgoing costs; spending.
のしかかる: noshikakaru — To weigh heavily on; to burden; to press down.
ね: ne — Sentence-ending particle seeking agreement or confirmation.
氏: shi — Mr.; Ms.; honorific suffix for a person's name.
答え: kotae — Answer; reply; response; solution.
お母様: okaasama — Mother (very polite/honorific term of address).
正しく: tadashiku — Correctly; rightly; properly; accurately.
おっしゃる: ossharu — To say; to speak (honorific verb for speaking).
財産: zaisan — Property; assets; fortune; estate; wealth.

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