The Adventures of Reddy Fox — Page 28

English → Japanese Full Text Level 3/10

But he felt sure that old Granny Fox would bring him something nice for his breakfast, and as soon as he heard her footsteps his mouth began to water.

しかし彼は、年老いたグラニー・フォックスが朝食に何かおいしいものを持ってきてくれると確信していて、彼女の足音を聞くやいなや、口の中に唾が湧いてきました。

"Did you bring me something nice, Granny?" asked Reddy Fox.

「何かおいしいものを持ってきてくれた、グラニー？」とレディ・フォックスは尋ねました。

Now old Granny Fox had been so put out by the scare she had had and by her failure to catch Peter Rabbit that she had forgotten all about the chicken she had left up on the hill.

さて、年老いたグラニー・フォックスは、受けた恐怖とピーター・ラビットを捕まえられなかったことにすっかり動揺していたので、丘の上に置いてきたニワトリのことをすっかり忘れていました。

When Reddy spoke, she remembered it, and the thought of having to go way back after it didn't improve her temper a bit.

レディが口を開くと、彼女はそれを思い出しましたが、わざわざ取りに戻らなければならないという考えは、彼女の機嫌を少しも良くしませんでした。

"No!" she snapped.

「いいえ！」と彼女はきっぱりと言いました。

"I haven't!--You don't deserve any breakfast anyway.

「持ってきていません！――あなたはどうせ朝食を食べる資格なんてないわ。

If you had any gumption"--that's the word Granny Fox used, gumption--"if you had any gumption at all, you wouldn't have gotten in trouble, and could get your own breakfast."

もし少しでも根性があったなら」――それがグラニー・フォックスの使った言葉、根性――「少しでも根性があったなら、面倒なことにはならなかったし、自分で朝食を手に入れられたはずよ。」

Reddy Fox didn't know what gumption meant, but he did know that he was very, very hungry, and do what he would, he couldn't keep back a couple of big tears of disappointment.

レディ・フォックスは根性という言葉の意味がわかりませんでしたが、自分がとても、とても空腹だということはわかっていて、どうしようとしても、失望の大粒の涙を二、三滴こらえることができませんでした。

Granny Fox saw them.

グラニー・フォックスはその涙を見ました。

"There, there, Reddy! Don't cry.

「よしよし、レディ！泣かないで。

I've got a fine fat chicken for you up on the hill, and I'll run back and get it," said Granny Fox.

丘の上においしい太ったニワトリがあるから、走って取ってきてあげるわ」とグラニー・フォックスは言いました。

So off she started up the hill to the place where she had left the chicken when she started to try to catch Peter Rabbit.

そこで彼女は、ピーター・ラビットを捕まえようとしたときにニワトリを置いてきた場所へと、丘を上って出発しました。

When she got there, there wasn't any chicken.

彼女がそこに着くと、ニワトリは一羽もいませんでした。

Vocabulary

しかし: shikashi — Conjunction meaning 'however' or 'but'.
彼: kare — Third-person pronoun meaning 'he' or 'him'.
は: wa — Topic-marking particle in Japanese grammar.
年老いた: toshioita — Adjective meaning 'aged' or 'elderly'.
が: ga — Subject-marking particle in Japanese grammar.
朝食: choushoku — Noun meaning 'breakfast', the morning meal.
に: ni — Particle indicating direction, time, or purpose.
何: nani — Interrogative pronoun meaning 'what'.
か: ka — Particle indicating a question or uncertainty.
おいしい: oishii — Adjective meaning 'delicious' or 'tasty'.
もの: mono — Noun meaning 'thing' or 'something'.
を: wo — Object-marking particle in Japanese grammar.
持っ: moc(te) — Verb stem of 'motsu', meaning 'to hold' or 'carry'.
て: te — Conjunctive particle connecting sequential actions.
き: ki — Stem of 'kuru', meaning 'to come' (auxiliary use).
くれる: kureru — Verb meaning 'to give' (someone gives to speaker).
と: to — Particle meaning 'that' (quotation) or 'and'.
確信: kakushin — Noun meaning 'conviction' or 'firm belief'.
し: shi — Conjunctive verb form connecting clauses together.
い: i — Short form of 'iru', meaning 'to be' (animate).
彼女: kanojo — Third-person pronoun meaning 'she' or 'her'.
の: no — Possessive or nominalizing particle in Japanese.
足音: ashioto — Noun meaning 'footsteps' or 'sound of footsteps'.
聞く: kiku — Verb meaning 'to hear' or 'to listen'.
や: ya — Particle meaning 'as soon as' in this context.
いなや: inaya — Expression meaning 'no sooner than' or 'as soon as'.
口: kuchi — Noun meaning 'mouth' or 'opening'.
中: naka — Noun meaning 'inside' or 'within'.
唾: tsuba — Noun meaning 'saliva' or 'spit'.
湧い: wai — Verb stem of 'waku', meaning 'to well up' or 'gush'.
まし: mashi — Polite past auxiliary, part of 'mashita' form.
た: ta — Past tense auxiliary marker in Japanese.
くれ: kure — Imperative form of 'kureru', meaning 'give me'.
尋ね: tazune — Verb stem meaning 'to ask' or 'to inquire'.
さて: sate — Conjunction meaning 'now then' or 'well'.
受け: uke — Verb stem of 'ukeru', meaning 'to receive'.
恐怖: kyoufu — Noun meaning 'fear', 'terror', or 'horror'.
捕まえ: tsukamaе — Verb stem meaning 'to catch' or 'to capture'.
られ: rare — Passive or potential auxiliary verb suffix.
なかっ: nakac(ta) — Negative past auxiliary, part of 'nakatta' form.
こと: koto — Noun meaning 'thing', 'fact', or nominalizer.
すっかり: sukkari — Adverb meaning 'completely' or 'entirely'.
動揺: douyou — Noun meaning 'agitation', 'disturbance', or 'upset'.
で: de — Particle indicating means, location, or reason.
丘: oka — Noun meaning 'hill' or 'small elevation of land'.
上: ue — Noun meaning 'above', 'top', or 'on top of'.
置い: oi — Verb stem of 'oku', meaning 'to place' or 'leave'.
ニワトリ: niwatori — Noun meaning 'chicken' or 'domestic fowl'.
忘れ: wasure — Verb stem of 'wasureru', meaning 'to forget'.
開く: hiraku — Verb meaning 'to open' something.
それ: sore — Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'that' (near listener).
思い出し: omoidashi — Verb stem meaning 'to recall' or 'to remember'.
わざわざ: wazawaza — Adverb meaning 'going out of one's way' to do something.
取り: tori — Verb stem of 'toru', meaning 'to take' or 'fetch'.
戻ら: modora — Verb stem of 'modoru', meaning 'to return' or 'go back'.
なけれ: nakere — Negative conditional auxiliary, part of 'nakereba'.
ば: ba — Conditional particle meaning 'if' or 'when'.
なら: nara — Conditional form meaning 'if it is' or 'in that case'.
ない: nai — Negative auxiliary meaning 'not' or 'does not exist'.
という: to iu — Expression meaning 'called' or 'the idea that'.
考え: kangae — Noun meaning 'thought', 'idea', or 'thinking'.
機嫌: kigen — Noun meaning 'mood' or 'humor' (emotional state).
少し: sukoshi — Adverb meaning 'a little' or 'a small amount'.
も: mo — Particle meaning 'also', 'even', or 'either'.
良く: yoku — Adverb meaning 'well' or 'good' (adverbial form).
ませ: mase — Polite auxiliary verb used in formal expressions.
ん: n — Negative ending or explanatory particle in speech.
でし: deshi — Polite copula stem, part of 'deshita' past form.
いいえ: iie — Interjection meaning 'no' (polite negation).
きっぱり: kippari — Adverb meaning 'flatly', 'decisively', or 'firmly'.
言い: ii — Verb stem of 'iu', meaning 'to say' or 'to speak'.
あなた: anata — Second-person pronoun meaning 'you'.
どうせ: douse — Adverb meaning 'anyway', 'after all', or 'in any case'.
食べる: taberu — Verb meaning 'to eat'.
資格: shikaku — Noun meaning 'qualification', 'right', or 'eligibility'.
なんて: nante — Particle expressing dismissal or surprise about something.
わ: wa — Feminine sentence-final particle expressing assertion.
もし: moshi — Conjunction meaning 'if' introducing a hypothesis.
でも: demo — Conjunction meaning 'but', 'even so', or 'however'.
根性: konjou — Noun meaning 'guts', 'willpower', or 'spirit'.
あっ: ac(ta) — Verb stem of 'aru', meaning 'to have' or 'exist'.
使っ: tsukac(te) — Verb stem of 'tsukau', meaning 'to use'.
言葉: kotoba — Noun meaning 'word', 'language', or 'expression'.
面倒: mendou — Noun/adjective meaning 'trouble', 'bother', or 'tiresome'.
な: na — Adjectival noun ending or sentence-final emphasis particle.
自分: jibun — Reflexive pronoun meaning 'oneself' or 'myself'.
手: te — Noun meaning 'hand' or 'hands'.
入れ: ire — Verb stem of 'ireru', meaning 'to put in' or 'insert'.
はず: hazu — Noun meaning 'supposed to be' or 'expected'.
よ: yo — Sentence-final particle asserting or emphasizing information.
意味: imi — Noun meaning 'meaning' or 'significance'.
わかり: wakari — Verb stem of 'wakaru', meaning 'to understand'.
とても: totemo — Adverb meaning 'very' or 'extremely'.
空腹: kuufuku — Noun meaning 'hunger' or 'empty stomach'.
だ: da — Copula meaning 'is' or 'am' (plain form).
わかっ: wakac(te) — Verb stem of 'wakaru', meaning 'understood' or 'knowing'.
どう: dou — Interrogative adverb meaning 'how' or 'in what way'.
しよう: shiyou — Volitional form of 'suru', meaning 'let's do' or 'shall'.
失望: shitsubou — Noun meaning 'disappointment' or 'despair'.
大粒: ootsubu — Noun meaning 'large drop' or 'big grain'.
涙: namida — Noun meaning 'tear' or 'tears' (from crying).
二: ni — Number meaning 'two'.
三滴: santeki — Noun meaning 'three drops' of liquid.
こらえる: koraeru — Verb meaning 'to hold back' or 'to endure'.
でき: deki — Verb stem of 'dekiru', meaning 'to be able to'.
その: sono — Demonstrative adjective meaning 'that' (near listener).
見: mi — Verb stem of 'miru', meaning 'to see' or 'look'.
よし: yoshi — Interjection meaning 'alright' or 'okay, let's go'.
泣か: naka — Verb stem of 'naku', meaning 'to cry' or 'weep'.
太っ: futoc(ta) — Verb stem of 'futoru', meaning 'to be fat' or 'plump'.
ある: aru — Verb meaning 'to exist' or 'to be' (inanimate).
から: kara — Particle meaning 'because', 'from', or 'after'.
走っ: hashic(te) — Verb stem of 'hashiru', meaning 'to run'.
取っ: toc(te) — Verb stem of 'toru', meaning 'to take' or 'get'.
あげる: ageru — Verb meaning 'to give' (to someone) or 'to raise'.
そこ: soko — Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'there' (near listener).
よう: you — Auxiliary meaning 'seems like' or volitional 'let's'.
とき: toki — Noun meaning 'time' or 'moment when something happens'.
場所: basho — Noun meaning 'place' or 'location'.
へ: e — Directional particle meaning 'to' or 'toward'.
上っ: nobot(te) — Verb stem of 'noboru', meaning 'to climb' or 'ascend'.
出発: shuppatsu — Noun meaning 'departure' or 'setting out'.
着く: tsuku — Verb meaning 'to arrive' or 'to reach a destination'.
一羽: ippai / ichiwa — Counter meaning 'one bird' (counter for birds).

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