The Adventures of Roderick Random — Page 1
A young painter, indulging a vein of pleasantry, sketched a kind of conversation piece, representing a bear, an owl, a monkey, and an ass; and to render it more striking, humorous, and moral, distinguished every figure by some emblem of human life.
ある若い画家が、ふざけた気分にまかせて、クマ、フクロウ、サル、そしてロバを描いた一種の風俗画を描き、それをより印象的で、ユーモラスで、教訓的なものにするため、それぞれの人物に人間の生活を象徴する何らかのシンボルをあしらった。
Bruin was exhibited in the garb and attitude of an old, toothless, drunken soldier; the owl perched upon the handle of a coffee-pot, with spectacle on nose, seemed to contemplate a newspaper; and the ass, ornamented with a huge tie-wig (which, however, could not conceal his long ears), sat for his picture to the monkey, who appeared with the implements of painting.
ブルーインは、歯のない老いた酔っぱらいの兵士の格好と態度で描かれ、フクロウはコーヒーポットの取っ手に止まり、鼻に眼鏡をかけて新聞を熟読しているように見え、ロバは巨大な結い上げのかつらで飾られ（しかしそれでも長い耳を隠すことはできなかった）、絵の道具を持って現れたサルのために肖像画のモデルとして座っていた。
This whimsical group afforded some mirth, and met with general approbation, until some mischievous wag hinted that the whole—was a lampoon upon the friends of the performer; an insinuation which was no sooner circulated than those very people who applauded it before began to be alarmed, and even to fancy themselves signified by the several figures of the piece.
この奇妙な一団はいくらかの笑いを提供し、一般的な喝采を得ていたが、やがてあるいたずら好きな道化者が、これは全体として画家の知人たちを風刺したものだとほのめかした。このほのめかしが広まるや否や、以前それを称賛していたまさにその人々が不安を覚え始め、絵の中のそれぞれの人物が自分自身を示しているのではないかとさえ思い込むようになった。
Among others, a worthy personage in years, who had served in the army with reputation, being incensed at the supposed outrage, repaired to the lodging of the painter, and finding him at home, "Hark ye, Mr. Monkey," said he, "I have a good mind to convince you, that though the bear has lost his teeth, he retains his paws, and that he is not so drunk but he can perceive your impertinence."
その中でも、軍で名誉ある経歴を持つ年配の高潔な人物が、この想定された侮辱に激怒し、画家の宿舎へと向かい、彼が在宅しているのを見つけると、「よく聞けよ、サル先生」と彼は言った。「クマが歯を失ったとはいえ、爪はまだ持っており、そして彼は君の無礼に気づけないほど酔ってはいないということを、君に分からせてやりたい気持ちが十分にあるぞ。」
"Sblood!
「血の誓いに！」
Vocabulary
- ある
- aru — A certain; some (indefinite article-like modifier)
- 若い
- wakai — Young; youthful in age
- 画家
- gaka — Painter; professional artist who paints
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle in Japanese grammar
- ふざけ
- fuzake — Joking around; acting playfully or frivolously
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary verb ending
- 気分
- kibun — Mood; feeling; mental or emotional state
- に
- ni — Particle indicating direction, location, or purpose
- まかせ
- makase — Leaving to; entrusting; going along with
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle connecting verb phrases
- クマ
- kuma — Bear; large mammal of the family Ursidae
- フクロウ
- fukurō — Owl; nocturnal bird of the order Strigiformes
- サル
- saru — Monkey; primate animal
- そして
- soshite — And then; and also; connecting ideas sequentially
- ロバ
- roba — Donkey; domesticated hoofed animal used for labor
- を
- wo — Object marker particle indicating direct object
- 描い
- egai — Drew; painted (conjunctive form of 描く)
- 一種
- isshu — A kind of; a type of; a sort of
- の
- no — Possessive or linking particle connecting nouns
- 描き
- egaki — Drawing; painting (conjunctive stem form)
- それ
- sore — That; referring to something previously mentioned
- より
- yori — More than; compared to; from
- 印象的
- inshōteki — Impressive; striking; making a strong impression
- で
- de — Particle indicating means, location of action, or 'and'
- ユーモラス
- yūmorasu — Humorous; funny; having a sense of humor
- 教訓的
- kyōkunteki — Instructive; moralistic; containing a lesson or moral
- な
- na — Adjectival particle used with na-adjectives
- もの
- mono — Thing; object; something abstract or concrete
- する
- suru — To do; to make; general purpose action verb
- ため
- tame — For the purpose of; for the sake of; in order to
- それぞれ
- sorezore — Each; respectively; each one individually
- 人物
- jinbutsu — Person; character; figure in a story or painting
- 人間
- ningen — Human being; person; humanity
- 生活
- seikatsu — Life; daily living; lifestyle
- 象徴
- shōchō — Symbol; something representing an abstract concept
- 何らか
- nanraka — Some kind of; some sort of; certain
- シンボル
- shinboru — Symbol; emblem representing something else
- あしらっ
- ashiratt — Treated; decorated with; incorporated as design element
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle highlighting the sentence topic
- 歯
- ha — Tooth; teeth
- ない
- nai — Does not exist; negative form of ある
- 老い
- oi — Old age; aging; the state of being old
- 酔っぱらい
- yopparai — Drunkard; someone who is heavily intoxicated
- 兵士
- heishi — Soldier; military serviceman or fighter
- 格好
- kakkō — Appearance; style; getup; manner of dressing
- と
- to — Particle meaning 'and', 'with', or quotation marker
- 態度
- taido — Attitude; manner; behavioral bearing toward others
- 描か
- egaka — Drawn; depicted (passive base form of 描く)
- れ
- re — Passive auxiliary indicating action done to subject
- 取っ手
- totte — Handle; grip of a pot, cup, or tool
- 止まり
- tomari — Perching on; stopping at; resting upon
- 鼻
- hana — Nose; the facial organ for smelling
- 眼鏡
- megane — Glasses; spectacles worn to correct vision
- かけ
- kake — Wearing (glasses); hanging; placing on
- 新聞
- shinbun — Newspaper; printed daily news publication
- 熟読
- jukudoku — Reading carefully; reading thoroughly and attentively
- し
- shi — Conjunctive form of する; and; doing
- いる
- iru — To exist (animate); continuous state of being
- よう
- yō — Appears; seems like; likeness or resemblance
- 見え
- mie — Appears to be; looks like; is visible
- 巨大
- kyodai — Gigantic; enormous; very large in size
- かつら
- katsura — Wig; artificial hairpiece worn on the head
- 飾ら
- kazara — Adorned with; decorated; embellished
- しかし
- shikashi — However; but; expressing contrast or contradiction
- でも
- demo — But; even so; however; even
- 長い
- nagai — Long; lengthy in physical dimension or duration
- 耳
- mimi — Ear; the organ of hearing
- 隠す
- kakusu — To hide; to conceal; to keep out of sight
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; nominalizer turning verbs into nouns
- でき
- deki — Can do; able to; possible (stem of できる)
- なかっ
- nakatt — Was not; did not exist (past negative form)
- 絵
- e — Picture; painting; drawing; illustration
- 道具
- dōgu — Tool; instrument; equipment used for work
- 持っ
- mott — Holding; carrying; possessing (conjunctive form)
- 現れ
- araware — Appearing; showing up; coming into view
- 肖像画
- shōzōga — Portrait painting; painted likeness of a person
- モデル
- moderu — Model; subject who poses for an artist
- 座っ
- suwatt — Seated; sitting down (conjunctive form)
- い
- i — Existing; being (short form of いる)
- この
- kono — This; referring to something nearby or just mentioned
- 奇妙
- kimyō — Strange; odd; peculiar; unusual in nature
- 一団
- ichidan — A group; a band; a cluster of people or things
- いくらか
- ikuraka — Somewhat; a little; some amount of
- 笑い
- warai — Laughter; amusement; something causing laughter
- 提供
- teikyō — Providing; offering; supplying something to others
- 一般的
- ippanteki — General; common; widely applicable or accepted
- 喝采
- kassai — Applause; acclaim; enthusiastic approval from audience
- 得
- e — Gaining; obtaining; receiving (from 得る)
- やがて
- yagate — Before long; soon; eventually; in due course
- いたずら
- itazura — Mischief; prank; playful trickery
- 好き
- suki — Liking; fond of; having affection for
- これ
- kore — This; referring to something close to the speaker
- 全体
- zentai — The whole; entirety; all of something
- 知人
- chijin — Acquaintance; someone one knows but not closely
- たち
- tachi — Plural suffix for people or animate beings
- 風刺
- fūshi — Satire; using irony to criticize or mock someone
- だ
- da — Copula; plain form of 'is' or 'are'
- ほのめかし
- honomekashi — Hint; insinuation; subtle suggestion about something
- 広まる
- hiromaru — To spread; to become widely known or distributed
- や
- ya — And; or; listing particle for non-exhaustive lists
- 否や
- ina ya — As soon as; no sooner than; the moment that
- 以前
- izen — Before; previously; formerly; prior to now
- 称賛
- shōsan — Praise; admiration; commendation for something good
- まさに
- masani — Exactly; precisely; indeed; just as expected
- その
- sono — That; the (referring to something already mentioned)
- 人々
- hitobito — People; many persons; folks
- 不安
- fuan — Anxiety; unease; worry; feeling of insecurity
- 覚え
- oboe — Feeling; sense of; remembering; experiencing
- 始め
- hajime — Beginning; starting; commencement of an action
- 中
- naka — Inside; among; in the middle of
- 自分
- jibun — Oneself; myself; yourself; one's own self
- 自身
- jishin — Oneself; emphasizing personal identity or self
- 示し
- shimeshi — Showing; indicating; demonstrating something clearly
- か
- ka — Question particle; or; whether (sentence ender)
- さえ
- sae — Even; as long as; if only; emphatic particle
- 思い込む
- omoikomu — To be convinced; to firmly believe; to assume strongly
- なっ
- natt — Becoming; having become (conjunctive form of なる)
- 軍
- gun — Military; army; armed forces
- 名誉
- meiyo — Honor; glory; prestige; reputation
- 経歴
- keireki — Career; personal history; professional background
- 持つ
- motsu — To hold; to have; to possess
- 年配
- nenpai — Elderly; older in age; senior person
- 高潔
- kōketsu — Noble; upright; having high moral integrity
- 想定
- sōtei — Assumption; supposition; presumed to be the case
- さ
- sa — Nominalization suffix; casual sentence-ending particle
- 侮辱
- bujoku — Insult; humiliation; contemptuous treatment of someone
- 激怒
- gekido — Fury; extreme anger; outrage
- 宿舎
- shukusha — Lodging; quarters; residential accommodation provided
- へ
- e — Directional particle indicating movement toward destination
- 向かい
- mukai — Heading toward; facing; going in the direction of
- 彼
- kare — He; him; third-person masculine pronoun
- 在宅
- zaitaku — Being at home; staying in; present at one's residence
- 見つける
- mitsukeru — To find; to discover; to locate something or someone
- よく
- yoku — Well; carefully; often; thoroughly
- 聞け
- kike — Listen!; hear me! (imperative form of 聞く)
- よ
- yo — Sentence-ending particle expressing assertion or emphasis
- 先生
- sensei — Teacher; also used as a respectful address for professionals
- 言っ
- itt — Said; spoke (conjunctive past form of 言う)
- 失っ
- ushinatt — Lost; having lost (conjunctive form of 失う)
- いえ
- ie — No; on the contrary; correction of prior statement
- 爪
- tsume — Nail; claw; talon of an animal or person
- まだ
- mada — Still; yet; not yet; continuing state
- おり
- ori — Being; existing (humble/literary form of いる)
- 君
- kimi — You; informal second-person pronoun (often male speech)
- 無礼
- burei — Rudeness; impoliteness; disrespectful behavior toward others
- 気づけ
- kidzuke — Notice; be aware of (imperative form of 気づく)
- ほど
- hodo — To the extent that; as much as; approximately
- 酔っ
- yott — Being drunk; intoxicated (conjunctive form of 酔う)
- いない
- inai — Not present; is not (negative of いる)
- いう
- iu — To say; to call; to be called
- 分から
- wakara — Understanding; knowing (negative base of 分かる)
- せ
- se — Causative auxiliary (short form, making someone do)
- やり
- yari — Doing; carrying out (stem of やる)
- たい
- tai — Want to; desire to do something
- 気持ち
- kimochi — Feeling; emotion; sensation; mental state
- 十分
- jūbun — Sufficient; enough; fully; adequately
- ぞ
- zo — Emphatic sentence-ending particle (strong assertion, male speech)
- 血
- chi — Blood; the fluid circulating in living bodies
- 誓い
- chikai — Oath; vow; solemn promise or pledge
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