The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes — Page 14
Once we diverted her luggage when she travelled. Twice she has been waylaid. There has been no result.
以前、彼女が旅をしていたとき、私たちは荷物を横取りしました。二度、彼女は途中で待ち伏せされました。しかし、何の成果もありませんでした。
"No sign of it?"
「何の手がかりも？」
"Absolutely none."
「まったくありません。」
Holmes laughed. "It is quite a pretty little problem," said he.
ホームズは笑った。「これはなかなか興味深い小さな問題ですね」と彼は言った。
"But a very serious one to me," returned the King reproachfully.
「しかし、私にとっては非常に深刻な問題です」と王は非難がましく言い返した。
"Very, indeed. And what does she propose to do with the photograph?"
「確かに、非常に深刻です。それで、彼女はその写真をどうするつもりなのですか？」
"To ruin me."
「私を破滅させるためです。」
"But how?"
「しかし、どうやって？」
"I am about to be married."
「私はもうすぐ結婚するのです。」
"So I have heard."
「そのことは耳にしております。」
"To Clotilde Lothman von Saxe-Meningen, second daughter of the King of Scandinavia. You may know the strict principles of her family. She is herself the very soul of delicacy. A shadow of a doubt as to my conduct would bring the matter to an end."
「スカンジナビア国王の次女、クロティルド・ロートマン・フォン・ザクセ＝メーニンゲンとです。彼女の家柄の厳格な家訓はご存知かもしれません。彼女自身、まさに繊細さの権化です。私の行いに少しでも疑いの影が差せば、この縁談は終わりになってしまいます。」
"And Irene Adler?"
「そして、アイリーン・アドラーは？」
"Threatens to send them the photograph. And she will do it. I know that she will do it. You do not know her, but she has a soul of steel. She has the face of the most beautiful of women, and the mind of the most resolute of men. Rather than I should marry another woman, there are no lengths to which she would not go—none."
「彼らに写真を送ると脅しているのです。そして彼女は必ずそうします。私には分かります、彼女は必ずそうするのです。あなたは彼女をご存知ないでしょうが、彼女は鋼鉄の魂を持っています。彼女は最も美しい女性の顔と、最も断固たる男性の精神を持っています。私が他の女性と結婚するくらいなら、彼女がやらないことは何もないのです――一つもありません。」
"You are sure that she has not sent it yet?"
「彼女がまだそれを送っていないと確信していますか？」
"I am sure."
「確信しています。」
"And why?"
「それはなぜですか？」
"Because she has said that she would send it on the day when the betrothal was publicly proclaimed. That will be next Monday.
「なぜなら、彼女は婚約が公式に発表される日に送ると言っているからです。それは来週の月曜日のことです。
Vocabulary
- 以前
- izen — Before; previously; in the past
- 彼女
- kanojo — She; her; girlfriend
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle
- 旅
- tabi — Journey; trip; travel
- を
- wo — Object marker particle
- し
- shi — Do; does (verb stem of suru)
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle connecting verb actions
- い
- i — Exist; be (stem of iru, progressive)
- た
- ta — Past tense verb ending marker
- とき
- toki — Time; moment; when something occurs
- 私
- watashi — I; me; first-person pronoun
- たち
- tachi — Pluralizing suffix for people
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle
- 荷物
- nimotsu — Luggage; baggage; cargo
- 横取り
- yokodori — Snatching away; stealing something from someone
- まし
- mashi — Polite past auxiliary verb (mashita stem)
- 二度
- nido — Twice; two times
- 途中
- tochuu — On the way; in the middle of
- で
- de — At; by; with (location/means particle)
- 待ち伏せ
- machibuse — Ambush; lying in wait for someone
- さ
- sa — Passive/causative verb conjugation suffix
- れ
- re — Passive voice verb ending
- しかし
- shikashi — However; but; nevertheless
- 何
- nani — What; nothing (in negative contexts)
- の
- no — Possessive and nominalizing particle
- 成果
- seika — Result; achievement; outcome; fruit of effort
- も
- mo — Also; too; even (inclusive particle)
- あり
- ari — Exist; there is (stem of aru)
- ませ
- mase — Polite negative auxiliary verb stem
- ん
- n — Negative contraction (informal ない equivalent)
- でし
- deshi — Polite copula past tense stem (deshita)
- 手がかり
- tegakari — Clue; lead; hint for solving something
- まったく
- mattaku — Completely; utterly; not at all
- 笑っ
- waratt(e) — Laughed; laughing (te-form of warau)
- これ
- kore — This; this thing (near speaker)
- なかなか
- nakanaka — Quite; rather; considerably; not easily
- 興味深い
- kyoumibukaii — Very interesting; deeply fascinating
- 小さな
- chiisana — Small; little; tiny (attributive form)
- 問題
- mondai — Problem; question; issue; matter
- です
- desu — Polite copula meaning 'is/am/are'
- ね
- ne — Sentence-final particle seeking agreement
- と
- to — Quotation particle; and; with
- 彼
- kare — He; him; boyfriend
- 言っ
- itt(e) — Said; told (te-form of iu)
- に
- ni — Direction, location, time marker particle
- とっ
- tott(e) — For; from the perspective of (te-form)
- 非常
- hijou — Extremely; very; emergency situation
- 深刻
- shinkoku — Serious; grave; severe situation
- な
- na — Adjectival linking particle (na-adjective form)
- 王
- ou — King; monarch; ruler
- 非難がましく
- hinanggamashiku — Reproachfully; in a blaming or accusatory manner
- 言い返し
- iikaeshi — Talked back; replied in retort
- 確か
- tashika — Certainly; sure; if I recall correctly
- それ
- sore — That; that thing (near listener)
- その
- sono — That (attributive demonstrative adjective)
- 写真
- shashin — Photograph; photo; picture
- どう
- dou — How; in what way
- する
- suru — To do; to make; to perform
- つもり
- tsumori — Intention; plan; expectation to do something
- か
- ka — Question marker sentence-final particle
- 破滅
- hametsu — Ruin; destruction; downfall; catastrophe
- せる
- seru — Causative verb suffix meaning to make/let do
- ため
- tame — For the purpose of; for the sake of
- どうやっ
- douyatt(e) — How; by what means; in what way
- もうすぐ
- mousugu — Very soon; before long; almost time
- 結婚
- kekkon — Marriage; wedding; matrimony
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; matter (nominalizer)
- 耳
- mimi — Ear; hearing; news received
- おり
- ori — Be; exist (humble form of iru)
- ます
- masu — Polite verb ending (present/future)
- 国王
- kokuou — King; sovereign; monarch of a country
- 次女
- jijo — Second daughter
- 家柄
- iegara — Family lineage; social standing; pedigree
- 厳格
- genkaku — Strict; stern; rigorous; austere
- 家訓
- kakun — Family precepts; household rules passed down
- ご存知
- gozonji — Knowing; being aware of (honorific form)
- しれ
- shire — Might be; perhaps (potential/uncertainty stem)
- 自身
- jishin — Oneself; herself; himself; itself
- まさに
- masani — Exactly; precisely; indeed; truly
- 繊細
- sensai — Delicate; sensitive; subtle; fine
- 権化
- gonge — Incarnation; embodiment; personification of quality
- 行い
- okonai — Conduct; behavior; action; deed
- 少し
- sukoshi — A little; a bit; slightly
- 疑い
- utagai — Doubt; suspicion; distrust
- 影
- kage — Shadow; shade; silhouette; trace
- 差せ
- sase — Cast (shadow); let through (conditional form)
- ば
- ba — Conditional particle meaning 'if/when'
- この
- kono — This (attributive demonstrative near speaker)
- 縁談
- endan — Marriage proposal; marriage arrangement talks
- 終わり
- owari — End; conclusion; finish; termination
- なっ
- natt(e) — Became; turned into (te-form of naru)
- しまい
- shimai — End up doing; completion with regret
- そして
- soshite — And then; and; furthermore
- 彼ら
- karera — They; them (masculine or mixed group)
- 送る
- okuru — Send; dispatch; see someone off
- 脅し
- odoshi — Threat; intimidation; menace
- いる
- iru — Exist; be (for animate beings)
- 必ず
- kanarazu — Surely; certainly; without fail
- そう
- sou — So; that way; like that
- 分かり
- wakari — Understanding; comprehension (stem of wakaru)
- あなた
- anata — You; second-person pronoun
- ない
- nai — Not; negative auxiliary adjective
- でしょ
- desho — Probably; right? (casual conjecture form)
- う
- u — Volitional verb ending indicating conjecture/intention
- 鋼鉄
- koutetsu — Steel; hard as steel (metaphorically strong)
- 魂
- tamashii — Soul; spirit; mind; inner essence
- 持っ
- mott(e) — Have; hold; possess (te-form of motsu)
- 最も
- mottomo — Most; the most (superlative adverb)
- 美しい
- utsukushii — Beautiful; lovely; gorgeous
- 女性
- josei — Woman; female person
- 顔
- kao — Face; expression; appearance
- 断固
- danko — Resolute; determined; firm; decisive
- たる
- taru — Classical copula meaning 'being'; befitting
- 男性
- dansei — Man; male person
- 精神
- seishin — Spirit; mind; mentality; psyche
- 他
- hoka — Other; another; the rest
- くらい
- kurai — About; approximately; to the extent of
- なら
- nara — If; as for; speaking of (conditional)
- やら
- yara — Whether; or; uncertain enumeration particle
- 一つ
- hitotsu — One thing; one item; single piece
- まだ
- mada — Still; yet; not yet
- 送っ
- okott(e) — Sent; dispatched (te-form of okuru)
- 確信
- kakushin — Conviction; certainty; firm belief
- なぜ
- naze — Why; for what reason
- なぜなら
- nazenara — Because; the reason being; for the reason that
- 婚約
- kon'yaku — Engagement; betrothal; promise to marry
- 公式
- koushiki — Official; formal; authorized
- 発表
- happyou — Announcement; presentation; public declaration
- れる
- reru — Passive voice auxiliary verb ending
- 日
- hi — Day; date; sun
- から
- kara — From; since; because (particle)
- 来週
- raishuu — Next week
- 月曜日
- getsuyoubi — Monday
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