The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete — Page 5
Then she had a new inspiration:
そのとき、彼女は新しいひらめきを得た。
"Tom, you didn't have to undo your shirt collar where I sewed it, to pump on your head, did you? Unbutton your jacket!"
「トム、頭に水をかけるために、私が縫ったシャツの襟をほどく必要はなかったでしょう？上着のボタンを外しなさい！」
The trouble vanished out of Tom's face.
トムの顔から心配の色が消えた。
He opened his jacket.
彼は上着を開いた。
His shirt collar was securely sewed.
シャツの襟はしっかりと縫われていた。
"Bother! Well, go 'long with you. I'd made sure you'd played hookey and been a-swimming. But I forgive ye, Tom. I reckon you're a kind of a singed cat, as the saying is—better'n you look. _This_ time."
「まったく！もういいよ、行きなさい。てっきりサボって泳ぎに行ったと思ったわよ。でも許してあげる、トム。ことわざにある焦げた猫みたいなものね――見かけよりましってことよ。今回はね。」
She was half sorry her sagacity had miscarried, and half glad that Tom had stumbled into obedient conduct for once.
彼女は自分の賢明さが外れたことを半分残念に思い、トムがたまたま一度は従順な行動をとったことを半分嬉しく思った。
But Sidney said:
しかしシドニーが言った。
"Well, now, if I didn't think you sewed his collar with white thread, but it's black."
「でも、襟を白い糸で縫ったと思っていたけど、黒いじゃないか。」
"Why, I did sew it with white! Tom!"
「まあ、確かに白い糸で縫ったのよ！トム！」
But Tom did not wait for the rest.
しかしトムは続きを待たなかった。
As he went out at the door he said:
ドアから出ながら彼は言った。
"Siddy, I'll lick you for that."
「シディ、そのことでお前をぶっ飛ばしてやる。」
In a safe place Tom examined two large needles which were thrust into the lapels of his jacket, and had thread bound about them—one needle carried white thread and the other black.
安全な場所で、トムは上着の襟に刺してある二本の大きな針を調べた。糸が巻きつけてあり、一本の針には白い糸が、もう一本には黒い糸がついていた。
He said:
彼は言った。
"She'd never noticed if it hadn't been for Sid. Confound it! sometimes she sews it with white, and sometimes she sews it with black. I wish to gee-miny she'd stick to one or t'other—I can't keep the run of 'em. But I bet you I'll lam Sid for that. I'll learn him!
「シドがいなければ気づかなかったのに。ちくしょう！おばさんは白い糸で縫うこともあれば、黒い糸で縫うこともある。どっちか一方にしてくれればいいのに――どっちか覚えていられないよ。でも絶対シドをひっぱたいてやる。思い知らせてやる！」
Vocabulary
- そのとき
- sono toki — At that moment; at that time
- 彼女
- kanojo — She; her; girlfriend
- は
- wa — Topic-marking particle
- 新しい
- atarashii — New; fresh; novel
- ひらめき
- hirameki — Flash of inspiration; sudden idea
- を
- wo — Object-marking particle
- 得た
- eta — Obtained; gained; received (past tense)
- 頭
- atama — Head; top of the body
- に
- ni — Particle indicating direction, location, or target
- 水
- mizu — Water
- かける
- kakeru — To pour over; to splash onto something
- ため
- tame — For the purpose of; in order to
- 私
- watashi — I; me (first-person pronoun)
- が
- ga — Subject-marking particle
- 縫っ
- nutt(e) — Sewed; stitched (stem of 縫う)
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary verb
- シャツ
- shatsu — Shirt; a piece of upper clothing
- の
- no — Possessive or linking particle
- 襟
- eri — Collar; neckline of a garment
- ほどく
- hodoku — To untie; to undo; to loosen stitching
- 必要
- hitsuyou — Necessity; need; required
- なかっ
- nakatt(a) — Was not; did not exist (negative past)
- でしょう
- deshou — Probably; right?; expressing supposition or confirmation
- 上着
- uwagi — Jacket; outer garment worn on top
- ボタン
- botan — Button; fastener on clothing
- 外し
- hazushi — Undoing; removing; unfastening (stem of 外す)
- なさい
- nasai — Imperative form; please do (polite command)
- 顔
- kao — Face; facial expression
- から
- kara — From; because; starting point particle
- 心配
- shinpai — Worry; anxiety; concern
- 色
- iro — Color; hue; also implies expression or sign
- 消え
- kie — Disappeared; vanished (stem of 消える)
- 彼
- kare — He; him; boyfriend
- 開い
- hiraite/aite — Opened; spread open (stem of 開く)
- しっかり
- shikkari — Firmly; securely; properly
- と
- to — And; with; quotation particle
- 縫わ
- nuwa — Sewn; stitched (passive/negative stem of 縫う)
- れ
- re — Passive or potential auxiliary suffix
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle connecting verb phrases
- い
- i — Existential verb stem; to be (continuing state)
- まったく
- mattaku — Completely; utterly; really (emphatic)
- もう
- mou — Already; anymore; expression of exasperation
- いい
- ii — Good; fine; okay
- よ
- yo — Sentence-ending particle asserting information
- 行き
- iki — Going; heading to (stem of 行く)
- てっきり
- tekkiri — Surely; I was certain that; assumed firmly
- サボっ
- sabott(e) — Skipped; slacked off (stem of サボる)
- 泳ぎ
- oyogi — Swimming (stem of 泳ぐ)
- 行っ
- itt(e) — Went; went off (stem of 行く past)
- 思っ
- omott(e) — Thought; believed (stem of 思う)
- わ
- wa — Sentence-ending particle, often feminine softening
- でも
- demo — But; however; even so
- 許し
- yurushi — Forgiveness; pardon (stem of 許す)
- あげる
- ageru — To give; to do a favor for someone
- ことわざ
- kotowaza — Proverb; saying; old adage
- ある
- aru — There is; to exist (for inanimate things)
- 焦げ
- koge — Scorch; burn mark; charred part
- 猫
- neko — Cat
- みたい
- mitai — Like; similar to; seems like
- な
- na — Adjectival or sentence-ending softening particle
- もの
- mono — Thing; matter; often adds nuance to sentences
- ね
- ne — Sentence-ending particle seeking agreement or softening
- 見かけ
- mikake — Appearance; outward look; how something seems
- より
- yori — Than; more than; comparison particle
- まし
- mashi — Better; preferable; comparatively acceptable
- って
- tte — Quotation or topic particle; colloquial 'they say'
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; matter (abstract noun)
- 今回
- konkai — This time; on this occasion
- 自分
- jibun — Oneself; myself; yourself
- 賢明
- kenmei — Wise; sensible; prudent
- さ
- sa — Noun-forming suffix or casual sentence-ender
- 外れ
- hazure — Deviation; miss; off the mark
- 半分
- hanbun — Half; fifty percent
- 残念
- zannen — Regrettable; unfortunate; too bad
- 思い
- omoi — Thought; feeling; emotion (stem of 思う)
- たまたま
- tamatama — By chance; accidentally; coincidentally
- 一度
- ichido — Once; one time
- 従順
- juujun — Obedient; docile; compliant
- 行動
- koudou — Action; behavior; conduct
- とっ
- tott(e) — Took; took action (stem of 取る/とる)
- 嬉しく
- ureshiku — Happily; gladly (adverbial form of 嬉しい)
- しかし
- shikashi — However; but; nevertheless
- 言っ
- itt(e) — Said; spoke (stem of 言う past)
- 白い
- shiroi — White; pale in color
- 糸
- ito — Thread; yarn; string
- で
- de — Particle indicating means, location of action
- けど
- kedo — But; though; however (casual)
- 黒い
- kuroi — Black; dark in color
- じゃ
- ja — Casual contraction of では; well then
- ない
- nai — Not; there is not; negative form
- か
- ka — Question-marking particle
- まあ
- maa — Well; hmm; I suppose; casual interjection
- 確かに
- tashika ni — Certainly; indeed; that's true
- 続き
- tsuzuki — Continuation; sequel; what follows
- 待た
- mata — Waited (stem of 待つ)
- ドア
- doa — Door
- 出
- de — Exit; going out (stem of 出る)
- ながら
- nagara — While doing; simultaneously performing two actions
- そのこと
- sono koto — That matter; that thing; about that
- お前
- omae — You (informal, rough masculine pronoun)
- ぶっ飛ばし
- buttobashi — Knocking away; blasting off; hitting hard
- やる
- yaru — To do; to give; casual verb of action
- 安全
- anzen — Safety; security; safe
- 場所
- basho — Place; location; spot
- 刺し
- sashi — Stuck; pierced; stabbed (stem of 刺す)
- 二本
- nihon — Two long thin objects (counter for needles etc.)
- 大きな
- ooki na — Large; big (prenominal adjective form)
- 針
- hari — Needle; pin; sewing needle
- 調べ
- shirabe — Investigation; examination (stem of 調べる)
- 巻きつけ
- makitsuke — Wrapping around; winding around something
- あり
- ari — There is; exists (classical/formal stem of ある)
- 一本
- ippon — One long thin object (counter for needles etc.)
- つい
- tsui — Inadvertently; unintentionally; just now
- いなけれ
- inakereba — If (someone) were not there (conditional of いない)
- ば
- ba — Conditional particle meaning 'if'
- 気づか
- kizuka — Notice; realize (stem of 気づく, negative form)
- ちくしょう
- chikushō — Dammit; damn it; expression of frustration
- おばさん
- obasan — Aunt; middle-aged woman
- 縫う
- nuu — To sew; to stitch fabric together
- も
- mo — Also; too; even; inclusive particle
- あれ
- are — That (over there); that thing; hey (interjection)
- どっちか
- docchi ka — Either one; whichever of the two
- 一方
- ippou — One side; one way; one of two options
- し
- shi — And; also; listing or reason particle
- くれれ
- kurere — If (someone) would do for me (conditional of くれる)
- 覚え
- oboe — Memory; recollection (stem of 覚える)
- られ
- rare — Passive or potential auxiliary suffix
- 絶対
- zettai — Absolutely; definitely; without fail
- ひっぱたい
- hippatatai — Slapped; smacked (stem of ひっぱたく)
- 思い知ら
- omoishira — Make realize; teach a lesson (stem of 思い知る)
- せ
- se — Causative suffix making someone do something
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