The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Complete — Page 6
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He was not the Model Boy of the village.
彼は村の模範少年ではなかった。
He knew the model boy very well though—and loathed him.
しかし、模範少年のことはよく知っていた——そして、その少年を忌み嫌っていた。
Within two minutes, or even less, he had forgotten all his troubles.
二分も経たないうちに、彼はすべての悩みを忘れていた。
Not because his troubles were one whit less heavy and bitter to him than a man's are to a man, but because a new and powerful interest bore them down and drove them out of his mind for the time—just as men's misfortunes are forgotten in the excitement of new enterprises.
それは、彼の悩みが大人の悩みに比べて少しも軽くも苦くもないからではなく、新たな強烈な興味がその悩みを押し流し、しばらくの間、心の外へ追い出してしまったからだ——ちょうど、新しい事業への興奮の中で人々の不幸が忘れられるように。
This new interest was a valued novelty in whistling, which he had just acquired from a negro, and he was suffering to practise it undisturbed.
この新しい興味とは、黒人から教わったばかりの口笛の貴重な新技で、邪魔されずに練習したくてたまらなかった。
It consisted in a peculiar bird-like turn, a sort of liquid warble, produced by touching the tongue to the roof of the mouth at short intervals in the midst of the music—the reader probably remembers how to do it, if he has ever been a boy.
それは、音楽の途中で舌を短い間隔で口の天井に触れることで生み出される、独特の小鳥のようなさえずり、一種の流れるような鳴き声からなるものだ——かつて少年だったことがあるなら、読者もおそらくその方法を覚えているだろう。
Diligence and attention soon gave him the knack of it, and he strode down the street with his mouth full of harmony and his soul full of gratitude.
勤勉と注意によって、彼はすぐにそのコツを掴み、口いっぱいにメロディーを、魂いっぱいに感謝を抱きながら、通りを大股で歩いた。
He felt much as an astronomer feels who has discovered a new planet—no doubt, as far as strong, deep, unalloyed pleasure is concerned, the advantage was with the boy, not the astronomer.
彼は新しい惑星を発見した天文学者のような気分だった——強く、深く、混じり気のない喜びという点では、優位にあったのは少年であり、天文学者ではなかったことは疑いない。
The summer evenings were long.
夏の夕べは長かった。
It was not dark, yet.
まだ暗くはなかった。
Presently Tom checked his whistle.
やがてトムは口笛をやめた。
A stranger was before him—a boy a shade larger than himself.
見知らぬ者が目の前にいた——自分より少し大きな少年だった。
Vocabulary
- 彼
- kare — He; third-person masculine pronoun.
- は
- wa — Topic-marking particle indicating the sentence topic.
- 村
- mura — Village; small rural settlement or community.
- の
- no — Possessive or linking particle connecting nouns.
- 模範
- mohan — Model; exemplary standard worthy of imitation.
- 少年
- shōnen — Boy; young male person, typically pre-teen or teen.
- で
- de — Copula particle indicating state or location context.
- なかった
- nakatta — Was not; plain past negative of the copula.
- しかし
- shikashi — However; conjunction indicating contrast or contradiction.
- こと
- koto — Thing; nominalizer turning verbs into noun phrases.
- よく
- yoku — Well; often; adverb indicating frequency or quality.
- 知っ
- shit- — Stem of 知る; to know, be aware of something.
- て
- te — Connective particle linking sequential or parallel actions.
- い
- i — Stem of いる; auxiliary indicating ongoing state or action.
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary particle indicating completed action.
- そして
- soshite — And then; conjunction adding sequential information.
- その
- sono — That; demonstrative determiner referring to nearby thing.
- を
- o — Object-marking particle indicating direct object of verb.
- 忌み嫌っ
- imikirat- — Stem of 忌み嫌う; to loathe, detest something strongly.
- 二分
- nifun — Two minutes; a short span of time.
- も
- mo — Also; even; particle adding emphasis or inclusion.
- 経た
- heta — Passed; elapsed, as in time having gone by.
- ない
- nai — Not; negative auxiliary indicating absence or negation.
- うち
- uchi — Within; while; during a period or timeframe.
- に
- ni — Particle indicating direction, time, or indirect object.
- すべて
- subete — All; everything; entirety without exception.
- 悩み
- nayami — Worry; trouble; personal concern or anguish.
- 忘れ
- wasure — Stem of 忘れる; to forget, cease to remember.
- それ
- sore — That; demonstrative pronoun referring to something nearby.
- が
- ga — Subject-marking particle identifying the grammatical subject.
- 大人
- otona — Adult; grown-up person of mature age.
- 比べ
- kurabe — Stem of 比べる; to compare two things together.
- 少し
- sukoshi — A little; slightly; small amount or degree.
- 軽く
- karuku — Lightly; mildly; adverb form of light or easy.
- 苦く
- nigaku — Bitterly; adverb form of bitter in taste or feeling.
- から
- kara — From; because; particle indicating origin or reason.
- なく
- naku — Without; negative connective form of ない.
- 新た
- arata — New; fresh; na-adjective indicating novelty or renewal.
- な
- na — Na-adjective connecting particle linking adjective to noun.
- 強烈
- kyōretsu — Intense; powerful; extremely strong in effect or impact.
- 興味
- kyōmi — Interest; curiosity toward a subject or activity.
- 押し流し
- oshiながashi — Sweeping away; carrying off with strong force.
- しばらく
- shibaraku — For a while; temporarily; for some short period.
- 間
- aida / ma — Interval; between; a period or space of time.
- 心
- kokoro — Heart; mind; one's inner feelings or spirit.
- 外
- soto — Outside; exterior; beyond a boundary or enclosure.
- へ
- e — Directional particle indicating movement toward something.
- 追い出し
- oidashi — Stem of 追い出す; to drive out, expel something.
- しまっ
- shimat- — Stem of しまう; indicates completion, often with regret.
- だ
- da — Plain copula asserting a state or identification.
- ちょうど
- chōdo — Exactly; just; precisely at that moment or amount.
- 新しい
- atarashii — New; recent; not previously existing or encountered.
- 事業
- jigyō — Enterprise; business venture; large-scale undertaking or project.
- 興奮
- kōfun — Excitement; agitation; state of being stirred up emotionally.
- 中
- naka / chū — Inside; middle; among; within a group or space.
- 人々
- hitobito — People; various persons; plural form of person.
- 不幸
- fukō — Misfortune; unhappiness; unfortunate circumstance or condition.
- られる
- rareru — Passive or potential auxiliary; can do or be done.
- よう
- yō — Like; as if; resembling; expressing similarity or manner.
- この
- kono — This; demonstrative determiner for nearby referent.
- と
- to — And; with; quotation particle linking items or speech.
- 黒人
- kokujin — Black person; person of African descent.
- 教わっ
- osowat- — Stem of 教わる; to be taught, learn from someone.
- ばかり
- bakari — Just; only; approximately; indicates recent completion or exclusivity.
- 口笛
- kuchibue — Whistle; sound made by blowing through pursed lips.
- 貴重
- kichō — Precious; valuable; highly regarded or difficult to obtain.
- 新技
- shingi — New technique; newly learned skill or trick.
- 邪魔
- jama — Hindrance; interruption; something that gets in the way.
- さ
- sa — Nominalizing suffix or emphatic sentence-final particle.
- れ
- re — Passive/potential verb conjugation ending form.
- ず
- zu — Negative verb ending meaning without doing something.
- 練習
- renshū — Practice; training; repeated exercise to improve skill.
- し
- shi — Verb stem connector; also lists reasons or actions.
- たく
- taku — Desiderative verb stem form expressing wanting to do.
- たまら
- tamara — Stem of たまらない; unbearable, irresistibly strong feeling.
- なかっ
- nakat- — Past negative stem; was not, did not exist.
- 音楽
- ongaku — Music; the art of combining sounds melodically.
- 途中
- tochū — Midway; in the middle of a process or journey.
- 舌
- shita — Tongue; the muscular organ inside the mouth.
- 短い
- mijikai — Short; brief; not long in length or duration.
- 間隔
- kankaku — Interval; gap; space or time between two things.
- 口
- kuchi — Mouth; opening of the face used for speech, eating.
- 天井
- tenjō — Ceiling; the upper interior surface of a room.
- 触れる
- fureru — To touch; to come into contact with something.
- 生み出さ
- umidasa — Stem of 生み出す; to produce, give birth to something.
- れる
- reru — Passive/potential auxiliary verb ending attached to stems.
- 独特
- dokutoku — Unique; distinctive; characteristic found only in something.
- 小鳥
- kotori — Small bird; little bird, often implying delicateness.
- さえずり
- saezuri — Chirping; twittering sound made by small birds.
- 一種
- isshu — A kind of; a type or variety of something.
- 流れる
- nagareru — To flow; to stream; to move continuously and smoothly.
- 鳴き声
- nakigoe — Animal cry; sound made by a bird or animal.
- なる
- naru — To become; to turn into a new state or condition.
- もの
- mono — Thing; object; nominalizer indicating a general thing.
- かつて
- katsute — Once; formerly; at some point in the past.
- だっ
- dat- — Past copula stem; was, indicating a past state.
- ある
- aru — To exist; there is; used for inanimate things.
- なら
- nara — If; conditional particle assuming a certain situation.
- 読者
- dokusha — Reader; person who reads a text or publication.
- おそらく
- osoraku — Probably; likely; expressing a reasonable supposition.
- 方法
- hōhō — Method; way; procedure for doing something.
- 覚え
- oboe — Stem of 覚える; to memorize, remember, or learn.
- いる
- iru — To be; to exist; auxiliary for ongoing actions.
- だろう
- darō — Probably; conjecture form expressing likelihood or supposition.
- 勤勉
- kinben — Diligence; industriousness; working hard and persistently.
- 注意
- chūi — Attention; caution; careful notice paid to something.
- よっ
- yot- — Stem of よる; by means of, depending on something.
- すぐ
- sugu — Soon; immediately; right away without delay.
- コツ
- kotsu — Knack; trick; key to mastering a skill.
- 掴み
- tsukami — Stem of 掴む; to grasp, seize, or catch hold of.
- いっぱい
- ippai — Full; a lot; filled to capacity or in abundance.
- メロディー
- merodī — Melody; a sequence of musical notes forming a tune.
- 魂
- tamashii — Soul; spirit; the inner essence of a person.
- 感謝
- kansha — Gratitude; thankfulness; appreciation for something received.
- 抱き
- daki — Stem of 抱く; to embrace, hold, or harbor a feeling.
- ながら
- nagara — While; simultaneously doing two actions at the same time.
- 通り
- tōri — Street; way; manner as in 'as stated or shown'.
- 大股
- ōmata — Large stride; walking with wide, confident steps.
- 歩い
- arui- — Stem of 歩く; to walk on foot.
- 惑星
- wakusei — Planet; celestial body orbiting a star like the sun.
- 発見
- hakken — Discovery; finding something previously unknown or unnoticed.
- 天文学者
- tenmongakusha — Astronomer; scientist who studies celestial bodies and space.
- 気分
- kibun — Feeling; mood; one's general emotional or physical state.
- 強く
- tsuyoku — Strongly; powerfully; adverb form of strong.
- 深く
- fukaku — Deeply; profoundly; adverb form of deep.
- 混じり気
- Impurity; mixture; something mixed with a foreign element.
- 喜び
- yorokobi — Joy; delight; a feeling of great happiness or pleasure.
- いう
- iu — To say; to call; to be described as something.
- 点
- ten — Point; aspect; dot; a specific feature or matter.
- 優位
- yūi — Superiority; advantage; dominant or favorable position.
- あっ
- at- — Stem of ある; there is/was, a past or connective form.
- あり
- ari — Stem of ある; existing, being present, formal connective form.
- 疑い
- utagai — Doubt; suspicion; uncertainty about the truth of something.
- 夏
- natsu — Summer; the warmest season of the year.
- 夕べ
- yūbe — Evening; last night; the latter part of the day.
- 長かっ
- nagakat- — Past stem of 長い; was long in duration or length.
- まだ
- mada — Still; yet; not yet; continuing state up to now.
- 暗く
- kuraku — Darkly; adverb form of dark, lacking light.
- やがて
- yagate — Eventually; before long; in due course of time.
- やめ
- yame — Stem of やめる; to stop, quit, or cease doing something.
- 見知らぬ
- mishiranu — Unknown; unfamiliar; a stranger not previously met.
- 者
- mono / sha — Person; someone; a person with a certain characteristic.
- 目
- me — Eye; vision; one of the organs used for seeing.
- 前
- mae — Front; before; in front of or prior to something.
- 自分
- jibun — Oneself; myself/yourself; reflexive pronoun for any person.
- より
- yori — More than; than; comparative particle for comparison.
- 大きな
- ōkina — Large; big; na-adjective form describing great size.
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