The Brothers Karamazov — Page 1

English → Japanese Chapter I. Level 8/10

Fyodor Pavlovitch Karamazov

フョードル・パーヴロヴィチ・カラマーゾフ

Alexey Fyodorovitch Karamazov was the third son of Fyodor Pavlovitch Karamazov, a land owner well known in our district in his own day, and still remembered among us owing to his gloomy and tragic death, which happened thirteen years ago, and which I shall describe in its proper place.

アレクセイ・フョードロヴィチ・カラマーゾフは、フョードル・パーヴロヴィチ・カラマーゾフの三男であった。フョードルは、生前われわれの地方ではよく知られた地主であり、今もなおわれわれの間で語り草になっているが、それは十三年前に起きた彼の陰惨で悲劇的な死のためであって、その詳細については後に適切な箇所で述べることにする。

For the present I will only say that this "landowner"—for so we used to call him, although he hardly spent a day of his life on his own estate—was a strange type, yet one pretty frequently to be met with, a type abject and vicious and at the same time senseless.

今はただ、この「地主」——われわれは彼をそう呼んでいたが、実際には彼は自分の領地でほとんど一日も過ごしたことがなかった——が、奇妙な人間ではあるものの、さほど珍しくもない類型の人間であったとだけ言っておこう。卑劣で悪辣であると同時に、どこか愚かしいところのある人間の類型である。

But he was one of those senseless persons who are very well capable of looking after their worldly affairs, and, apparently, after nothing else.

しかし彼は、世俗的な事柄を処理する能力には長けているが、それ以外のことにはまったく関心を持たない、そういった愚かしい人間の一人であった。

Fyodor Pavlovitch, for instance, began with next to nothing; his estate was of the smallest; he ran to dine at other men's tables, and fastened on them as a toady, yet at his death it appeared that he had a hundred thousand roubles in hard cash.

たとえばフョードル・パーヴロヴィチは、ほとんど無一文から出発した。領地はごく小さなものであったし、他人の食卓に厚かましく押しかけてはへつらいながら食事をしていたのに、死の時には現金で十万ルーブルを持っていることがわかったのだ。

At the same time, he was all his life one of the most senseless, fantastical fellows in the whole district.

それと同時に、彼は生涯を通じて、その地方全体でも指折りの、愚かしく奇妙奇天烈な人物であり続けた。

I repeat, it was not stupidity—the majority of these fantastical fellows are shrewd and intelligent enough—but just senselessness, and a peculiar national form of it.

繰り返すが、それは単なる愚鈍ではなかった——こういった奇妙な人物の大多数は、十分に抜け目なく頭も切れる——そうではなく、ただの愚かしさ、しかもある特殊なロシア的形態をもった愚かしさであった。

He was married twice, and had three sons, the eldest, Dmitri, by his first wife, and two, Ivan and Alexey, by his second.

彼は二度結婚し、三人の息子をもうけた。長男ドミトリは最初の妻との間に生まれ、イワンとアレクセイの二人は二番目の妻との間に生まれた。

Vocabulary

は: wa — Topic-marking particle indicating the sentence's subject.
の: no — Possessive or linking particle connecting nouns together.
三男: sannan — Third son of a family.
で: de — Copula particle indicating state, means, or location.
あった: atta — Past tense of aru; was, existed.
生前: seizen — During one's lifetime; while still alive.
われわれ: wareware — We, us; first-person plural pronoun.
地方: chihō — Region, province, local area.
よく: yoku — Well, often, frequently.
知られた: shirareta — Was known, was widely recognized.
地主: jinushi — Landowner, landlord owning property or land.
あり: ari — Conjunctive form of aru; is, exists, and.
今: ima — Now, the present moment.
も: mo — Also, even, too; additive particle.
なお: nao — Still, furthermore, even now.
間: あいだ / ma — Between, interval, period of time.
語り草: katarikusa — Topic of gossip, something talked about repeatedly.
に: ni — Direction, location, time, or target particle.
なって: natte — Te-form of naru; having become, turning into.
いる: iru — To be, to exist (for animate beings).
が: ga — Subject particle or conjunctive meaning but, however.
それ: sore — That, it; mid-distance demonstrative pronoun.
十三年前: jūsan-nen mae — Thirteen years ago.
起き: oki — Stem of okiru; to occur, to happen, to wake.
た: ta — Past-tense auxiliary verb marker.
彼: kare — He, him; third-person male pronoun.
陰惨: insan — Gloomy, gruesome, dismal, horrifying.
悲劇的: higekiteki — Tragic, of or relating to tragedy.
な: na — Adjectival linking particle used with na-adjectives.
死: shi — Death.
ため: tame — Because of, for the sake of, due to.
あって: atte — Te-form of aru; being, existing, and so.
その: sono — That, its; attributive demonstrative modifier.
詳細: shōsai — Details, particulars, full account of something.
ついて: tsuite — Regarding, concerning, about a topic.
後: nochi / ato — Later, after, subsequent time.
適切: tekisetsu — Appropriate, suitable, fitting for a purpose.
箇所: kasho — Passage, spot, specific place in a text.
述べる: noberu — To state, describe, explain in detail.
こと: koto — Thing, matter, fact (nominalizer).
する: suru — To do, to make, to perform an action.
ただ: tada — However, merely, simply, just.
この: kono — This (attributive demonstrative modifier).
を: wo — Object particle marking the direct object.
そう: sō — So, that way, in such a manner.
呼んで: yonde — Te-form of yobu; calling, addressing by name.
実際: jissai — Actually, in reality, in practice.
自分: jibun — Oneself, one's own self.
領地: ryōchi — Estate, domain, territory owned by someone.
ほとんど: hotondo — Almost, nearly, hardly any.
一日: ichinichi / tsuitachi — One day, a single day.
過ごした: sugoshita — Spent time, passed time somewhere.
なかった: nakatta — Did not have/exist; past negative of nai.
奇妙: kimyō — Strange, odd, peculiar, curious.
人間: ningen — Human being, person, mankind.
ある: aru — To exist, to be, to have (inanimate).
もの: mono — Thing, object, person (nominalizer/softener).
さほど: sahodo — Not so much, not particularly, not that.
珍しく: mezurashiku — Adverb of mezurashii; uncommonly, rarely.
ない: nai — Not, does not exist; negative auxiliary.
類型: ruikei — Type, category, pattern of classification.
と: to — Quotation particle, and, with, together.
だけ: dake — Only, just, merely, no more than.
言って: itte — Te-form of iu; saying, telling, stating.
おこう: okō — Let's leave it at that; volitional of oku.
卑劣: hiretsu — Cowardly, mean, despicable, base in character.
悪辣: akuratsu — Vicious, wicked, unscrupulous, crafty and malicious.
同時: dōji — At the same time, simultaneously.
どこか: dokoka — Somewhere, somehow, in some way.
愚かしい: orokashii — Foolish, stupid, absurd, senseless.
ところ: tokoro — Place, point, aspect, circumstance.
しかし: shikashi — However, but, nevertheless.
世俗的: sezokuteki — Worldly, secular, materialistic in nature.
事柄: kotogara — Matters, affairs, things, circumstances.
処理: shori — Handling, processing, managing, dealing with.
能力: nōryoku — Ability, capability, capacity, skill.
長けて: takete — Te-form of takeru; excelling at, being skilled.
以外: igai — Other than, except for, besides.
まったく: mattaku — Completely, entirely, utterly, not at all.
関心: kanshin — Interest, concern, attention toward something.
持た: mota — Stem of motsu; to hold, to have, possess.
そういった: sōitta — That kind of, such, of that type.
一人: hitori — One person, alone, by oneself.
たとえば: tatoeba — For example, for instance.
無一文: muichimon — Penniless, broke, without a single coin.
から: kara — From, because, since, starting point.
出発: shuppatsu — Departure, starting out, setting off.
した: shita — Past tense of suru; did, performed, made.
ごく: goku — Extremely, very, utterly (intensifier).
小さな: chīsana — Small, little, tiny (attributive form).
他人: tanin — Other people, strangers, others.
食卓: shokutaku — Dining table, dinner table.
厚かましく: atsukamashiku — Brazenly, shamelessly, impudently, boldly.
押しかけて: oshikakete — Pushing oneself in uninvited, barging over.
へつらい: hetsurai — Flattery, sycophancy, fawning behavior.
ながら: nagara — While doing, although; simultaneous action conjunction.
食事: shokuji — Meal, eating, dining.
して: shite — Te-form of suru; doing, and then.
時: toki — Time, moment, occasion, when.
現金: genkin — Cash, ready money, liquid funds.
十万: jūman — One hundred thousand (100,000).
持って: motte — Te-form of motsu; holding, carrying, having.
わかった: wakatta — Understood, turned out, was discovered.
だ: da — Copula; is, am, are (plain form).
生涯: shōgai — One's lifetime, life, entire existence.
通じて: tsūjite — Throughout, through, by means of.
全体: zentai — The whole, entirety, overall.
指折り: yubioри — Notable, foremost, counted on one's fingers.
奇妙奇天烈: kimyō kitchōretsu — Extremely bizarre, fantastically strange and eccentric.
人物: jinbutsu — Person, character, figure, personage.
続け: tsuzuke — Stem of tsuzukeru; to continue, keep doing.
繰り返す: kurikaesu — To repeat, do over and over again.
単なる: tan'naru — Mere, simple, nothing more than.
愚鈍: gudon — Dull-witted, slow, stupid, obtuse.
こういった: kōitta — This kind of, such, of this type.
大多数: daitasū — Great majority, most, the bulk of.
十分: jūbun — Sufficient, enough, fully, adequately.
抜け目: nukeme — Sharpness, shrewdness; 抜け目ない means shrewd.
なく: naku — Without, not having; conjunctive of nai.
頭: atama — Head; also intelligence, cleverness.
切れる: kireru — To be sharp, clever; to cut, expire.
愚かしさ: orokashisa — Foolishness, stupidity, absurdity (noun form).
しかも: shikamo — Moreover, furthermore, and yet, besides.
特殊: tokushu — Special, particular, unique, distinctive.
形態: keitai — Form, shape, mode, configuration.
もった: motta — Past tense of motsu; had, possessed, bore.
二度: nido — Twice, two times.
結婚: kekkon — Marriage, wedding, matrimony.
三人: sannin — Three people.
息子: musuko — Son, one's male child.
もうけ: mōke — Profit, gain; also stem of mōkeru (to beget).
長男: chōnan — Eldest son, firstborn male child.
最初: saisho — First, beginning, the very start.
妻: tsuma — Wife, one's own spouse (female).
生まれ: umare — Birth, born of, origin.
二人: futari — Two people, a pair, both of them.
二番目: nibanme — Second, the second in order or rank.

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