The Brothers Karamazov — Page 2
Fyodor Pavlovitch's first wife, Adelaïda Ivanovna, belonged to a fairly rich and distinguished noble family, also landowners in our district, the Miüsovs.
フョードル・パーヴロヴィチの最初の妻、アデライーダ・イワーノヴナは、かなり裕福で名望ある貴族の家柄の出身で、その家もまた我々の地区の地主であり、ミウーソフ家であった。
How it came to pass that an heiress, who was also a beauty, and moreover one of those vigorous, intelligent girls, so common in this generation, but sometimes also to be found in the last, could have married such a worthless, puny weakling, as we all called him, I won't attempt to explain.
相続人であり美貌の持ち主でもあり、さらには今の世代にはよく見られるが前の世代にも時として見られた、あの活発で聡明な娘のひとりが、我々が皆そう呼んでいたような、あれほど取るに足らない、矮小な弱虫と結婚するに至った経緯を、私はあえて説明しようとは思わない。
I knew a young lady of the last "romantic" generation who after some years of an enigmatic passion for a gentleman, whom she might quite easily have married at any moment, invented insuperable obstacles to their union, and ended by throwing herself one stormy night into a rather deep and rapid river from a high bank, almost a precipice, and so perished, entirely to satisfy her own caprice, and to be like Shakespeare's Ophelia.
私はかつて、前の「ロマンチック」な世代の若い女性を知っていたが、彼女はいつでも容易に結婚できたはずの男性に対して数年間謎めいた情熱を抱いた末、二人の結合に越えがたい障害を作り上げ、ある嵐の夜、ほとんど断崖に近い高い岸から、かなり深く流れの速い川へと身を投げ、こうして命を落とした。それはひとえに自らの気まぐれを満たし、シェイクスピアのオフィーリアのようになるためであった。
Indeed, if this precipice, a chosen and favorite spot of hers, had been less picturesque, if there had been a prosaic flat bank in its place, most likely the suicide would never have taken place.
実際、もしこの断崖が、彼女が選んだお気に入りの場所でなく、もっと絵になりにくい場所であったなら、そこに代わりに平凡な平らな岸があったなら、おそらくその自殺は決して起きなかったであろう。
This is a fact, and probably there have been not a few similar instances in the last two or three generations.
これは事実であり、おそらく過去二、三世代の間に同様の例が少なからずあったことだろう。
Adelaïda Ivanovna Miüsov's action was similarly, no doubt, an echo of other people's ideas, and was due to the irritation caused by lack of mental freedom.
アデライーダ・イワーノヴナ・ミウーソワの行動もまた、疑いなく同様に、他者の思想の反響であり、精神的自由の欠如がもたらした苛立ちによるものであった。
She wanted, perhaps, to show her feminine independence, to override class distinctions and the despotism of her family.
彼女はおそらく、女性としての自立を示し、階級の差別と家族の専制に打ち勝とうとしたのであろう。
Vocabulary
- の
- no — Possessive or linking particle indicating relationship
- 最初
- saisho — The first; the beginning of something
- 妻
- tsuma — Wife; one's own spouse
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle highlighting sentence subject
- かなり
- kanari — Quite; fairly; considerably more than average
- 裕福
- yūfuku — Wealthy; affluent; financially well-off
- で
- de — Particle indicating means, location, or connector
- 名望
- meibō — Fame; prestige; high social reputation
- ある
- aru — To exist; to have; to be present
- 貴族
- kizoku — Aristocrat; nobleman; member of nobility
- 家柄
- iegara — Family lineage; social standing of one's family
- 出身
- shusshin — One's origin; hometown or background
- その
- sono — That; referring to previously mentioned thing
- 家
- ie — House; family; household
- も
- mo — Also; too; even; inclusive particle
- また
- mata — Also; again; moreover; in addition
- 我々
- wareware — We; us; referring to a group collectively
- 地区
- chiku — District; area; designated zone or region
- 地主
- jinushi — Landowner; landlord who owns property or land
- あり
- ari — Exists; there is; being present (formal form)
- あっ
- a' — Was; existed (past informal form of ある)
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary verb marker
- 相続人
- sōzokunin — Heir; inheritor; person who receives inheritance
- 美貌
- bibō — Beautiful appearance; good looks; physical beauty
- 持ち主
- mochinushi — Owner; possessor of something
- さら
- sara — Furthermore; even more; additionally (さらに)
- に
- ni — Particle indicating direction, time, or purpose
- 今
- ima — Now; the present time or moment
- 世代
- sedai — Generation; age group sharing similar era
- よく
- yoku — Often; well; frequently; commonly seen
- 見
- mi — See; look; observe (stem of 見る)
- られる
- rareru — Passive or potential auxiliary verb ending
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle or contrastive conjunction
- 前
- mae — Before; in front; previous time or place
- 時として
- toki to shite — Sometimes; occasionally; at certain times
- られ
- rare — Passive verb form suffix (shortened)
- あの
- ano — That (over there); referring to known thing
- 活発
- kappatsu — Lively; active; energetic in behavior
- 聡明
- sōmei — Wise; intelligent; clever and perceptive
- な
- na — Adjectival linking particle for na-adjectives
- 娘
- musume — Daughter; young woman; girl
- ひとり
- hitori — One person; alone; by oneself
- 皆
- mina — Everyone; all people together
- そう
- sō — So; that way; like that
- 呼ん
- yon — Call; address by name (stem of 呼ぶ)
- い
- i — Be; exist (for animate subjects, stem form)
- よう
- yō — Seem; appear; manner; way of doing
- あれ
- are — That thing over there; that one
- ほど
- hodo — About; to the extent of; degree
- 取る
- toru — Take; get; obtain something
- 足ら
- tara — Insufficient; not enough (stem of 足りる)
- ない
- nai — Negative auxiliary; does not exist or occur
- 矮小
- waisho — Petty; diminutive; small and insignificant
- 弱虫
- yowamushi — Coward; weakling; spineless person
- と
- to — With; and; quotation particle; together with
- 結婚
- kekkon — Marriage; getting married to someone
- する
- suru — To do; to perform an action
- 至っ
- ita' — Reached; arrived at; came to (至る past)
- 経緯
- keii — Circumstances; background story; how events unfolded
- を
- wo — Object marker particle indicating direct object
- 私
- watashi — I; me; first-person pronoun
- あえて
- aete — Dare to; venture to; boldly doing something
- 説明
- setsumei — Explanation; describing or clarifying something
- しよう
- shiyō — Let's do; volitional form of する
- 思わ
- omowa — Think; feel; believe (stem of 思う)
- かつて
- katsute — Once; formerly; in the past
- ロマンチック
- romanchikku — Romantic; idealistic; dreamily sentimental
- 若い
- wakai — Young; youthful in age or spirit
- 女性
- josei — Woman; female person
- 知っ
- shi' — Know; be aware of (past stem of 知る)
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle connecting sequential actions
- 彼女
- kanojo — She; her; girlfriend
- いつ
- itsu — When; at what time
- 容易
- yōi — Easy; simple; not difficult to do
- でき
- deki — Can do; be able to (stem of できる)
- はず
- hazu — Should; supposed to; expected to be
- 男性
- dansei — Man; male person
- 対し
- taishi — Toward; against; in relation to
- 数
- sū — Several; a number of; few
- 年間
- nenkan — For years; span of several years
- 謎めい
- nazomei — Mysterious; enigmatic; puzzling in nature
- 情熱
- jōnetsu — Passion; strong intense emotion or enthusiasm
- 抱い
- idai — Held; harbored; embraced a feeling
- 末
- sue — End; conclusion; after a long period
- 二人
- futari — Two people; a pair; a couple
- 結合
- ketsugō — Union; combination; joining together
- 越え
- koe — Overcome; cross over; surpass (stem of 越える)
- がたい
- gatai — Hard to do; difficult to accomplish
- 障害
- shōgai — Obstacle; barrier; impediment to progress
- 作り上げ
- tsukuriage — Build up; construct; create completely
- 嵐
- arashi — Storm; tempest; violent weather
- 夜
- yoru — Night; nighttime; evening hours
- ほとんど
- hotondo — Almost; nearly; mostly; the majority
- 断崖
- dangai — Cliff; precipice; steep rocky drop
- 近い
- chikai — Near; close; not far away
- 高い
- takai — High; tall; expensive
- 岸
- kishi — Shore; bank; riverbank or coastline
- から
- kara — From; since; because; starting point
- 深く
- fukaku — Deeply; to a great depth
- 流れ
- nagare — Flow; current; stream of water
- 速い
- hayai — Fast; quick; rapid in movement
- 川
- kawa — River; stream; flowing body of water
- へ
- he — To; toward; directional particle
- 身
- mi — Body; oneself; one's own person
- 投げ
- nage — Throw; hurl; fling (stem of 投げる)
- こう
- kō — This way; thus; in this manner
- し
- shi — And; doing so; conjunctive verb form
- 命
- inochi — Life; one's existence; vital force
- 落とし
- otoshi — Drop; lose; cause to fall (stem)
- それ
- sore — That; referring to previously mentioned thing
- ひとえ
- hitoe — Solely; entirely; purely due to something
- 自ら
- mizukara — Oneself; by one's own action or will
- 気まぐれ
- kimagure — Whim; caprice; acting on impulse
- 満たし
- mitashi — Fulfill; satisfy; fill up completely
- なる
- naru — Become; turn into; come to be
- ため
- tame — For the sake of; in order to
- 実際
- jissai — Actually; in reality; in practice
- もし
- moshi — If; supposing that; in case of
- この
- kono — This; referring to nearby thing or person
- 選ん
- eran — Chose; selected (stem of 選ぶ)
- だ
- da — Is; plain form copula verb
- お気に入り
- okiniiri — Favorite; preferred; most-liked thing or place
- 場所
- basho — Place; location; spot; venue
- なく
- naku — Without; lacking; not having something
- もっと
- motto — More; even more; to a greater degree
- 絵
- e — Picture; painting; drawing; image
- なり
- nari — Become; or; either option (conjunctive)
- にくい
- nikui — Difficult to do; hard to perform
- なら
- nara — If; in that case; conditional conjunction
- そこ
- soko — There; that place; referring to specific spot
- 代わり
- kawari — Instead; replacement; substitute for something
- 平凡
- heibon — Ordinary; commonplace; unremarkable and plain
- 平ら
- taira — Flat; level; smooth surface
- おそらく
- osoraku — Probably; perhaps; most likely
- 自殺
- jisatsu — Suicide; taking one's own life
- 決して
- kesshite — Never; by no means (used with negatives)
- 起き
- oki — Happen; occur; wake up (stem of 起きる)
- なかっ
- naka' — Did not; negative past auxiliary form
- あろう
- arō — Probably is; volitional form of ある
- これ
- kore — This; this thing here nearby
- 事実
- jijitsu — Fact; truth; actual state of affairs
- 過去
- kako — The past; previous time; history
- 二
- ni — Two; the number 2
- 三
- san — Three; the number 3
- 間
- aida — Between; interval; period of time
- 同様
- dōyō — Likewise; same; in the same manner
- 例
- rei — Example; instance; precedent case
- 少なから
- sukunakara — Not a few; quite a number of
- ず
- zu — Without; negative classical verb ending
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; matter; nominalized event
- だろう
- darō — Probably; I suppose; conjecture form
- 行動
- kōdō — Action; behavior; conduct; deed
- 疑い
- utagai — Doubt; suspicion; distrust of something
- 他者
- tasha — Others; other people; third parties
- 思想
- shisō — Thought; ideology; way of thinking
- 反響
- hankyō — Echo; response; repercussion; reaction to something
- 精神
- seishin — Spirit; mind; mental state or attitude
- 的
- teki — Suffix meaning -like, -al, or pertaining to
- 自由
- jiyū — Freedom; liberty; being free from constraint
- 欠如
- ketsujo — Lack; deficiency; absence of something needed
- もたらし
- motarashi — Brought about; caused; resulted in something
- 苛立ち
- iradachi — Irritation; frustration; feeling of annoyance
- よる
- yoru — Due to; caused by; resulting from
- もの
- mono — Thing; matter; something concrete or abstract
- として
- to shite — As; in the capacity of; regarded as
- 自立
- jiritsu — Independence; self-reliance; standing on one's own
- 示し
- shimeshi — Show; demonstrate; indicate (stem of 示す)
- 階級
- kaikyū — Class; social rank; hierarchical standing
- 差別
- sabetsu — Discrimination; prejudice; unfair differential treatment
- 家族
- kazoku — Family; one's household members
- 専制
- sensei — Despotism; autocracy; tyrannical control over others
- 打ち勝と
- uchikato — Overcome; defeat; triumph over something difficult
- う
- u — Volitional ending expressing will or intention
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