The Brothers Karamazov — Page 1
He Gets Rid Of His Eldest Son
彼はその長男を厄介払いする
You can easily imagine what a father such a man could be and how he would bring up his children.
そのような男がどんな父親になり得るか、また子供たちをどのように育てるかは、容易に想像できるだろう。
His behavior as a father was exactly what might be expected.
父親としての彼の振る舞いは、まさに予想通りのものだった。
He completely abandoned the child of his marriage with Adelaïda Ivanovna, not from malice, nor because of his matrimonial grievances, but simply because he forgot him.
彼はアデライーダ・イワーノヴナとの結婚によって生まれた子供を完全に見捨てたが、それは悪意からでも、婚姻上の恨みからでもなく、ただ単に忘れてしまったからであった。
While he was wearying every one with his tears and complaints, and turning his house into a sink of debauchery, a faithful servant of the family, Grigory, took the three-year-old Mitya into his care.
彼が涙と愚痴で周囲の者をうんざりさせ、自分の家を放蕩の巣窟に変えていた間、家の忠実な召使いグリゴーリーが三歳のミーチャを引き取って世話をした。
If he hadn't looked after him there would have been no one even to change the baby's little shirt.
もし彼が世話をしなかったなら、赤ん坊の小さなシャツを着替えさせる者さえいなかったであろう。
It happened moreover that the child's relations on his mother's side forgot him too at first.
さらに、子供の母方の親戚たちも最初は彼のことを忘れていた。
His grandfather was no longer living, his widow, Mitya's grandmother, had moved to Moscow, and was seriously ill, while his daughters were married, so that Mitya remained for almost a whole year in old Grigory's charge and lived with him in the servant's cottage.
祖父はすでに亡くなっており、その未亡人であるミーチャの祖母はモスクワに移り住んで重い病にかかっていた。また娘たちは嫁いでいたため、ミーチャはほぼ一年間、老グリゴーリーの保護のもとで彼と共に召使いの小屋に暮らした。
But if his father had remembered him (he could not, indeed, have been altogether unaware of his existence) he would have sent him back to the cottage, as the child would only have been in the way of his debaucheries.
しかし、もし父親が彼のことを思い出したとしても（実際、彼の存在をまったく知らなかったわけではあるまいが）、子供は放蕩の邪魔になるだけなので、小屋に送り返していたことだろう。
But a cousin of Mitya's mother, Pyotr Alexandrovitch Miüsov, happened to return from Paris.
ところが、ミーチャの母の従兄弟であるピョートル・アレクサンドロヴィチ・ミウーソフが、折しもパリから帰ってきた。
Vocabulary
- 彼
- kare — He; third-person masculine pronoun.
- は
- wa — Topic-marking particle indicating the subject.
- その
- sono — That; demonstrative adjective referring to nearby thing.
- 長男
- chōnan — Eldest son of a family.
- を
- wo — Object-marking particle indicating direct object.
- 厄介払い
- yakkaibara i — Getting rid of a troublesome burden or person.
- する
- suru — To do; general-purpose action verb.
- そのような
- sono yōna — Such; of that kind or nature.
- 男
- otoko — Man; adult male person.
- が
- ga — Subject-marking particle indicating grammatical subject.
- どんな
- donna — What kind of; what sort of.
- 父親
- chichioya — Father; one's male parent.
- に
- ni — Particle indicating direction, location, or indirect object.
- なり
- nari — Conjunctive form of naru, meaning to become.
- 得る
- eru — To be able to; to obtain or be capable.
- か
- ka — Question-marking sentence-final particle.
- また
- mata — Also; again; furthermore; in addition.
- 子供
- kodomo — Child; young person; offspring.
- たち
- tachi — Plural suffix for people or living things.
- どのように
- dono yō ni — In what way; how; by what manner.
- 育てる
- sodateru — To raise; to bring up a child.
- 容易
- yōi — Easy; simple; not difficult.
- 想像
- sōzō — Imagination; mental image; to imagine something.
- できる
- dekiru — To be able to; to be possible.
- だろう
- darō — Probably; expresses conjecture or supposition.
- として
- to shite — As; in the capacity or role of.
- の
- no — Possessive or linking particle connecting nouns.
- 振る舞い
- furumai — Behavior; conduct; manner of acting.
- まさに
- masa ni — Exactly; precisely; just as expected.
- 予想
- yosō — Expectation; prediction; anticipation of outcome.
- 通り
- tōri — As expected; in accordance with; just as.
- もの
- mono — Thing; object; nominalizer adding nuance to statements.
- だった
- datta — Was; past tense copula form.
- と
- to — With; and; quotation particle connecting elements.
- 結婚
- kekkon — Marriage; act of getting married.
- よって
- yotte — By means of; due to; because of.
- 生まれた
- umareta — Was born; came into existence.
- 完全
- kanzen — Complete; perfect; total; utter.
- 見捨て
- misute — Abandoning; forsaking; leaving someone behind.
- た
- ta — Past tense verb suffix indicating completed action.
- それ
- sore — That; referring to something previously mentioned.
- 悪意
- akui — Malice; ill will; bad intention.
- から
- kara — From; because; starting point or reason particle.
- で
- de — At; by; with; particle indicating means or location.
- も
- mo — Also; too; even; inclusive particle.
- 婚姻
- kon'in — Marriage; matrimony; legal conjugal union.
- 上
- ue — Above; on top; regarding; in terms of.
- 恨み
- urami — Grudge; resentment; lingering ill feeling.
- なく
- naku — Without; negating connective form of nai.
- ただ
- tada — Simply; merely; just; only.
- 単に
- tan ni — Simply; merely; only; nothing more than.
- 忘れて
- wasurete — Forgetting; having forgotten something completely.
- しまった
- shimatta — Ended up doing; completed action with regret.
- あった
- atta — There was; existed; past form of aru.
- 涙
- namida — Tears; drops from crying or emotion.
- 愚痴
- guchi — Grumbling; complaining; senseless lament.
- 周囲
- shūi — Surroundings; those around; the surrounding area.
- 者
- mono/sha — Person; one who; individual associated with something.
- うんざり
- unzari — Fed up; disgusted; tired of something.
- させ
- sase — Causative verb form; making someone do something.
- 自分
- jibun — Oneself; one's own self.
- 家
- ie/uchi — House; home; one's household.
- 放蕩
- hōtō — Debauchery; dissipation; reckless immoral behavior.
- 巣窟
- sōkutsu — Den; lair; hideout of disreputable activity.
- 変えて
- kaete — Changing; transforming into something different.
- いた
- ita — Was doing; past progressive auxiliary verb.
- 間
- aida/ma — While; during; interval of time or space.
- 忠実
- chūjitsu — Faithful; loyal; devoted and trustworthy.
- な
- na — Adjectival particle linking na-adjectives to nouns.
- 召使い
- meshitsukai — Servant; household attendant; domestic worker.
- 三歳
- sansai — Three years old; age of three.
- 引き取って
- hikitotte — Taking in; accepting custody of a person.
- 世話
- sewa — Care; looking after; assistance given to someone.
- した
- shita — Did; past tense of suru, to do.
- もし
- moshi — If; conditional hypothetical conjunction.
- しなかった
- shinakatta — Did not do; past negative of suru.
- なら
- nara — If; conditional particle expressing hypothesis.
- 赤ん坊
- akanbō — Baby; infant; newborn child.
- 小さな
- chīsana — Small; little; tiny in size.
- シャツ
- shatsu — Shirt; garment worn on the upper body.
- 着替え
- kigae — Change of clothes; act of changing garments.
- させる
- saseru — To make someone do; causative verb form.
- さえ
- sae — Even; at least; emphatic particle.
- いなかった
- inakatta — Was not there; did not exist; past negative.
- あろう
- arō — Probably would be; volitional conjecture of aru.
- さらに
- sara ni — Furthermore; even more; additionally; moreover.
- 母方
- hahakata — Mother's side; maternal line of relatives.
- 親戚
- shinseki — Relatives; family relations; kin.
- 最初
- saisho — First; the beginning; at the start.
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; nominalizer for abstract concepts.
- 祖父
- sofu — Grandfather; male grandparent.
- すでに
- sude ni — Already; by now; at this point.
- 亡くなって
- nakunatte — Having passed away; having died; deceased.
- おり
- ori — Connective form of oru; being; existing.
- 未亡人
- mibōjin — Widow; woman whose husband has died.
- ある
- aru — To exist; to be; to have (inanimate).
- 祖母
- sobo — Grandmother; female grandparent.
- 移り住んで
- utsurisunde — Having moved and settled in a new place.
- 重い
- omoi — Heavy; serious; grave in nature.
- 病
- yamai — Illness; disease; sickness.
- かかって
- kakatte — Falling ill with; contracting a disease.
- 娘
- musume — Daughter; young woman; girl.
- 嫁いで
- totsuite — Having married into; a woman marrying out.
- ため
- tame — Because of; for the sake of; due to.
- ほぼ
- hobo — Almost; approximately; nearly; roughly.
- 一年間
- ichinenkан — For one year; a period of one year.
- 老
- rō — Old; elderly; prefix indicating advanced age.
- 保護
- hogo — Protection; guardianship; care and shelter.
- もと
- moto — Under; beneath; care of; at the hands of.
- 共に
- tomo ni — Together with; jointly; in company with.
- 小屋
- koya — Hut; small cabin; tiny dwelling.
- 暮らした
- kurashita — Lived; spent time; made a living.
- しかし
- shikashi — However; but; nevertheless; contrasting conjunction.
- 思い出した
- omoidashita — Remembered; recalled; brought back to mind.
- して
- shite — Doing; conjunctive form of suru connecting clauses.
- 実際
- jissai — Actually; in reality; in practice; indeed.
- 存在
- sonzai — Existence; being; presence of something or someone.
- まったく
- mattaku — Completely; entirely; absolutely; not at all.
- 知ら
- shira — Not knowing; stem of shiru, to know.
- なかった
- nakatta — Did not exist; past negative of nai.
- わけ
- wake — Reason; meaning; it is not the case that.
- まい
- mai — Probably not; negative volition or conjecture.
- 邪魔
- jama — Nuisance; obstacle; interruption; being in the way.
- なる
- naru — To become; to turn into something.
- だけ
- dake — Only; just; merely; limited to that.
- 送り返して
- okurikaeshite — Sending back; returning someone to their origin.
- ところが
- tokoro ga — However; but then; unexpectedly though.
- 母
- haha — Mother; one's female parent.
- 従兄弟
- itoko — Cousin; child of one's parent's sibling.
- 折しも
- orishi mo — Just at that moment; at that very time.
- 帰って
- kaette — Returning; coming back to a place.
- きた
- kita — Has come; past form indicating arrival or progression.
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