The Brothers Karamazov — Page 3
" Hearing all about Adelaïda Ivanovna, whom he, of course, remembered, and in whom he had at one time been interested, and learning of the existence of Mitya, he intervened, in spite of all his youthful indignation and contempt for Fyodor Pavlovitch.
アデライーダ・イワーノヴナのことをすべて聞き、もちろん彼女のことを覚えており、かつて彼女に関心を持っていた彼は、ミーチャの存在を知り、フョードル・パーヴロヴィチへの若々しい憤りと軽蔑にもかかわらず、介入した。
He made the latter's acquaintance for the first time, and told him directly that he wished to undertake the child's education.
彼は初めてフョードルと知り合いになり、その子供の教育を引き受けたいと直接告げた。
He used long afterwards to tell as a characteristic touch, that when he began to speak of Mitya, Fyodor Pavlovitch looked for some time as though he did not understand what child he was talking about, and even as though he was surprised to hear that he had a little son in the house.
彼はずっと後になって、特徴的なエピソードとして語っていたが、ミーチャの話を始めたとき、フョードル・パーヴロヴィチはしばらくの間、どの子供のことを話しているのか分からないような顔をしており、家に幼い息子がいると聞いて驚いているようにさえ見えたという。
The story may have been exaggerated, yet it must have been something like the truth.
この話は誇張されていたかもしれないが、それでも何らかの意味で真実に近いものであったに違いない。
Fyodor Pavlovitch was all his life fond of acting, of suddenly playing an unexpected part, sometimes without any motive for doing so, and even to his own direct disadvantage, as, for instance, in the present case.
フョードル・パーヴロヴィチは生涯を通じて、演技をすること、突然予期せぬ役を演じることを好んでおり、時にはそうする動機もなく、現在の場合のように自分自身の直接の不利益になることさえあった。
This habit, however, is characteristic of a very great number of people, some of them very clever ones, not like Fyodor Pavlovitch.
しかしこの習癖は、非常に多くの人々に見られるものであり、その中にはフョードル・パーヴロヴィチとは異なり、非常に賢い人々も含まれている。
Pyotr Alexandrovitch carried the business through vigorously, and was appointed, with Fyodor Pavlovitch, joint guardian of the child, who had a small property, a house and land, left him by his mother.
ピョートル・アレクサンドロヴィチは精力的にこの件を進め、フョードル・パーヴロヴィチとともに、母親から家と土地という小さな財産を受け継いだその子供の共同後見人に任命された。
Vocabulary
- の
- no — Possessive or nominalizing particle
- こと
- koto — Thing, fact, matter (abstract concept)
- を
- wo — Object-marking particle indicating direct object
- すべて
- subete — All, everything, entirely
- 聞き
- kiki — Hearing, listening (stem form of 聞く)
- もちろん
- mochiron — Of course, naturally, certainly
- 彼女
- kanojo — She, her, girlfriend
- 覚えて
- oboete — Remembering, memorizing (te-form of 覚える)
- おり
- ori — Being, existing (humble continuous form)
- かつて
- katsute — Once, formerly, in the past
- に
- ni — Particle indicating direction, time, or target
- 関心
- kanshin — Interest, concern, attention toward something
- 持って
- motte — Holding, having (te-form of 持つ)
- いた
- ita — Was (past continuous auxiliary form of いる)
- 彼
- kare — He, him, boyfriend
- は
- wa — Topic-marking particle highlighting the subject
- 存在
- sonzai — Existence, presence, being
- 知り
- shiri — Knowing, learning (stem form of 知る)
- へ
- e — Directional particle meaning toward or to
- 若々しい
- wakawakashii — Youthful, young-looking, fresh and vibrant
- 憤り
- ikidoori — Indignation, anger, righteous resentment
- と
- to — And, with, quotation particle
- 軽蔑
- keibetsu — Contempt, scorn, disdain toward someone
- も
- mo — Also, too, even (inclusive particle)
- かかわらず
- kakawarazu — Despite, regardless of, notwithstanding
- 介入
- kainyuu — Intervention, interference, stepping in
- した
- shita — Did (past tense of する)
- 初めて
- hajimete — For the first time, first experience
- 知り合い
- shiriai — Acquaintance, person one knows
- なり
- nari — Becoming (conjunctive form of なる)
- その
- sono — That, the (demonstrative adjective)
- 子供
- kodomo — Child, children, kid
- 教育
- kyouiku — Education, upbringing, schooling
- 引き受け
- hikiuke — Taking on, undertaking, accepting responsibility
- たい
- tai — Want to do (desire auxiliary verb)
- 直接
- chokusetsu — Directly, straightforwardly, without intermediary
- 告げ
- tsuge — Telling, announcing (stem form of 告げる)
- た
- ta — Past tense sentence-ending auxiliary
- ずっと
- zutto — All along, continuously, much more
- 後に
- nochi ni — Later, afterward, in the future
- なって
- natte — Becoming (te-form of なる)
- 特徴的
- tokuchouteki — Characteristic, distinctive, typical of something
- な
- na — Adjectival linking particle for na-adjectives
- エピソード
- episoodo — Episode, anecdote, short story
- して
- shite — Doing, as (te-form of する)
- 語って
- katatte — Narrating, telling a story (te-form)
- が
- ga — Subject-marking particle or conjunction but
- 話
- hanashi — Story, talk, conversation, subject
- 始め
- hajime — Beginning, start (stem of 始める)
- とき
- toki — Time, moment, occasion when
- しばらく
- shibaraku — For a while, briefly, a short time
- 間
- aida / ma — Interval, period, between, while
- どの
- dono — Which (interrogative determiner)
- 話して
- hanashite — Speaking, talking (te-form of 話す)
- いる
- iru — To be, to exist (animate beings)
- か
- ka — Question particle or uncertainty marker
- 分から
- wakara — Not understanding (negative stem of 分かる)
- ない
- nai — Negative ending, not, does not exist
- よう
- you — Seeming, appearing, like (appearance expression)
- 顔
- kao — Face, expression, countenance
- 家
- ie / uchi — House, home, family
- 幼い
- osanai — Young, infant, childish, immature
- 息子
- musuko — Son, male child
- 聞いて
- kiite — Hearing, asking (te-form of 聞く)
- 驚いて
- odoroite — Being surprised, astonished (te-form)
- さえ
- sae — Even, as long as (emphasis particle)
- 見え
- mie — Appearing, seeming (stem of 見える)
- いう
- iu — To say, to be called
- この
- kono — This (proximal demonstrative adjective)
- 誇張
- kochou — Exaggeration, overstatement, embellishment
- さ
- sa — Nominalization suffix or softening sentence particle
- れて
- rete — Being done to (passive te-form auxiliary)
- かも
- kamo — Perhaps, might be (uncertainty expression)
- しれ
- shire — Know (part of かもしれない, may be)
- それ
- sore — That, it (middle-distance demonstrative pronoun)
- でも
- demo — Even so, but, however, even
- 何らか
- nanraka — Some kind of, some sort of
- 意味
- imi — Meaning, significance, sense
- で
- de — At, by, in, with (location/means particle)
- 真実
- shinjitsu — Truth, reality, fact
- 近い
- chikai — Near, close, similar
- もの
- mono — Thing, object, person (nominalizer)
- あった
- atta — Was, existed (past tense of ある)
- 違い
- chigai — Difference, discrepancy, without doubt
- 生涯
- shougai — Lifetime, one's whole life
- 通じて
- tsuujite — Throughout, via, through (te-form of 通じる)
- 演技
- engi — Acting, performance, pretense
- する
- suru — To do, to perform (basic verb)
- 突然
- totsuzen — Suddenly, abruptly, unexpectedly
- 予期せ
- yokise — Unexpected, unanticipated (negative stem)
- ぬ
- nu — Classical negative auxiliary, not (archaic)
- 役
- yaku — Role, part, duty, use
- 演じる
- enjiru — To play a role, to perform, act
- 好んで
- kononde — Fondly, willingly, by preference (te-form)
- 時
- toki — Time, moment, occasion
- そう
- sou — So, that way, it seems like
- 動機
- douki — Motive, incentive, reason for action
- なく
- naku — Without, not having (negative conjunctive)
- 現在
- genzai — Present time, currently, now
- 場合
- baai — Case, situation, circumstance, occasion
- 自分
- jibun — Oneself, myself, yourself (reflexive pronoun)
- 自身
- jishin — Oneself, itself (emphatic reflexive pronoun)
- 不利益
- furieki — Disadvantage, detriment, loss, harm
- なる
- naru — To become, to turn into
- しかし
- shikashi — However, but, nevertheless
- 習癖
- shuuheki — Habit, habitual tendency, ingrained custom
- 非常
- hijou — Extraordinary, very, extremely urgent
- 多く
- ooku — Many, much, a large number
- 人々
- hitobito — People, various persons, folks
- 見
- mi — Seeing (stem form of 見る)
- られる
- rareru — Can be seen; potential or passive auxiliary
- あり
- ari — Existing, being (classical/literary form of ある)
- 中
- naka — Inside, among, middle, within
- 異なり
- kotonari — Differing, being different (stem of 異なる)
- 賢い
- kashikoi — Clever, wise, intelligent, smart
- 含まれ
- fukumare — Being included, contained (passive stem)
- て
- te — Te-form conjunctive particle connecting clauses
- 精力的
- seiryokuteki — Energetic, vigorous, dynamic, active
- 件
- ken — Matter, case, affair, item
- 進め
- susume — Advancing, proceeding (stem of 進める)
- とも
- tomo — Even if, both, together (conjunction/particle)
- 母親
- hahaoya — Mother, one's mother
- から
- kara — From, because, since (particle)
- 土地
- tochi — Land, plot, ground, territory
- 小さ
- chiisa — Small, little (stem of 小さい)
- 財産
- zaisan — Property, assets, fortune, estate
- 受け継い
- uketsui — Inheriting, succeeding to (conjunctive form)
- だ
- da — Copula, plain-form be, is, am
- 共同
- kyoudou — Joint, cooperative, shared, collaborative
- 後見人
- kouken'nin — Guardian, custodian, legal guardian
- 任命
- ninmei — Appointment, nomination to a position
- れ
- re — Passive or potential auxiliary verb suffix
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