The Brothers Karamazov — Page 6
In the end, when four years later, Mitya, losing patience, came a second time to our little town to settle up once for all with his father, it turned out to his amazement that he had nothing, that it was difficult to get an account even, that he had received the whole value of his property in sums of money from Fyodor Pavlovitch, and was perhaps even in debt to him, that by various agreements into which he had, of his own desire, entered at various previous dates, he had no right to expect anything more, and so on, and so on.
結局、それから四年後、ミーチャは業を煮やして、父親と一度きりに決着をつけようと再び私たちの小さな町にやって来たのだが、驚いたことに、彼には何も残っていないことがわかった。帳簿を調べることさえ困難であり、彼はフョードル・パーヴロヴィチから財産の全額をすでに金銭として受け取っており、むしろ父に借りがあるくらいで、彼が自らの意志でさまざまな時期に結んださまざまな契約によって、それ以上何かを期待する権利はない、などということが判明したのである。
The young man was overwhelmed, suspected deceit and cheating, and was almost beside himself.
青年は打ちのめされ、欺瞞と詐欺を疑い、ほとんど我を忘れた。
And, indeed, this circumstance led to the catastrophe, the account of which forms the subject of my first introductory story, or rather the external side of it.
そして実際、この状況がある大惨事へと導くことになり、その顛末こそが私の最初の序章的な物語の主題を、というよりむしろその外面的な側面を形成している。
But before I pass to that story I must say a little of Fyodor Pavlovitch's other two sons, and of their origin.
しかしその物語に移る前に、フョードル・パーヴロヴィチの他の二人の息子たちと、その出自について少し述べなければならない。
Vocabulary
- 結局
- kekkyoku — In the end; after all; ultimately
- それから
- sorekara — And then; after that; subsequently
- 四年後
- yonen go — Four years later
- は
- wa — Topic-marking particle indicating the subject
- 業
- gyō / gō — Karma; deed; work; fate; industry
- を
- wo — Object-marking grammatical particle
- 煮やして
- niyashite — Losing patience; becoming irritated or frustrated
- 父親
- chichioya — Father; one's own father
- と
- to — With; and; quotation particle
- 一度
- ichido — Once; one time
- きり
- kiri — Only; just; limited to that
- に
- ni — Directional/locative/purpose particle
- 決着
- ketchaku — Settlement; conclusion; final resolution of a matter
- つけよう
- tsukeyō — Let's settle; volitional form of つける
- 再び
- futatabi — Again; once more; a second time
- 私たち
- watashitachi — We; us; our group
- の
- no — Possessive or nominalizing particle
- 小さな
- chiisana — Small; little; tiny
- 町
- machi — Town; city district; neighborhood
- やって来た
- yatte kita — Came; arrived; showed up
- だが
- daga — But; however; yet (formal conjunction)
- 驚いた
- odoroita — Was surprised; was astonished
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; matter (nominalizer)
- 彼
- kare — He; him; boyfriend
- 何も
- nanimo — Nothing; not anything (with negative)
- 残っていない
- nokotte inai — Nothing remains; there is nothing left
- が
- ga — Subject particle; but; however
- わかった
- wakatta — Understood; became clear; found out
- 帳簿
- chōbo — Account book; ledger; financial records
- 調べる
- shiraberu — To investigate; examine; look into something
- さえ
- sae — Even; as long as; emphatic particle
- 困難
- konnan — Difficulty; hardship; trouble
- で
- de — At; by means of; copula particle
- あり
- ari — Is; exists (formal conjunctive form of ある)
- から
- kara — From; because; since (particle)
- 財産
- zaisan — Property; assets; fortune; estate
- 全額
- zengaku — Full amount; total sum
- すでに
- sudeni — Already; by now; previously
- 金銭
- kinsen — Money; cash; monetary funds
- として
- toshite — As; in the capacity of (particle phrase)
- 受け取っており
- uketotte ori — Having received; being in receipt of
- むしろ
- mushiro — Rather; if anything; on the contrary
- 父
- chichi — Father (humble/plain reference to one's father)
- 借り
- kari — Debt; something borrowed; obligation
- ある
- aru — There is; to exist; to have
- くらい
- kurai — About; approximately; to the extent that
- 自ら
- mizukara — Oneself; personally; by one's own hand
- 意志
- ishi — Will; volition; intention; determination
- さまざまな
- samazama na — Various; diverse; all kinds of
- 時期
- jiki — Time; period; season; occasion
- 結んだ
- musunda — Tied; concluded; formed (a contract)
- 契約
- keiyaku — Contract; agreement; legal covenant
- によって
- ni yotte — By means of; depending on; due to
- それ以上
- sore ijō — More than that; beyond that amount
- 何か
- nanika — Something; anything; some kind of thing
- 期待
- kitai — Expectation; hope; anticipation
- する
- suru — To do; to perform; general action verb
- 権利
- kenri — Right; entitlement; legal right
- ない
- nai — Does not exist; there is not; negation
- など
- nado — Et cetera; and so on; such as
- という
- to iu — Called; known as; that (quotation phrase)
- 判明
- hanmei — Becoming clear; being revealed; clarification
- した
- shita — Did; past tense form of する
- 青年
- seinen — Young man; youth; young adult
- 打ちのめされ
- uchinomesare — Struck down; devastated; completely overwhelmed
- 欺瞞
- giman — Deception; deceit; fraud; trickery
- 詐欺
- sagi — Fraud; swindle; scam; con
- 疑い
- utagai — Suspicion; doubt; distrust
- ほとんど
- hotondo — Almost; nearly; mostly; hardly (with negative)
- 我
- ware / ga — I; self; ego; oneself
- 忘れた
- wasureta — Forgot; lost (one's senses/self-control)
- そして
- soshite — And then; and so; furthermore
- 実際
- jissai — Actually; in reality; in practice
- この
- kono — This (demonstrative adjective)
- 状況
- jōkyō — Situation; circumstances; current state
- 大惨事
- dai sanji — Great catastrophe; disaster; terrible tragedy
- へ
- e — Toward; to; directional particle
- 導く
- michibiku — To lead; guide; direct toward something
- なり
- nari — Becoming; as soon as; formal connective
- その
- sono — That; the (demonstrative adjective)
- 顛末
- tenmatsu — The whole story; course of events; outcome
- こそ
- koso — Precisely; exactly; emphatic particle
- 私
- watashi — I; me; first-person pronoun
- 最初
- saisho — First; beginning; the start
- 序章的な
- joshō-teki na — Introductory; prefatory; serving as a prelude
- 物語
- monogatari — Story; tale; narrative
- 主題
- shudai — Main theme; subject; central topic
- より
- yori — Than; from; more (comparative particle)
- 外面的な
- gaimenteki na — External; outward; superficial in appearance
- 側面
- sokumen — Aspect; side; facet of something
- 形成
- keisei — Formation; shaping; constitution of something
- して
- shite — Doing; conjunctive form of する
- いる
- iru — To be; to exist (animate beings)
- しかし
- shikashi — However; but; nevertheless
- 移る
- utsuru — To move on; shift; transfer to something
- 前
- mae — Before; in front; previous
- 他
- hoka — Other; another; the rest
- 二人
- futari — Two people
- 息子たち
- musukotachi — Sons; multiple male children
- 出自
- shussji — Origin; birth; lineage; background
- について
- ni tsuite — About; concerning; regarding something
- 少し
- sukoshi — A little; a bit; slightly
- 述べ
- nobe — To state; describe; mention (conjunctive form)
- なければならない
- nakereba naranai — Must; have to; be obligated to do
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