The Count of Monte Cristo — Page 2
The vague disquietude which prevailed among the spectators had so much affected one of the crowd that he did not await the arrival of the vessel in harbor, but jumping into a small skiff, desired to be pulled alongside the _Pharaon_, which he reached as she rounded into La Réserve basin.
見物人たちの間に広がっていた漠然とした不安は、群衆の一人をひどく動揺させたため、彼は船が港に到着するのを待たず、小さなボートに飛び乗り、ファラオン号の横に漕ぎ寄せるよう頼んだ。そして船がラ・レゼルヴ湾に回り込んだときに、ようやく追いついた。
When the young man on board saw this person approach, he left his station by the pilot, and, hat in hand, leaned over the ship's bulwarks.
船上の若者はこの人物が近づいてくるのを見ると、水先案内人のそばの持ち場を離れ、帽子を手に持って船の舷墙に身を乗り出した。
He was a fine, tall, slim young fellow of eighteen or twenty, with black eyes, and hair as dark as a raven's wing; and his whole appearance bespoke that calmness and resolution peculiar to men accustomed from their cradle to contend with danger.
彼は十八か二十歳の、背が高くほっそりとした立派な若者で、黒い瞳と烏の羽のように黒い髪を持ち、その全体の風貌は、幼いころから危険と闘うことに慣れた者に特有の、あの冷静さと決断力を示していた。
"Ah, is it you, Dantès?" cried the man in the skiff. "What's the matter? and why have you such an air of sadness aboard?"
「ああ、ダンテスか？」とボートの男は叫んだ。「どうしたのか？なぜそのように暗い顔をして乗っているのだ？」
"A great misfortune, M. Morrel," replied the young man, "a great misfortune, for me especially! Off Civita Vecchia we lost our brave Captain Leclere."
「大変な不幸が起きました、モレル様」と若者は答えた。「大変な不幸です、特に私にとっては！チヴィタヴェッキア沖で、我らの勇敢なルクレール船長を亡くしました。」
"And the cargo?" inquired the owner, eagerly.
「積み荷は？」と船主は熱心に尋ねた。
"Is all safe, M. Morrel; and I think you will be satisfied on that head. But poor Captain Leclere——"
「すべて無事です、モレル様。その点についてはご満足いただけると思います。しかし、かわいそうなルクレール船長は――」
"What happened to him?" asked the owner, with an air of considerable resignation. "What happened to the worthy captain?"
「彼に何があったのか？」と船主はかなり諦めたような様子で尋ねた。「その立派な船長に何が起きたのか？」
"He died."
「亡くなりました。」
"Fell into the sea?"
「海に落ちたのか？」
"No, sir, he died of brain-fever in dreadful agony.
「いいえ、旦那様、脳炎でひどい苦しみのうちに亡くなりました。
Vocabulary
- 見物人
- kenbutsunin — Spectator; onlooker watching an event or scene
- たち
- tachi — Plural suffix indicating a group of people
- の
- no — Possessive or linking particle connecting nouns
- 間
- ma / aida — Space, interval, or period between things
- に
- ni — Particle indicating location, direction, or time
- 広がっ
- hirogat(te) — Spread out; expanded over an area
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle connecting verb phrases
- い
- i — Auxiliary verb indicating ongoing state or action
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary verb suffix
- 漠然
- bakuzen — Vague, obscure, lacking clarity or definition
- と
- to — Particle used with adverbs or quotations
- し
- shi — Conjunctive form of suru; connects clauses
- 不安
- fuan — Anxiety, unease, feeling of worry or insecurity
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle highlighting the subject
- 群衆
- gunshū — Crowd; a large gathering of people
- 一人
- hitori — One person; a single individual
- を
- wo — Object marker particle indicating direct object
- ひどく
- hidoku — Severely, terribly, to a great degree
- 動揺
- dōyō — Agitation, disturbance, being shaken emotionally
- さ
- sa — Causative auxiliary suffix making verbs causative
- せ
- se — Causative verb form; to make someone do something
- ため
- tame — Because of; for the sake of; due to
- 彼
- kare — He; third-person masculine pronoun
- 船
- fune — Ship, boat, vessel for water travel
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle identifying the grammatical subject
- 港
- minato — Port, harbor where ships dock and anchor
- 到着
- tōchaku — Arrival; reaching a destination
- する
- suru — To do; general-purpose action verb
- 待た
- mata(zu) — Without waiting; not waiting for something
- ず
- zu — Negative suffix meaning without doing something
- 小さ
- chīsa(na) — Small, little in size
- な
- na — Adjectival particle connecting na-adjectives to nouns
- ボート
- bōto — Boat; small watercraft for rowing or motoring
- 飛び乗り
- tobinori — Jumping onto; leaping aboard a vehicle
- 号
- gō — Suffix denoting a ship's or vehicle's name
- 横
- yoko — Side, beside, lateral direction
- 漕ぎ寄せる
- kogiyoseru — Row a boat alongside; approach by rowing
- よう
- yō — Expression of request or resemblance; like, as if
- 頼ん
- tanon(da) — Asked, requested someone to do something
- だ
- da — Copula; plain form of 'is/was'
- そして
- soshite — And then; connecting sequential events or ideas
- 湾
- wan — Bay; a curved inlet of the sea
- 回り込ん
- mawarikonde — Going around; circling behind or around something
- とき
- toki — Time, moment, when something occurs
- ようやく
- yōyaku — Finally, at last, after much effort
- 追いつい
- oitsui(ta) — Caught up to; reached someone or something ahead
- 船上
- senjō — On board a ship; aboard a vessel
- 若者
- wakamono — Young person, youth, young adult
- この
- kono — This; demonstrative adjective for nearby things
- 人物
- jinbutsu — Person, figure, character of notable presence
- 近づい
- chikadzui(te) — Approached, drew near to someone or something
- くる
- kuru — To come; indicates action moving toward speaker
- 見る
- miru — To see, look at, observe something
- 水先案内人
- mizusaki annai nin — Harbor pilot; person guiding ships into port
- そば
- soba — Beside, near, close to someone or something
- 持ち場
- mochiba — One's post, station, assigned duty area
- 離れ
- hanare — Left, moved away from a place or position
- 帽子
- bōshi — Hat, cap worn on the head
- 手
- te — Hand; part of the body used for grasping
- 持っ
- mot(te) — Holding, carrying something in one's hand
- 身
- mi — Body, one's self, one's person
- 乗り出し
- noridashi — Leaning out over; venturing forward eagerly
- 十八
- jūhachi — Eighteen; the number 18
- か
- ka — Question particle or 'or' between alternatives
- 二十歳
- hatachi — Twenty years old; age of adulthood in Japan
- 背
- se — Back, height of a person's stature
- 高く
- takaku — Tall, high; adverbial form of tall
- ほっそり
- hossori — Slender, slim, having a lean build
- 立派
- rippa — Splendid, fine, impressive in appearance or conduct
- で
- de — Particle indicating means, location of action, or 'and'
- 黒い
- kuroi — Black; dark in color
- 瞳
- hitomi — Pupil of the eye; eyes as expressive features
- 烏
- karasu — Crow, raven; a black bird
- 羽
- hane — Feather, wing of a bird
- 髪
- kami — Hair, especially hair on the head
- 持ち
- mochi — Having, possessing a quality or characteristic
- その
- sono — That; demonstrative adjective for things nearby
- 全体
- zentai — The whole, entire appearance or overall impression
- 風貌
- fūbō — Appearance, bearing, overall look of a person
- 幼い
- osanai — Young, childlike, immature in age
- ころ
- koro — Around a time; approximate age or period
- から
- kara — From; indicating starting point in time or place
- 危険
- kiken — Danger, risk, hazardous situation
- 闘う
- tatakau — To fight, struggle, battle against something
- こと
- koto — Thing, fact, act; nominalizer for verb phrases
- 慣れ
- nare — Being accustomed to, used to something
- 者
- mono — Person, individual with a particular quality
- 特有
- tokuyū — Peculiar to, characteristic of, unique trait
- あの
- ano — That over there; demonstrative adjective for distant things
- 冷静
- reisei — Calm, composed, cool-headed under pressure
- 決断力
- kettanryoku — Decisiveness; ability to make firm decisions
- 示し
- shimeshi — Showed, demonstrated, displayed a quality
- ああ
- ā — Ah, oh; exclamation of recognition or surprise
- 男
- otoko — Man, male person
- 叫ん
- sakende — Shouted, cried out loudly
- どう
- dō — How, in what way or manner
- なぜ
- naze — Why; asking for a reason or cause
- 暗い
- kurai — Dark, gloomy in expression or atmosphere
- 顔
- kao — Face, facial expression
- 乗っ
- not(te) — Riding on; aboard a vehicle or vessel
- いる
- iru — To be; indicates existence of animate subjects
- 大変
- taihen — Terrible, very serious; also means very, extremely
- 不幸
- fukō — Misfortune, unhappiness, tragedy
- 起き
- oki — Occurred, happened; something took place
- まし
- mashi(ta) — Polite past tense auxiliary verb ending
- 様
- sama — Honorific suffix showing great respect for someone
- 答え
- kotae — Answer, reply, response to a question
- です
- desu — Polite copula meaning 'is, am, are'
- 特に
- toku ni — Especially, particularly, in specific
- 私
- watashi — I, me; first-person pronoun
- とっ
- tot(te) — For (me); regarding or concerning oneself
- 沖
- oki — Offshore, open sea away from the coast
- 我ら
- warera — We, us; first-person plural somewhat formal pronoun
- 勇敢
- yūkan — Brave, courageous, bold in the face of danger
- 船長
- senchō — Ship captain, commander of a vessel
- 亡くし
- nakushi — Lost someone to death; suffered a bereavement
- 積み荷
- tsumini — Cargo, freight loaded onto a ship
- 船主
- senshu — Ship owner; person who owns a vessel
- 熱心
- nesshin — Enthusiastic, eager, zealous about something
- 尋ね
- tazune — Asked, inquired about something
- すべて
- subete — Everything, all, the whole of something
- 無事
- buji — Safe, without incident, all is well
- 点
- ten — Point, aspect, matter under consideration
- つい
- tsui — Regarding, concerning; or unintentionally
- ご
- go — Honorific prefix showing respect toward listener
- 満足
- manzoku — Satisfaction, contentment, being pleased with something
- いただける
- itadakeru — Humble form of receiving; can receive honorably
- 思い
- omoi — Thought, feeling, belief about something
- ます
- masu — Polite verb ending for present or future tense
- しかし
- shikashi — However, but; introduces a contrasting statement
- かわいそう
- kawaisō — Pitiful, poor thing; expressing sympathy for someone
- 何
- nani — What; interrogative pronoun asking about things
- あっ
- at(ta) — There was; something existed or occurred
- かなり
- kanari — Considerably, fairly, quite a lot
- 諦め
- akirame — Resignation, giving up, acceptance of fate
- 様子
- yōsu — Appearance, state, manner, how something looks
- 亡くなり
- nakunari — Passed away, died; polite expression for death
- 海
- umi — Sea, ocean, large body of salt water
- 落ち
- ochi — Fell, dropped into something such as the sea
- いいえ
- iie — No; polite negative response
- 旦那様
- dannasama — Master, lord; respectful address for a male employer
- ひどい
- hidoi — Terrible, severe, awful in degree or quality
- 苦しみ
- kurushimi — Suffering, pain, anguish experienced by someone
- うち
- uchi — Within, during, while inside a period or state
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