The Hound of the Baskervilles — Page 9
I had hardly expected so dolichocephalic a skull or such well-marked supra-orbital development.
これほど長頭型の頭蓋骨や、これほど顕著な眼窩上隆起の発達を目にするとは、ほとんど予想していませんでした。
Would you have any objection to my running my finger along your parietal fissure?
頭頂裂に沿って指を走らせることに、ご異存はございますか？
A cast of your skull, sir, until the original is available, would be an ornament to any anthropological museum.
本物が手に入るまでの間、あなたの頭蓋骨の鋳型は、いかなる人類学博物館にとっても装飾品となるでしょう。
It is not my intention to be fulsome, but I confess that I covet your skull.
お世辞を言うつもりはありませんが、あなたの頭蓋骨をぜひとも欲しいと思っていることを告白します。
Sherlock Holmes waved our strange visitor into a chair.
シャーロック・ホームズは、奇妙な訪問者を手振りで椅子へと促した。
"You are an enthusiast in your line of thought, I perceive, sir, as I am in mine," said he.
「あなたはご自身の思考の分野において熱狂家でいらっしゃる、と私には見受けられます、私が私の分野においてそうであるように」と彼は言った。
"I observe from your forefinger that you make your own cigarettes.
「人差し指を拝見すると、あなたはご自分でタバコを巻いていらっしゃるようですね。
Have no hesitation in lighting one."
遠慮なく一本お付けください。」
The man drew out paper and tobacco and twirled the one up in the other with surprising dexterity.
男は紙とタバコを取り出し、驚くべき器用さで一方をもう一方の中に巻き上げた。
He had long, quivering fingers as agile and restless as the antennæ of an insect.
彼は昆虫の触角のように敏捷で落ち着きのない、長く震える指を持っていた。
Holmes was silent, but his little darting glances showed me the interest which he took in our curious companion.
ホームズは黙っていたが、その素早い視線が、この奇妙な同伴者への関心を私に示していた。
"I presume, sir," said he at last, "that it was not merely for the purpose of examining my skull that you have done me the honour to call here last night and again today?"
「おそらく、昨夜そして再び今日ここにお越しくださったのは、単に私の頭蓋骨を調べるためだけではないと存じますが？」とホームズはついに言った。
"No, sir, no; though I am happy to have had the opportunity of doing that as well.
「いいえ、そうではありません。もっとも、その機会もいただけたことは嬉しく思いますが。
I came to you, Mr. Holmes, because I recognized that I am myself an unpractical man and because I am suddenly confronted with a most serious and extraordinary problem.
ホームズさん、私があなたのところへ参りましたのは、私自身が不実際的な人間であることを自覚しており、また突然、非常に深刻で並外れた問題に直面したからです。
Vocabulary
- これ
- kore — This; this thing or person here.
- ほど
- hodo — Extent; degree; about; approximately.
- 頭蓋骨
- zugaikotsu — Skull; cranium; bony framework of head.
- 顕著
- kenchaku — Conspicuous; marked; striking; prominent.
- 隆起
- ryuuki — Prominence; projection; raised or elevated part.
- 発達
- hattatsu — Development; growth; progress.
- する
- suru — To do; to perform; to act.
- ほとんど
- hotondo — Almost; nearly; practically; mostly.
- 予想
- yosou — Expectation; anticipation; conjecture; prediction.
- 沿っ
- soyou — Along; following; in accordance with.
- 走ら
- hashira — Run; race; move quickly.
- せる
- seru — Causative verb suffix; to make/let do.
- こと
- koto — Thing; matter; fact; event; act.
- 異存
- ison — Objection; disagreement; dissent.
- ござい
- gozai — To have; to be (polite form basis).
- ます
- masu — Polite present/future tense auxiliary verb.
- 本物
- hommono — Real thing; genuine article; authentic.
- 入る
- hairu — To enter; to go in; to come in.
- まで
- made — Until; till; up to; as far as.
- あなた
- anata — You; your (polite form).
- いかなる
- ikanaru — What kind of; any; whatever.
- 人類学
- jinruigaku — Anthropology; study of humankind.
- 博物館
- hakubutsukan — Museum; repository of collected objects.
- 装飾品
- soushokuhin — Ornament; decoration; decorative object.
- なる
- naru — To become; to turn into; to get.
- でしょ
- deshou — Isn't it; I suppose; probably.
- お世辞
- osejи — Flattery; compliment; insincere praise.
- 言う
- iu — To say; to speak; to tell.
- つもり
- tsumori — Intention; plan; purpose; design.
- あり
- ari — To have; to exist; to be (auxiliary).
- ぜひ
- zehi — By all means; certainly; definitely.
- とも
- tomo — Both; and; also; companion.
- 欲しい
- hoshii — To want; to wish; to desire.
- 思っ
- omot — Think; believe; consider; suppose.
- いる
- iru — To be; to exist; to stay (progressive).
- 告白
- kokuhaku — Confession; admission; declaration.
- 奇妙
- kimyou — Strange; odd; curious; peculiar.
- 訪問者
- houmonsha — Visitor; caller; guest; someone visiting.
- 手振り
- teburi — Gesture; hand gesture; movement of hands.
- 椅子
- isu — Chair; seat; stool.
- 促し
- unagashi — Urging; prompting; encouragement.
- ご自身
- gojishin — Yourself; yourself (honorific polite form).
- 思考
- shikoku — Thought; thinking; reasoning; cognition.
- 分野
- bunya — Field; domain; area; sphere.
- おい
- oi — Hey; listen; excuse me (informal).
- 熱狂家
- netsukyouka — Enthusiast; fanatic; passionate devotee.
- いらっしゃる
- irassharu — To be; to exist (honorific polite form).
- 見受け
- miuke — Appearance; impression; what one sees.
- られ
- rare — Passive/potential verb suffix; can be done.
- そう
- sou — So; like that; in that way.
- ある
- aru — To have; to exist; to be (inanimate).
- よう
- you — Appears to be; seems like; manner.
- 言っ
- itt — Say; speak; tell (past tense stem).
- 人差し指
- hitosashiyubi — Index finger; forefinger; pointing finger.
- 拝見
- haikken — To see; to look at (humble polite).
- ご自分
- gojibun — Yourself; oneself (honorific polite form).
- タバコ
- tabako — Tobacco; cigarette; smoking product.
- 巻い
- makai — To wrap; to coil; to roll.
- です
- desu — To be; is; am; are (polite copula).
- 遠慮
- enryo — Reserve; hesitation; restraint; reluctance.
- なく
- naku — Without; not; negation (adverbial form).
- 一本
- ippon — One; single (counter for long objects).
- 付け
- tsuke — Attach; put on; wear; addition.
- ください
- kudasai — Please; I request; give me please.
- 取り出し
- toridashi — Take out; remove; extract; drawing out.
- 驚く
- odoroku — To be surprised; to be amazed.
- べき
- beki — Should; ought to; must; necessary.
- 器用
- kiyou — Skillful; deft; clever; handy; adroit.
- 一方
- ippou — One side; on the other hand; meanwhile.
- もう
- mou — Already; more; again; another.
- 巻き上げ
- makiage — Rolling up; winding up; pulling up.
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