The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People — Page 8
Yes, but that does not account for the fact that your small Aunt Cecily, who lives at Tunbridge Wells, calls you her dear uncle.
そうかもしれないが、それはタンブリッジ・ウェルズに住むあなたの小さな叔母セシリーが、あなたのことを自分の愛しい叔父と呼んでいるという事実の説明にはならない。
Come, old boy, you had much better have the thing out at once.
さあ、いい加減に、すべてをすぐに打ち明けた方がずっとよいぞ。
JACK.
ジャック。
My dear Algy, you talk exactly as if you were a dentist.
親愛なるアルジー、君はまるで歯医者みたいな話し方をするね。
It is very vulgar to talk like a dentist when one isn't a dentist.
歯医者でもないのに歯医者みたいな話し方をするのは、とても下品なことだよ。
It produces a false impression.
誤った印象を与えてしまう。
ALGERNON.
アルジャーノン。
Well, that is exactly what dentists always do.
まあ、それこそがまさに歯医者がいつもやることだがね。
Now, go on! Tell me the whole thing.
さあ、続けろ！すべてを話してくれ。
I may mention that I have always suspected you of being a confirmed and secret Bunburyist; and I am quite sure of it now.
言っておくが、私はずっと君のことを筋金入りの秘密のバンベリー主義者だと疑っていた。そして今はそれが完全に確信に変わった。
JACK.
ジャック。
Bunburyist? What on earth do you mean by a Bunburyist?
バンベリー主義者？一体どういう意味だい、バンベリー主義者って？
ALGERNON.
アルジャーノン。
I'll reveal to you the meaning of that incomparable expression as soon as you are kind enough to inform me why you are Ernest in town and Jack in the country.
君が町ではアーネストで田舎ではジャックである理由を親切に教えてくれたら、その比類なき言葉の意味を明かしてあげよう。
JACK.
ジャック。
Well, produce my cigarette case first.
では、まず僕のシガレットケースを出してくれ。
ALGERNON.
アルジャーノン。
Here it is. [Hands cigarette case.] Now produce your explanation, and pray make it improbable. [Sits on sofa.]
はい、どうぞ。〔シガレットケースを手渡す〕さあ今度は君の説明を出してくれ。できればありそうもない話にしてくれよ。〔ソファに座る〕
JACK.
ジャック。
My dear fellow, there is nothing improbable about my explanation at all.
親愛なる君、私の説明にはありそうもないことなど何もない。
In fact it's perfectly ordinary.
実際、まったくありふれた話だ。
Old Mr. Thomas Cardew, who adopted me when I was a little boy, made me in his will guardian to his grand-daughter, Miss Cecily Cardew.
私が幼い頃に引き取ってくれた老トーマス・カーデュー氏が、遺言で私を孫娘のセシリー・カーデュー嬢の後見人に指名したのだ。
Vocabulary
- そう
- sou — That's right; expressing agreement or acknowledgment
- か
- ka — Question particle indicating inquiry or doubt
- も
- mo — Also; too; even; particle indicating inclusion
- しれ
- shire — Stem of 'shireru'; might be; possibly (in かもしれない)
- ない
- nai — Negative auxiliary; does not; is not
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle; but; however
- それ
- sore — That (thing near listener); that one
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle indicating the topic
- に
- ni — Directional/locational particle: in, at, to
- 住む
- sumu — To live; to reside in a place
- あなた
- anata — You; second-person pronoun
- の
- no — Possessive/nominalizing particle: of, 's
- 小さな
- chiisana — Small; little; tiny
- 叔母
- oba — Aunt; a parent's younger sister
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; matter; nominalizer
- を
- wo — Object marker particle for direct objects
- 自分
- jibun — Oneself; one's own self
- 愛しい
- itoshii — Dear; beloved; precious; cherished person
- 叔父
- oji — Uncle; a parent's younger brother
- と
- to — And; with; quotation particle
- 呼ん
- yon — Conjunctive form of 呼ぶ; to call, address
- で
- de — Particle indicating means, location of action
- いる
- iru — To be; to exist (animate beings)
- いう
- iu — To say; to call; to be named
- 事実
- jijitsu — Fact; truth; reality
- 説明
- setsumei — Explanation; description; account of something
- なら
- nara — If; given that; conditional particle
- さあ
- saa — Well; come on; now then (interjection)
- いい加減
- iikagen — Irresponsible; halfhearted; about enough already
- すべて
- subete — All; everything; entirely
- すぐ
- sugu — Immediately; right away; soon
- 打ち明け
- uchiaке — To confess; to reveal a secret openly
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary verb particle
- 方
- hou — Direction; side; way; alternative option
- ずっと
- zutto — By far; much more; all along
- よい
- yoi — Good; fine; better
- ぞ
- zo — Sentence-final emphatic particle (masculine)
- 親愛
- shin'ai — Dear; affectionate; beloved (used in address)
- なる
- naru — To become; to turn into; dear (suffix)
- 君
- kimi — You (informal); friend; second-person pronoun
- まるで
- marude — Just like; as if; entirely
- 歯医者
- haisha — Dentist; dental doctor
- みたい
- mitai — Seems like; looks like; similar to
- な
- na — Adjectival particle; sentence-final softener
- 話し方
- hanashikata — Way of speaking; manner of talking
- する
- suru — To do; to perform an action
- ね
- ne — Sentence-final seeking agreement: right? isn't it?
- とても
- totemo — Very; extremely; quite
- 下品
- gehin — Vulgar; crude; in poor taste
- だ
- da — Copula: is; informal form of です
- よ
- yo — Sentence-final assertive particle: I tell you
- 誤っ
- ayamatte — Conjunctive of 誤る; to err; mistaken
- 印象
- inshō — Impression; image one gives to others
- 与え
- atae — Conjunctive of 与える; to give; to provide
- て
- te — Connective particle linking clauses or actions
- しまう
- shimau — To end up doing; to do completely
- まあ
- maa — Well; oh my; moderating interjection
- こそ
- koso — Emphatic particle: it is precisely; exactly
- まさに
- masani — Exactly; precisely; indeed
- いつも
- itsumo — Always; usually; all the time
- やる
- yaru — To do; to perform (casual register)
- 続けろ
- tsuzukero — Imperative of 続ける; keep going; continue!
- 話し
- hanashi — Talk; story; conversation; speech
- くれ
- kure — Imperative of くれる; give me; please do
- 言っ
- itte — Conjunctive of 言う; saying; having said
- おく
- oku — To do in advance; to leave as is
- 私
- watashi — I; me; first-person pronoun
- 筋金入り
- sujikanaire — Dyed-in-the-wool; thoroughgoing; hardened person
- 秘密
- himitsu — Secret; confidential matter
- 主義者
- shugisha — An adherent; believer in a doctrine or principle
- 疑っ
- utagatte — Conjunctive of 疑う; doubting; suspecting
- い
- i — Continuative form of いる; being; existing
- そし
- soshi — And then; and so (conjunction, old/written form)
- 今
- ima — Now; at this moment
- 完全
- kanzen — Complete; perfect; total
- 確信
- kakushin — Conviction; firm belief; certainty
- 変わっ
- kawatte — Conjunctive of 変わる; to change; to differ
- 一体
- ittai — What on earth; in the world (emphatic)
- どういう
- dōiu — What kind of; what do you mean by
- 意味
- imi — Meaning; significance; sense
- って
- tte — Casual quotation/topic particle: called; meaning
- 町
- machi — Town; city district; neighborhood
- 田舎
- inaka — Countryside; rural area; one's hometown
- ある
- aru — To exist; there is (inanimate); to have
- 理由
- riyū — Reason; cause; grounds for something
- 親切
- shinsetsu — Kindness; kind; helpful; considerate
- 教え
- oshie — Teaching; instruction; conjunctive of 教える
- たら
- tara — Conditional: if; when; after doing
- その
- sono — That (near listener); the (attributive)
- 比類なき
- hirui naki — Matchless; unparalleled; incomparable; peerless
- 言葉
- kotoba — Word; language; expression; speech
- 明かし
- akashi — Revealing; disclosing; shedding light on
- あげ
- age — Conjunctive of あげる; to give; to do for someone
- よう
- yō — Volitional/intentional: let's; I will; in order to
- では
- dewa — Well then; in that case; now then
- まず
- mazu — First of all; to begin with
- 僕
- boku — I; me (masculine informal first-person pronoun)
- 出し
- dashi — Conjunctive of 出す; to take out; to produce
- はい
- hai — Yes; here you are; acknowledgment
- どうぞ
- dōzo — Please; go ahead; here you are
- 手渡す
- tewatasu — To hand over; to pass directly by hand
- 今度
- kondo — This time; next time; soon
- でき
- deki — Conjunctive of できる; able to; possible
- れば
- reba — Conditional suffix: if; provided that
- あり
- ari — Conjunctive of ある; existence; there being
- 話
- hanashi — Story; talk; conversation; matter
- し
- shi — Conjunctive of する; doing; and also
- ソファ
- sofa — Sofa; couch; upholstered seat
- 座る
- suwaru — To sit down; to take a seat
- など
- nado — Et cetera; and so on; such as
- 何
- nani — What; something; anything
- 実際
- jissai — In reality; actually; in practice
- まったく
- mattaku — Completely; utterly; indeed; really
- ありふれ
- arifure — Conjunctive of ありふれる; commonplace; ordinary
- 幼い
- osanai — Young; infant; childish; immature
- 頃
- koro — Around; about; time; period in life
- 引き取っ
- hikitotte — Conjunctive of 引き取る; to take in; to adopt
- 老
- rō — Old; aged (prefix indicating elderly person)
- 氏
- shi — Mr.; Ms.; honorific suffix for a person
- 遺言
- yuigon — Will; last testament; dying wishes
- 孫娘
- magomusume — Granddaughter; female grandchild
- 嬢
- jō — Miss; young lady; honorific for young woman
- 後見人
- kōkennin — Guardian; legal custodian of another person
- 指名
- shimei — Nomination; designation; naming someone specifically
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