The King in Yellow — Page 4
In the following winter began that agitation for the repeal of the laws prohibiting suicide which bore its final fruit in the month of April, 1920, when the first Government Lethal Chamber was opened on Washington Square.
翌冬、自殺を禁じる法律の廃止を求める運動が始まり、それはついに1920年4月に結実した。その月、ワシントン・スクエアに最初の政府公認安楽死施設が開設されたのである。
I had walked down that day from Dr. Archer's house on Madison Avenue, where I had been as a mere formality.
その日、私はマディソン・アベニューにあるアーチャー医師の家から歩いてきたのだが、そこへ行ったのはほんの形式的なものに過ぎなかった。
Ever since that fall from my horse, four years before, I had been troubled at times with pains in the back of my head and neck, but now for months they had been absent, and the doctor sent me away that day saying there was nothing more to be cured in me.
四年前に馬から落ちて以来、後頭部と首の痛みに時折悩まされていたが、ここ数ヶ月はそれも消えており、医師はその日、もう治すべきところは何もないと言って私を帰した。
It was hardly worth his fee to be told that; I knew it myself.
そんなことを告げられるために診察料を払うのはほとんど割に合わなかった。そんなことは自分でもわかっていたからだ。
Still I did not grudge him the money.
それでも、私は彼への支払いを惜しいとは思わなかった。
What I minded was the mistake which he made at first.
私が気にしていたのは、彼が最初に犯した過ちのことだった。
When they picked me up from the pavement where I lay unconscious, and somebody had mercifully sent a bullet through my horse's head, I was carried to Dr. Archer, and he, pronouncing my brain affected, placed me in his private asylum where I was obliged to endure treatment for insanity.
私が意識を失って横たわる舗道から担ぎ上げられ、誰かが慈悲をもって私の馬の頭に銃弾を撃ち込んだとき、私はアーチャー医師のもとへ運ばれた。彼は私の脳が侵されていると診断し、私を自分の私立療養所に入れ、そこで私は精神病の治療に耐えることを余儀なくされた。
At last he decided that I was well, and I, knowing that my mind had always been as sound as his, if not sounder, "paid my tuition" as he jokingly called it, and left.
ついに彼は私が回復したと判断し、私は――自分の精神は常に彼と同等か、それ以上に健全であったと知りながら――彼が冗談めかして「授業料」と呼んだものを支払い、その場を去った。
Vocabulary
- 翌冬
- yoku fuyu — The following winter season
- 自殺
- jisatsu — Act of taking one's own life
- を
- wo — Object marker particle in Japanese grammar
- 禁じる
- kinjiru — To prohibit or forbid something
- 法律
- hōritsu — Law or legal statute
- の
- no — Possessive or linking particle
- 廃止
- haishi — Abolition or repeal of a rule
- 求める
- motomeru — To seek, demand, or request something
- 運動
- undō — Movement, campaign, or physical exercise
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle in Japanese grammar
- 始まり
- hajimari — Beginning or start of something
- それ
- sore — That; referring to something previously mentioned
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle in Japanese grammar
- ついに
- tsui ni — Finally, at last, in the end
- 4月
- shi gatsu — April, the fourth month
- に
- ni — Directional or locative particle indicating time or place
- 結実
- ketsujitsu — Coming to fruition; bearing results
- した
- shita — Past tense of suru; did, happened
- その
- sono — That (adjective); referring to previously mentioned noun
- 月
- tsuki / gatsu — Month or the moon
- 最初
- saisho — First, the very beginning
- 政府
- seifu — Government, ruling administration
- 公認
- kōnin — Official approval or authorization
- 安楽死
- anrakushi — Euthanasia; painless assisted death
- 施設
- shisetsu — Facility, institution, or establishment
- 開設
- kaisetsu — Establishment or opening of a facility
- され
- sare — Passive verb form of suru; was done
- た
- ta — Past tense sentence-ending auxiliary verb
- で
- de — Particle indicating location of action or means
- ある
- aru — To exist; copula for inanimate things
- 日
- hi / nichi — Day or sun
- 私
- watashi — I, me; first-person singular pronoun
- 医師
- ishi — Medical doctor or physician
- 家
- ie / ka — House, home, or family
- から
- kara — From; starting point particle
- 歩い
- arui — Walked; conjugated form of aruku
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle connecting actions
- き
- ki — Came; stem of kuru (to come)
- だ
- da — Copula; plain form of desu (is/are)
- そこ
- soko — There; that place nearby
- へ
- e — Directional particle meaning toward or to
- 行っ
- itte / itta — Went; conjugated form of iku
- ほん
- hon — Book; also prefix meaning real or true
- 形式
- keishiki — Form, formality, or format
- 的
- teki — Suffix meaning -like, -ish, or relating to
- な
- na — Adjectival linking particle; connects na-adjectives
- もの
- mono — Thing, object, or matter
- 過ぎ
- sugi — Excess; too much; passing beyond
- なかっ
- nakatta — Was not; negative past auxiliary
- 四年
- yo nen — Four years
- 前
- mae — Before, in front of, ago
- 馬
- uma — Horse, equine animal
- 落ち
- ochi — Falling; falling off or dropping
- 以来
- irai — Since then, ever since a past event
- 後頭部
- kōtōbu — Back of the head, occipital region
- と
- to — And; with; quotation particle
- 首
- kubi — Neck or head
- 痛み
- itami — Pain, ache, or soreness
- 時折
- tokiori — Occasionally, from time to time
- 悩まさ
- nayamasa — Troubled or tormented; causative of nayamu
- れ
- re — Passive auxiliary verb suffix
- い
- i — Continuative form of iru (to be/exist)
- ここ
- koko — Here, this place
- 数
- sū / kazu — Number; several; a few
- ヶ月
- ka getsu — Counter for months
- も
- mo — Also, too; even; as many as
- 消え
- kie — Disappeared; conjugated form of kieru
- おり
- ori — Continuative form of oru (humble to be)
- もう
- mō — Already, anymore, soon
- 治す
- naosu — To cure, heal, or fix
- べき
- beki — Should, ought to; expresses obligation
- ところ
- tokoro — Place, point, or situation
- 何
- nani / nan — What; nothing (with negative)
- ない
- nai — There is not; negative existence
- 言っ
- itte / itta — Said; conjugated form of iu
- 帰し
- kaeshi — Sent back; dismissed; conjugated form of kaesu
- そんな
- sonna — Such, that kind of thing
- こと
- koto — Thing, fact, matter (abstract)
- 告げ
- tsuge — Told, informed; conjugated form of tsugeru
- られる
- rareru — Passive or potential auxiliary verb ending
- ため
- tame — For the sake of; because of; purpose
- 診察
- shinsatsu — Medical examination or consultation
- 料
- ryō — Fee, charge, or fare
- 払う
- harau — To pay money or a fee
- ほとんど
- hotondo — Almost, mostly, nearly all
- 割
- wari — Proportion, ratio, or ten percent unit
- 合わ
- awa — Matched, suited; conjugated form of au
- 自分
- jibun — Oneself, myself, yourself
- わかっ
- wakatta — Understood; past form of wakaru
- でも
- demo — But, however, even so
- 彼
- kare — He, him; third-person male pronoun
- 支払い
- shiharai — Payment, paying a sum owed
- 惜しい
- oshii — Regrettable, wasteful, reluctant to lose
- 思わ
- omowa — Thought; negative/passive stem of omou
- 気
- ki — Spirit, feeling, mind, energy
- し
- shi — Conjunctive form of suru; and/moreover
- 犯し
- okashi / okasa — Committed (an error or crime)
- 過ち
- ayamachi — Mistake, error, or wrongdoing
- だっ
- datta — Was; past form of the copula da
- 意識
- ishiki — Consciousness, awareness, or sense
- 失っ
- ushinatta — Lost; past form of ushinau
- 横たわる
- yokotawaru — To lie down or be stretched out
- 舗道
- hodō — Pavement, sidewalk, paved road
- 担ぎ
- katsugi — Carrying on shoulders; lifted up
- 上げ
- age — Raised up; conjunctive form of ageru
- られ
- rare — Passive auxiliary verb form
- 誰か
- dareka — Someone, somebody (unknown person)
- 慈悲
- jihi — Mercy, compassion, benevolence
- もっ
- motte — Having, holding; conjunctive form of motsu
- 頭
- atama — Head, the upper part of body
- 銃弾
- jūdan — Bullet, gunshot projectile
- 撃ち
- uchi — Shot; fired; conjunctive form of utsu
- 込ん
- kon — Into; embedded; conjunctive of komu
- とき
- toki — Time, moment, occasion
- もと
- moto — Origin, base; under someone's care
- 運ば
- hakoba — Carried; stem form of hakobu
- 脳
- nō — Brain, the organ of thought
- 侵さ
- okasa — Invaded, violated; stem of okasu
- いる
- iru — To be, to exist (animate beings)
- 診断
- shindan — Medical diagnosis of a condition
- 私立
- shiritsu — Privately established or funded institution
- 療養所
- ryōyōjo — Sanatorium or convalescent care facility
- 入れ
- ire — Put in, admitted; conjunctive of ireru
- 精神病
- seishinbyō — Mental illness or psychiatric disorder
- 治療
- chiryō — Medical treatment or therapy
- 耐える
- taeru — To endure, bear, or tolerate hardship
- 余儀なく
- yoginaku — Unavoidably, compelled by circumstances
- さ
- sa — Noun-forming suffix; also light sentence ender
- 回復
- kaifuku — Recovery, restoration of health
- 判断
- handan — Judgment, decision, or assessment
- 精神
- seishin — Mind, spirit, or mental faculty
- 常
- tsune / jō — Normal, usual, ordinary state
- 同等
- dōtō — Equal, equivalent in rank or degree
- か
- ka — Question particle; or (between options)
- 以上
- ijō — More than, above, or beyond a standard
- 健全
- kenzen — Healthy, sound, wholesome in mind
- あっ
- atta — Was, existed; past form of aru
- 知り
- shiri — Knowing; conjunctive form of shiru
- ながら
- nagara — While doing; despite; simultaneous action particle
- 冗談
- jōdan — Joke, jest, or humorous remark
- 授業料
- jugyōryō — Tuition fee or lesson charge
- 呼ん
- yon — Called, named; conjunctive of yobu
- 場
- ba — Place, scene, or situation
- 去っ
- satta — Left, departed; past form of saru
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