The King in Yellow — Page 8
The inauguration ceremonies were in progress as I crossed University Place and entered the square.
私がユニバーシティ・プレイスを横切って広場に入ったとき、開所式の式典が執り行われていた。
I threaded my way through the silent throng of spectators, but was stopped at Fourth Street by a cordon of police.
私は静まり返った見物人の群れをかき分けて進んだが、フォース・ストリートで警官の非常線に阻まれた。
A regiment of United States lancers were drawn up in a hollow square round the Lethal Chamber.
アメリカ合衆国の槍騎兵一個連隊が、致死室を取り囲む中空の方陣を組んで整列していた。
On a raised tribune facing Washington Park stood the Governor of New York, and behind him were grouped the Mayor of New York and Brooklyn, the Inspector-General of Police, the Commandant of the state troops, Colonel Livingston, military aid to the President of the United States, General Blount, commanding at Governor's Island, Major-General Hamilton, commanding the garrison of New York and Brooklyn, Admiral Buffby of the fleet in the North River, Surgeon-General Lanceford, the staff of the National Free Hospital, Senators Wyse and Franklin of New York, and the Commissioner of Public Works.
ワシントン・パークに面した高台の演壇にはニューヨーク州知事が立ち、その背後にはニューヨーク市長およびブルックリン市長、警察監察総監、州軍司令官、アメリカ合衆国大統領付武官リヴィングストン大佐、ガバナーズ島司令官ブラント将軍、ニューヨークおよびブルックリン守備隊司令官ハミルトン少将、北川艦隊のバフビー提督、外科総監ランスフォード、国立無料病院のスタッフ、ニューヨーク州選出のワイズ上院議員およびフランクリン上院議員、そして公共事業局長官が集まっていた。
The tribune was surrounded by a squadron of hussars of the National Guard.
演壇は国民衛兵隊の軽騎兵一個中隊に取り囲まれていた。
The Governor was finishing his reply to the short speech of the Surgeon-General.
州知事は外科総監の短い演説への返答を締めくくろうとしていた。
I heard him say: "The laws prohibiting suicide and providing punishment for any attempt at self-destruction have been repealed.
私は彼が次のように語るのを聞いた。「自殺を禁じ、いかなる自傷行為の試みにも刑罰を科すと定めた法律は廃止されました。
The Government has seen fit to acknowledge the right of man to end an existence which may have become intolerable to him, through physical suffering or mental despair.
政府は、肉体的苦痛または精神的絶望によって耐えがたいものとなった生存を終わらせる人間の権利を認めることが適切であると判断しました。
It is believed that the community will be benefited by the removal of such people from their midst.
そのような人々を社会から取り除くことによって、共同体が恩恵を受けるものと信じられています。
Vocabulary
- 私
- watashi — First-person pronoun meaning 'I' or 'me'.
- が
- ga — Subject-marking particle in Japanese grammar.
- を
- wo — Object-marking particle indicating direct object.
- 横切っ
- yokogit(te) — To cross over or traverse a place.
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle connecting clauses or actions.
- 広場
- hiroba — An open public square or plaza.
- に
- ni — Particle indicating direction, location, or time.
- 入っ
- hait(te) — To enter or go into a place.
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary verb suffix.
- とき
- toki — A point or period in time; 'when'.
- の
- no — Possessive or nominalizing particle.
- 式典
- shikiten — A formal ceremony or official ritual event.
- 執り行わ
- toriokona(wa) — To conduct or carry out a formal ceremony.
- れ
- re — Passive auxiliary verb suffix element.
- い
- i — Auxiliary verb indicating ongoing or continuous state.
- は
- wa — Topic-marking particle highlighting sentence subject.
- 静まり返っ
- shizumarikаet(te) — To become completely quiet or utterly still.
- 見物人
- kenbutsunin — Spectators or onlookers watching an event.
- 群れ
- mure — A crowd, flock, or group of beings.
- かき分け
- kakiwake — To push through or part a crowd forcefully.
- 進ん
- susunn(de) — To advance, proceed, or move forward.
- だ
- da — Copula indicating assertion or past completion.
- で
- de — Particle indicating location of action or means.
- 警官
- keikan — A police officer or law enforcement agent.
- 非常線
- hijōsen — A police cordon or emergency barrier line.
- 阻ま
- habama(re) — To be blocked, obstructed, or impeded by something.
- アメリカ合衆国
- Amerika Gasshūkoku — The United States of America as a nation.
- 取り囲む
- torikakomu — To surround or encircle something or someone completely.
- 中空
- nakasora / chūkū — Hollow interior space; mid-air or empty center.
- 組ん
- kunn(de) — To form, assemble, or organize into a group.
- 整列
- seiretsu — To line up in an orderly row or formation.
- し
- shi — Conjunctive form of 'suru'; connecting actions.
- 面し
- menshи — To face toward or front onto something.
- 高台
- takadai — An elevated ground or raised platform area.
- 演壇
- endan — A podium or platform for public speaking.
- 立ち
- tachi — To stand; standing position or posture.
- その
- sono — That; demonstrative adjective referring to something nearby.
- 背後
- haigo — Behind; the rear or back of something.
- および
- oyobi — And; as well as; used in formal contexts.
- ニューヨーク
- Nyūyōku — New York, major city in the United States.
- スタッフ
- sutaffu — Staff; employees or team members of an organization.
- そして
- soshite — And then; furthermore; used to connect ideas.
- 集まっ
- atsumatt(e) — To gather or assemble in one place.
- 取り囲ま
- torikaкома(re) — To be surrounded or encircled by something.
- 州知事
- shū chiji — A state governor as a political leader.
- 短い
- mijikai — Short in length, duration, or distance.
- 演説
- enzetsu — A public speech or formal address to audience.
- へ
- e — Directional particle meaning 'toward' or 'to'.
- 返答
- hentō — A reply or response to a question or statement.
- 締めくくろう
- shimekukurō — To conclude or wrap up a speech or matter.
- と
- to — Particle meaning 'and', 'with', or quotation marker.
- 彼
- kare — Third-person masculine pronoun meaning 'he' or 'him'.
- 次
- tsugi — Next; the following item, turn, or instance.
- よう
- yō — Appears to; seems like; in the manner of.
- 語る
- kataru — To speak, tell, or narrate something to someone.
- 聞い
- kii(te) — To listen or hear something said by someone.
- 自殺
- jisatsu — The act of taking one's own life; suicide.
- 禁じ
- kinji — To forbid, prohibit, or ban something officially.
- いかなる
- ikanaru — Any; whatever; of any kind whatsoever.
- 試み
- kokoromi — An attempt or effort to do something.
- も
- mo — Also; even; too; inclusive particle in Japanese.
- 刑罰
- keibatsu — A criminal punishment or legal penalty imposed.
- 科す
- kasu — To impose or levy a penalty or fine.
- 定め
- sadame — To establish, determine, or set a rule.
- 法律
- hōritsu — A law or legal statute enacted by government.
- 廃止
- haishi — Abolition or repeal of a law or system.
- さ
- sa — Suffix indicating nominalization or casual assertion.
- まし
- mashi — Auxiliary indicating past polite or comparative better.
- 政府
- seifu — The government or governing body of a country.
- 肉体的苦痛
- nikutaiteki kutsū — Physical pain or bodily suffering experienced by someone.
- または
- matawa — Or; either; used to present an alternative option.
- 精神的絶望
- seishinteki zetsubō — Mental despair or psychological hopelessness felt deeply.
- よっ
- yot(te) — By means of; due to; because of something.
- 耐えがたい
- taegatai — Unbearable; intolerable; impossible to endure further.
- もの
- mono — Thing; something; a nominalizing expression in context.
- なっ
- natt(e) — To become; to turn into a certain state.
- 生存
- seizon — Survival or continued existence of a living being.
- 終わらせる
- owaraseru — To bring to an end; to cause something to finish.
- 人間
- ningen — A human being; humankind in general.
- 権利
- kenri — A right or entitlement belonging to a person.
- 認める
- mitomeru — To recognize, acknowledge, or approve something officially.
- こと
- koto — A thing, fact, or matter; nominalizing particle.
- 適切
- tekisetsu — Appropriate, suitable, or fitting for a situation.
- ある
- aru — To exist; to be; to have (inanimate things).
- 判断
- handan — A judgment, decision, or assessment of something.
- そのような
- sono yōna — Such; of that kind or nature as described.
- 人々
- hitobito — People; individuals collectively as a group.
- 社会
- shakai — Society; the community or social structure at large.
- から
- kara — From; since; because; indicating origin or cause.
- 取り除く
- torinozoku — To remove, eliminate, or take away something unwanted.
- 共同体
- kyōdōtai — A community or collective group sharing common life.
- 恩恵
- onkei — A benefit, blessing, or favor received from someone.
- 受ける
- ukeru — To receive, undergo, or be subjected to something.
- 信じ
- shinji — To believe or trust in something or someone.
- られ
- rare — Potential or passive auxiliary verb suffix element.
- ます
- masu — Polite verb ending used in formal speech.
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