The Picture of Dorian Gray — Page 12

English → Japanese CHAPTER I. Level 7/10

「

Neither of us could help laughing, and we became friends at once."

私たちはどちらも笑わずにはいられなくて、すぐに友達になりました。」

"Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one," said the young lord, plucking another daisy.

「笑いは友情の始まりとして決して悪くはない、そしてそれは友情の終わりとして断然最良のものだ」と若き貴族はまた一つデイジーを摘みながら言った。

Hallward shook his head. "You don't understand what friendship is, Harry," he murmured—"or what enmity is, for that matter. You like every one; that is to say, you are indifferent to every one."

ホールワードは首を振った。「君は友情とは何かを理解していない、ハリー」と彼はつぶやいた。「それどころか、敵意とは何かもね。君は誰でも好きだ。つまり、誰に対しても無関心なんだ。」

"How horribly unjust of you!" cried Lord Henry, tilting his hat back and looking up at the little clouds that, like ravelled skeins of glossy white silk, were drifting across the hollowed turquoise of the summer sky.

「なんとひどく不公平なことを言うんだ！」とヘンリー卿は叫び、帽子を後ろに傾けて、解きほぐされた艶やかな白い絹糸の束のように、夏の空のくぼんだトルコ石色を漂う小さな雲を見上げた。

"Yes; horribly unjust of you. I make a great difference between people. I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their good intellects.

「そうだ、ひどく不公平だ。私は人々の間に大きな差をつける。友人は容姿の良さで選び、知人は品性の良さで選び、敵は知性の良さで選ぶんだ。

A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

敵の選択においていくら慎重すぎることはない。

I have not got one who is a fool.

私の敵に馬鹿な者は一人もいない。

They are all men of some intellectual power, and consequently they all appreciate me.

彼らはみな何らかの知的な力を持つ人物であり、したがって彼らはみな私を高く評価している。

Is that very vain of me? I think it is rather vain."

それはとても自惚れたことだろうか？かなり自惚れていると思うよ。」

"I should think it was, Harry. But according to your category I must be merely an acquaintance."

「そう思うよ、ハリー。でも君の分類によれば、私はただの知人に過ぎないことになる。」

"My dear old Basil, you are much more than an acquaintance."

「親愛なるバジル、君は知人よりずっと大切な存在だよ。」

"And much less than a friend. A sort of brother, I suppose?"

「でも友人よりはずっと下だ。一種の兄弟、とでも言うのかな？」

"Oh, brothers! I don't care for brothers.

「ああ、兄弟か！私は兄弟なんて好きじゃない。

Vocabulary

私: watashi — First-person pronoun meaning 'I' or 'me'.
たち: tachi — Suffix indicating plural, as in 'we' or 'they'.
は: wa — Topic-marking particle indicating the sentence topic.
どちら: dochira — Polite word meaning 'which' or 'either'.
も: mo — Particle meaning 'also', 'too', or 'both'.
笑わ: warawa — Stem form of 'warau', meaning to laugh or smile.
ず: zu — Classical negative suffix meaning 'without doing'.
に: ni — Particle indicating direction, location, or purpose.
いられ: irare — Potential/passive form of 'iru', meaning to be able to stay.
なく: naku — Negative conjunctive form meaning 'not' or 'without'.
て: te — Conjunctive particle connecting clauses or actions.
すぐ: sugu — Adverb meaning 'immediately' or 'right away'.
友達: tomodachi — Noun meaning 'friend' or 'friends'.
なり: nari — Conjunctive form of 'naru', meaning to become.
まし: mashi — Polite past auxiliary verb stem form.
た: ta — Past tense auxiliary verb ending.
笑い: warai — Noun meaning 'laughter' or 'a laugh'.
友情: yuujou — Noun meaning 'friendship' or 'friendly feelings'.
の: no — Possessive or nominalizing particle connecting nouns.
始まり: hajimari — Noun meaning 'beginning' or 'start'.
と: to — Particle meaning 'and', 'with', or 'as'.
し: shi — Conjunctive form of 'suru', meaning to do.
決し: kesshi — Stem of 'kesshite', meaning 'never' or 'certainly not'.
悪く: waruku — Adverbial form of 'warui', meaning 'badly' or 'not bad'.
ない: nai — Negative auxiliary adjective meaning 'not' or 'there isn't'.
そし: soshi — Abbreviated form of 'soshite', meaning 'and then'.
それ: sore — Pronoun meaning 'that' or 'it'.
終わり: owari — Noun meaning 'end' or 'conclusion'.
断然: danzen — Adverb meaning 'definitely' or 'by far'.
最良: sairyou — Adjective/noun meaning 'best' or 'most favorable'.
もの: mono — Noun meaning 'thing', 'object', or 'that which'.
だ: da — Copula meaning 'is', 'are', plain form.
若き: wakaki — Archaic/literary adjective form meaning 'young'.
貴族: kizoku — Noun meaning 'aristocrat' or 'nobility'.
また: mata — Adverb meaning 'again' or 'also', 'moreover'.
一つ: hitotsu — Numeral meaning 'one' or 'one thing'.
を: wo — Object-marking particle indicating direct object.
摘み: tsumi — Conjunctive form of 'tsumu', meaning to pluck or pick.
ながら: nagara — Conjunction meaning 'while doing' two actions simultaneously.
言っ: itt(e) — Te-form of 'iu/yuu', meaning to say or speak.
首: kubi — Noun meaning 'neck' or 'head'.
振っ: futt(e) — Te-form of 'furu', meaning to shake or wave.
君: kimi — Second-person pronoun meaning 'you', informal.
何か: nanika — Pronoun meaning 'something' or 'anything'.
理解: rikai — Noun meaning 'understanding' or 'comprehension'.
い: i — Stem of 'iru', meaning to exist or be (animate).
彼: kare — Third-person pronoun meaning 'he' or 'him'.
つぶやい: tsubuyai — Conjunctive form of 'tsubuyaku', meaning to mutter.
どころか: dokoroka — Expression meaning 'far from' or 'on the contrary'.
か: ka — Question particle placed at end of a sentence.
敵意: tekii — Noun meaning 'hostility' or 'animosity'.
ね: ne — Sentence-final particle seeking agreement or confirmation.
誰: dare — Interrogative pronoun meaning 'who'.
で: de — Particle indicating means, location of action, or 'at'.
好き: suki — Na-adjective meaning 'liked', 'fond of'.
つまり: tsumari — Conjunction meaning 'in other words' or 'that is'.
対し: taishi — Verb form of 'taisuru', meaning to face or oppose.
無関心: mukanshim — Noun/na-adjective meaning 'indifference' or 'apathy'.
な: na — Na-adjective or sentence-final emphatic particle.
ん: n — Colloquial contraction of 'no', seeking explanation.
なんと: nanto — Exclamation meaning 'how' or 'what a …!'.
ひどく: hidoku — Adverbial form of 'hidoi', meaning 'terribly' or 'awfully'.
不公平: fukouhei — Noun/na-adjective meaning 'unfair' or 'unjust'.
こと: koto — Noun meaning 'thing', 'fact', or nominalizer.
言う: iu — Verb meaning 'to say' or 'to speak'.
卿: kyou — Honorific noun meaning 'Lord' or 'Sir'.
叫び: sakebi — Noun/conjunctive form meaning 'a shout' or 'to shout'.
帽子: boushi — Noun meaning 'hat' or 'cap'.
後ろ: ushiro — Noun meaning 'back' or 'behind'.
傾け: katamuke — Conjunctive form of 'katamukeru', meaning to tilt or incline.
解き: toki — Conjunctive form of 'toku', meaning to untie or loosen.
ほぐさ: hogosa — Stem form of 'hogusu', meaning to unravel or relax.
れ: re — Passive/potential auxiliary verb suffix.
艶やか: tsuyayaka — Na-adjective meaning 'lustrous', 'glossy', or 'glamorous'.
白い: shiroi — Adjective meaning 'white' or 'pale'.
絹糸: Noun meaning 'silk thread' or 'silk yarn'.
束: taba — Noun meaning 'bundle', 'bunch', or 'cluster'.
よう: you — Auxiliary meaning 'like', 'as if', or 'it seems'.
夏: natsu — Noun meaning 'summer'.
空: sora — Noun meaning 'sky' or 'air'.
くぼん: kubon — Conjunctive form of 'kubumu', meaning to hollow or sink.
トルコ石: torukoshi — Noun meaning 'turquoise', a blue-green gemstone.
色: iro — Noun meaning 'color' or 'hue'.
漂う: tadayou — Verb meaning 'to drift' or 'to float'.
小さな: chiisana — Attributive adjective meaning 'small' or 'little'.
雲: kumo — Noun meaning 'cloud'.
見上げ: miage — Conjunctive form of 'miageru', meaning to look up at.
そう: sou — Adverb meaning 'so', 'that way', or 'it seems'.
人々: hitobito — Noun meaning 'people' or 'various people'.
間: あいだ (aida) / ま (ma) — Noun meaning 'interval', 'between', or 'space'.
大きな: ookina — Attributive adjective meaning 'large' or 'big'.
差: sa — Noun meaning 'difference' or 'gap'.
つける: tsukeru — Verb meaning 'to attach', 'to put on', or 'to make'.
友人: yuujin — Noun meaning 'friend', slightly more formal than tomodachi.
容姿: youshi — Noun meaning 'appearance', 'looks', or 'figure'.
良さ: yosa — Noun meaning 'goodness' or 'good quality'.
選び: erabi — Conjunctive form of 'erabu', meaning to choose or select.
知人: chijin — Noun meaning 'acquaintance' or 'person one knows'.
品性: hinsei — Noun meaning 'character', 'morals', or 'integrity'.
敵: teki — Noun meaning 'enemy' or 'opponent'.
知性: chisei — Noun meaning 'intellect' or 'intelligence'.
選ぶ: erabu — Verb meaning 'to choose' or 'to select'.
選択: sentaku — Noun meaning 'choice', 'selection', or 'option'.
おい: oi — Interjection meaning 'hey' used to get someone's attention.
いくら: ikura — Adverb meaning 'no matter how much' or 'however much'.
慎重: shinchuu — Na-adjective meaning 'careful', 'cautious', or 'prudent'.
すぎる: sugiru — Verb suffix meaning 'too much' or 'excessively'.
馬鹿: baka — Noun/na-adjective meaning 'fool', 'idiot', or 'stupid'.
者: mono / sha — Noun suffix meaning 'person' or 'one who'.
一人: hitori — Noun meaning 'one person' or 'alone'.
彼ら: karera — Third-person plural pronoun meaning 'they' or 'them'.
みな: mina — Noun/pronoun meaning 'everyone' or 'all'.
何らか: nanraka — Adjectival phrase meaning 'some kind of' or 'certain'.
知的: chiteki — Na-adjective meaning 'intellectual' or 'intelligent'.
力: chikara — Noun meaning 'power', 'strength', or 'ability'.
持つ: motsu — Verb meaning 'to hold', 'to have', or 'to possess'.
人物: jinbutsu — Noun meaning 'person', 'character', or 'figure'.
あり: ari — Conjunctive form of 'aru', meaning to exist or be.
したがって: shitagatte — Conjunction meaning 'therefore' or 'consequently'.
高く: takaku — Adverbial form of 'takai', meaning 'highly' or 'greatly'.
評価: hyouka — Noun/verb meaning 'evaluation' or 'to highly regard'.
いる: iru — Verb meaning 'to be' or 'to exist' (animate beings).
とても: totemo — Adverb meaning 'very' or 'extremely'.
自惚れ: unoboro — Noun meaning 'conceit', 'vanity', or 'self-flattery'.
だろう: darou — Auxiliary expressing conjecture, meaning 'probably' or 'I wonder'.
かなり: kanari — Adverb meaning 'fairly', 'quite', or 'considerably'.
思う: omou — Verb meaning 'to think' or 'to feel'.
よ: yo — Sentence-final particle asserting or emphasizing information.
でも: demo — Conjunction meaning 'but', 'however', or 'even so'.
分類: bunrui — Noun meaning 'classification' or 'categorization'.
よれ: yore — Conditional form of 'yoru', meaning 'according to'.
ば: ba — Conditional particle meaning 'if' or 'when'.
ただ: tada — Adverb meaning 'merely', 'only', or 'just'.
過ぎ: sugi — Noun/suffix meaning 'excess' or 'too much'.
なる: naru — Verb meaning 'to become' or 'to turn into'.
親愛: shin'ai — Noun/na-adjective meaning 'dear', 'beloved', or 'affection'.
より: yori — Particle meaning 'than', used in comparisons.
ずっと: zutto — Adverb meaning 'much more', 'far', or 'all along'.
大切: taisetsu — Na-adjective meaning 'important', 'precious', or 'valued'.
存在: sonzai — Noun meaning 'existence' or 'being'.
下: shita / ka — Noun meaning 'below', 'under', or 'beneath'.
一種: isshu — Noun meaning 'a kind of' or 'a sort of'.
兄弟: kyoudai — Noun meaning 'siblings' or 'brothers'.
ああ: aa — Interjection meaning 'ah', 'oh', expressing realization.
なんて: nante — Expression meaning 'such a thing as' or 'how…!'.
じゃ: ja — Colloquial contraction of 'dewa', meaning 'well then'.

← Previous Next →

Unlock audio playback, vocabulary games, and reading progress tracking.

Create free account →