The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 4
It was two storeys high; showed no window, nothing but a door on the lower storey and a blind forehead of discoloured wall on the upper; and bore in every feature, the marks of prolonged and sordid negligence.
それは二階建てで、下の階には窓もなく扉があるだけで、上の階には変色した壁の盲目の額があり、あらゆる特徴において、長期にわたる不潔な怠慢の痕跡を帯びていた。
The door, which was equipped with neither bell nor knocker, was blistered and distained.
ベルも knocker もついていないその扉は、塗料が膨れ上がり、汚れていた。
Tramps slouched into the recess and struck matches on the panels; children kept shop upon the steps; the schoolboy had tried his knife on the mouldings; and for close on a generation, no one had appeared to drive away these random visitors or to repair their ravages.
浮浪者たちは窪みにだらしなく入り込んでパネルでマッチを擦り、子供たちは階段で店ごっこをし、学童は飾り縁にナイフを試し、ほぼ一世代にわたって、誰もこれらの無秩序な訪問者を追い払ったり、彼らの荒らした跡を修繕したりする者が現れなかった。
Mr. Enfield and the lawyer were on the other side of the by-street; but when they came abreast of the entry, the former lifted up his cane and pointed.
エンフィールド氏と弁護士は横丁の反対側にいたが、入口の前に並んで来たとき、前者は杖を持ち上げて指さした。
"Did you ever remark that door?" he asked; and when his companion had replied in the affirmative, "It is connected in my mind," added he, "with a very odd story."
「あの扉に気づいたことはありますか?」と彼は尋ね、連れが肯定的に答えると、「あれは私の心の中で」と彼は付け加えた、「非常に奇妙な話と結びついているのです。」
"Indeed?" said Mr. Utterson, with a slight change of voice, "and what was that?"
「そうですか?」とアタスン氏は声をわずかに変えて言った、「それはどんな話ですか?」
"Well, it was this way," returned Mr. Enfield: "I was coming home from some place at the end of the world, about three o'clock of a black winter morning, and my way lay through a part of town where there was literally nothing to be seen but lamps.
「ええ、こういうことでした」とエンフィールド氏は答えた。「私は世界の果てのような場所から家に帰る途中で、真っ暗な冬の朝の三時頃のことで、私の道は街灯以外には文字通り何も見えない町の一角を通っていました。
Vocabulary
- それ
- sore — That thing; refers to something near the listener.
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle indicating the sentence topic.
- 二階建て
- nikaidate — Two-story building structure.
- で
- de — Particle indicating location, means, or context.
- 下
- shita — Below; underneath; lower position.
- の
- no — Possessive or linking particle connecting nouns.
- 階
- kai — Floor or story of a building.
- に
- ni — Particle indicating direction, location, or time.
- 窓
- mado — Window in a building or vehicle.
- も
- mo — Also; too; even; inclusive particle.
- なく
- naku — Without; lacking; not having something.
- 扉
- tobira — Door; gate; entrance panel.
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle in Japanese sentences.
- ある
- aru — To exist; to be (for inanimate objects).
- だけ
- dake — Only; just; nothing more than.
- 上
- ue — Above; upper; top position.
- 変色
- henshoku — Discoloration; change of color due to damage.
- し
- shi — Conjunctive verb form connecting related actions.
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary verb marker.
- 壁
- kabe — Wall of a building or room.
- 盲目
- moumoku — Blindness; being unable to see.
- 額
- gaku — Forehead; framed picture; amount of money.
- あり
- ari — Existence; having; there is something.
- あらゆる
- arayuru — Every; all kinds of; every possible.
- 特徴
- tokucho — Characteristic; distinguishing feature or trait.
- おい
- oi — Hey; exclamation to call someone's attention.
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle connecting sequential actions.
- 長期
- choki — Long period of time; long-term duration.
- わたる
- wataru — To span; to extend over a period or range.
- 不潔
- fuketsu — Unclean; dirty; lacking hygiene or cleanliness.
- な
- na — Adjectival particle linking na-adjectives to nouns.
- 怠慢
- taiman — Negligence; laziness; failure to maintain something.
- 痕跡
- konseki — Trace; mark; evidence left behind by something.
- を
- wo — Object marker particle for direct objects.
- 帯び
- obi — To carry; to bear; to have a certain quality.
- い
- i — Verb stem of iru; being or existing continuously.
- ベル
- beru — Bell; doorbell or signaling device.
- ノッカー
- nokka- — Door knocker; device for knocking on doors.
- つい
- tsui — Unintentionally; inadvertently; just recently.
- ない
- nai — Not existing; negation of existence or action.
- その
- sono — That (near listener); demonstrative adjective.
- 塗料
- toryo — Paint; coating material applied to surfaces.
- 膨れ上がり
- fukureagari — Swelling up; blistering; bulging outward from surface.
- 汚れ
- yogore — Dirt; stain; grime accumulated on a surface.
- 浮浪者
- furósha — Vagrant; homeless wanderer; person with no fixed abode.
- たち
- tachi — Plural suffix for people or living beings.
- 窪み
- kubomi — Hollow; dent; depression in a surface.
- だらしなく
- darashinaku — Slovenly; carelessly; in an untidy manner.
- 入り込ん
- irikonde — To intrude; to creep inside; to enter uninvited.
- パネル
- paneru — Panel; flat section of a door or wall.
- マッチ
- macchi — Match; small stick used to start fire.
- 擦り
- suri — Rubbing; scratching; striking a match on surface.
- 子供
- kodomo — Child; children; young person.
- 階段
- kaidan — Staircase; steps leading between floors.
- 店ごっこ
- misegokko — Playing shop; children's game imitating a store.
- 学童
- gakudo — Schoolchild; elementary school-aged student.
- 飾り縁
- kazarifuchi — Decorative molding; ornamental border or trim.
- ナイフ
- naifu — Knife; cutting blade tool.
- 試し
- tameshi — Trial; test; trying something out.
- ほぼ
- hobo — Almost; nearly; approximately.
- 一
- ichi — One; the number one.
- 世代
- sedai — Generation; a group of people born in same era.
- わたっ
- watatte — Spanning over; extending across a period of time.
- 誰
- dare — Who; which person; someone unspecified.
- これら
- korera — These; referring to multiple nearby things.
- 無秩序
- muchitsujo — Disorder; chaos; lack of order or discipline.
- 訪問者
- homonsha — Visitor; person who comes to call on someone.
- 追い払っ
- oiharatte — To drive away; to chase off an intruder.
- たり
- tari — Particle listing representative actions or states.
- 彼ら
- karera — They; them; those people (usually male or mixed).
- 荒らし
- arashi — Vandalism; ransacking; damaging or disturbing something.
- 跡
- ato — Trace; mark; remains left after an event.
- 修繕
- shuzen — Repair; mending; fixing something that is damaged.
- する
- suru — To do; general-purpose action verb.
- 者
- mono / sha — Person; one who does a particular thing.
- 現れ
- araware — Appearance; to appear; to show up somewhere.
- なかっ
- nakatte — Did not exist; past negative form of nai.
- 氏
- shi — Mr.; formal honorific suffix for a person's name.
- と
- to — And; with; quotation particle in Japanese.
- 弁護士
- bengoshi — Lawyer; attorney; legal professional.
- 横丁
- yokocho — Side street; narrow alley; small lane.
- 反対側
- hantaigawa — Opposite side; the other side of something.
- 入口
- iriguchi — Entrance; entry point; doorway into a place.
- 前
- mae — Front; before; in front of something.
- 並ん
- narande — Lined up; standing side by side together.
- 来
- ki — Come; stem form of kuru (to come).
- とき
- toki — When; at the time of an event or action.
- 前者
- zensha — The former; the first of two mentioned items.
- 杖
- tsue — Walking stick; cane used for support.
- 持ち上げ
- mochiage — Lifting up; raising something with one's hands.
- 指さし
- yubisashi — Pointing; indicating direction with one's finger.
- あの
- ano — That (over there); referring to distant thing.
- 気づい
- kidzuite — Noticed; became aware of something.
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; abstract matter or circumstance.
- ます
- masu — Polite verb ending for present or future tense.
- か
- ka — Question particle placed at end of sentence.
- 彼
- kare — He; him; a male third-person pronoun.
- 尋ね
- tazune — Asked; inquired; sought information from someone.
- 連れ
- tsure — Companion; person accompanying another person.
- 肯定
- koutei — Affirmation; positive confirmation; saying yes.
- 的
- teki — Suffix meaning -like; -ish; relating to something.
- 答える
- kotaeru — To answer; to respond to a question asked.
- あれ
- are — That (over there); distant thing or matter.
- 私
- watashi — I; me; first-person singular pronoun.
- 心
- kokoro — Heart; mind; inner feelings or spirit.
- 中
- naka — Inside; middle; within something.
- 付け加え
- tsukekuwae — Adding; supplementing; appending extra information.
- 非常
- hijo — Extraordinary; very; extremely unusual or remarkable.
- 奇妙
- kimyo — Strange; bizarre; peculiar in an odd way.
- 話
- hanashi — Story; talk; account of something that happened.
- 結びつい
- musubitsuite — Connected; linked; tied together with something.
- いる
- iru — To exist; to be (for animate beings).
- です
- desu — Polite copula meaning is, are, or am.
- そう
- so — So; that way; in that manner; indeed.
- 声
- koe — Voice; sound produced by a person speaking.
- わずか
- wazuka — Slightly; just a little; barely noticeable amount.
- 変え
- kae — Changing; altering; modifying something slightly.
- 言っ
- itte — Said; spoke; uttered words to someone.
- どんな
- donna — What kind of; what sort of thing.
- ええ
- ee — Yes; an informal affirmative response.
- こういう
- ko iu — This kind of; like this; this sort.
- でし
- deshi — Polite past tense form of desu (was/were).
- 答え
- kotae — Answer; reply; response to a question.
- 世界
- sekai — World; the entire earth or a particular realm.
- 果て
- hate — End; furthest edge; extremity of something.
- よう
- yo — Like; seeming; appearing to be a certain way.
- 場所
- basho — Place; location; specific spot or area.
- から
- kara — From; because; starting point of action.
- 家
- ie / uchi — House; home; one's place of residence.
- 帰る
- kaeru — To return home; to go back to one's place.
- 途中
- tochu — On the way; midway; in the middle of a journey.
- 真っ暗
- makkura — Pitch dark; completely dark with no light.
- 冬
- fuyu — Winter; the coldest season of the year.
- 朝
- asa — Morning; the early part of the day.
- 三時
- sanji — Three o'clock; the third hour of day or night.
- 頃
- koro — Around; about; approximately a certain time.
- 道
- michi — Road; path; street; way to travel.
- 街灯
- gaito — Street lamp; public light illuminating a road.
- 以外
- igai — Except; other than; apart from something.
- 文字通り
- mojidori — Literally; exactly as the words state.
- 何
- nani / nan — What; which thing; an interrogative pronoun.
- 見え
- mie — Visible; can be seen; appearing in view.
- 町
- machi — Town; city district; neighborhood area.
- 一角
- ikkaku — One corner; a section or block of a town.
- 通っ
- totte — Passed through; went along a route or path.
- まし
- mashi — Polite past tense verb ending (mashita form).
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