The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde — Page 10
There are three windows looking on the court on the first floor; none below; the windows are always shut but they're clean.
一階には中庭に面した窓が三つある。下の階には一つもない。窓はいつも閉まっているが、きれいだ。
And then there is a chimney which is generally smoking; so somebody must live there.
そして煙突があって、たいてい煙が出ている。だから誰かが住んでいるに違いない。
And yet it's not so sure; for the buildings are so packed together about the court, that it's hard to say where one ends and another begins."
しかし、それも確かとは言えない。中庭の周りに建物がひしめき合っているので、どこが一軒の終わりでどこから次の建物が始まるのか、判断しがたいのだ。」
The pair walked on again for a while in silence; and then "Enfield," said Mr. Utterson, "that's a good rule of yours."
二人はしばらくまた黙って歩き続けた。それから「エンフィールド」とアタスン氏が言った。「それは君の立派な心得だ。」
"Yes, I think it is," returned Enfield.
「そうですね、そう思います」とエンフィールドは答えた。
"But for all that," continued the lawyer, "there's one point I want to ask.
「しかしそれはそれとして」と弁護士は続けた。「一つ聞きたいことがある。
I want to ask the name of that man who walked over the child."
あの子供を踏みつけにした男の名前を聞きたいのだ。」
"Well," said Mr. Enfield, "I can't see what harm it would do.
「そうですね」とエンフィールド氏は言った。「それで何の差し支えがあるかわかりませんが。
It was a man of the name of Hyde."
ハイドという名の男でした。」
"Hm," said Mr. Utterson. "What sort of a man is he to see?"
「ふむ」とアタスン氏は言った。「見た目はどんな男だ？」
"He is not easy to describe.
「描写するのが難しい男です。
There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing, something down-right detestable.
外見に何か問題がある。何か不快な、まったくもって嫌悪を催させるものがある。
I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I scarce know why.
あれほど嫌いになった男には会ったことがない。それなのに、なぜなのかほとんどわからないのだ。
He must be deformed somewhere; he gives a strong feeling of deformity, although I couldn't specify the point.
どこか奇形なのに違いない。どこだと特定できないのだが、強烈な奇形の印象を与えるのだ。
He's an extraordinary looking man, and yet I really can name nothing out of the way.
異様な見た目の男なのに、実際には何も異常な点を挙げることができない。
No, sir; I can make no hand of it; I can't describe him.
いや、どうにもうまく言えない。描写できないのです。
Vocabulary
- 一階
- ikkai — First floor of a building
- に
- ni — Particle indicating location, direction, or target
- は
- wa — Topic-marking particle in Japanese grammar
- 中庭
- nakaniwa — Inner courtyard or garden within a building
- 面し
- menshи — Facing toward, oriented in a direction
- 窓
- mado — Window of a room or building
- が
- ga — Subject-marking particle in Japanese grammar
- 三つ
- mittsu — Three (items), native Japanese counting word
- ある
- aru — To exist, to be present (inanimate objects)
- 下
- shita — Below, under, lower position or level
- の
- no — Possessive or linking particle between nouns
- 階
- kai — Floor or story of a building
- 一つ
- hitotsu — One (item), native Japanese counting word
- も
- mo — Also, too, even; emphatic particle
- ない
- nai — Negation: does not exist, is not present
- いつ
- itsu — When; interrogative word for time
- 閉まっ
- shimatte — Being closed (of doors, windows, shops)
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle connecting verb phrases
- いる
- iru — To be in a state; progressive aspect marker
- きれい
- kirei — Clean, neat, or beautiful in appearance
- だ
- da — Copula: is, equals (plain form)
- そして
- soshite — And then, furthermore, connecting two statements
- 煙突
- entotsu — Chimney, smokestack on a building or furnace
- あっ
- atte — There is/are (connective form of ある)
- たいてい
- taitei — Usually, mostly, in most cases
- 煙
- kemuri — Smoke rising from fire or chimney
- 出
- de — Coming out, emerging (stem of 出る)
- だから
- dakara — Therefore, so, for that reason
- 誰か
- dareka — Someone, somebody (unspecified person)
- 住ん
- sunde — Living in, residing (conjunctive form of 住む)
- で
- de — Particle indicating means, location, or reason
- 違いない
- chigainai — Must be, no doubt, certainly the case
- しかし
- shikashi — However, but, nevertheless (formal conjunction)
- それ
- sore — That (thing near the listener)
- 確か
- tashika — Certain, sure, definite; if I recall correctly
- と
- to — Quotation particle; also means 'and' or 'with'
- 言え
- ie — Can say, possible to state (potential form)
- 周り
- mawari — Surroundings, area around something
- 建物
- tatemono — Building, structure used for housing or business
- ひしめき
- hishimeki — Crowding together, pressing against each other
- どこ
- doko — Where; interrogative word for location
- 一軒
- ikken — One (building or house), counter for houses
- 終わり
- owari — End, conclusion, finish of something
- から
- kara — From; because; starting point particle
- 次
- tsugi — Next, following, the one after
- 始まる
- hajimaru — To begin, to start (intransitive verb)
- か
- ka — Question particle; or; uncertainty marker
- 判断
- handan — Judgment, decision, assessment of a situation
- し
- shi — Conjunctive form of する; also listing particle
- がたい
- gatai — Hard to do, difficult to perform (suffix)
- 二人
- futari — Two people together
- しばらく
- shibaraku — For a while, for some time
- また
- mata — Again, also, furthermore
- 黙っ
- damatte — Being silent, keeping quiet (conjunctive form)
- 歩き
- aruki — Walking (stem form of 歩く)
- 続け
- tsuzuke — Continuing to do (conjunctive form of 続ける)
- それから
- sorekara — After that, then, and then
- 氏
- shi — Mister, Mr.; honorific suffix for names
- 言っ
- itte — Said, told (conjunctive form of 言う)
- 君
- kimi — You (informal/familiar second person pronoun)
- 立派
- rippa — Splendid, fine, admirable, praiseworthy character
- な
- na — Adjectival particle linking na-adjectives to nouns
- 心得
- kokoroe — Understanding, knowledge, guiding principle
- そう
- sō — So, that way, like that
- です
- desu — Polite copula: is, am, are
- ね
- ne — Sentence-final particle seeking agreement or confirmation
- 思い
- omoi — Thought, feeling, thinking (noun/stem form)
- ます
- masu — Polite verb ending for present/future tense
- 答え
- kotae — Answer, reply, response to a question
- 弁護士
- bengoshi — Lawyer, attorney, legal professional
- 聞き
- kiki — Listening, asking (stem form of 聞く)
- たい
- tai — Want to do (desire auxiliary verb suffix)
- こと
- koto — Thing, matter, fact (abstract noun)
- あの
- ano — That (over there); refers to shared known referent
- 子供
- kodomo — Child, children, young person
- を
- wo — Object-marking particle for direct objects
- 踏みつけ
- fumitsuke — Trampling, stepping on forcefully
- 男
- otoko — Man, male person
- 名前
- namae — Name of a person or thing
- 何
- nani — What; interrogative word for things
- 差し支え
- sashitsukae — Objection, hindrance, inconvenience, problem
- わかり
- wakari — Understanding, knowing (stem form of わかる)
- ませ
- mase — Polite ending form (part of ません negative)
- ん
- n — Explanatory or softening sentence-final particle
- いう
- iu — To say, to be called, named
- 名
- na — Name; also counter for named persons
- ふむ
- fumu — Hmm, I see (thoughtful interjection)
- 見た目
- mitame — Appearance, how something looks visually
- どんな
- donna — What kind of, what sort of
- 描写
- byōsha — Description, depiction, portrayal of something
- する
- suru — To do, to perform an action
- 難しい
- muzukashii — Difficult, hard, challenging
- 外見
- gaiken — Outward appearance, external looks
- 何か
- nanika — Something, some kind of thing
- 問題
- mondai — Problem, issue, question to be solved
- 不快
- fukai — Unpleasant, uncomfortable, disagreeable feeling
- まったく
- mattaku — Completely, utterly, absolutely; indeed
- もっ
- motte — Holding, possessing (conjunctive form of 持つ)
- 嫌悪
- ken'o — Disgust, loathing, strong aversion toward something
- 催さ
- moyoosa — Causing to feel, inducing a feeling
- せる
- seru — Causative auxiliary: to make or let someone do
- もの
- mono — Thing, object; something with a quality
- あれほど
- arehodo — To that extent, that much (referring to something)
- 嫌い
- kirai — Dislike, hatred, aversion toward someone or thing
- なっ
- natte — Becoming (conjunctive form of なる)
- 会っ
- atte — Having met (conjunctive form of 会う)
- なぜ
- naze — Why; interrogative word for reason
- ほとんど
- hotondo — Almost, nearly, for the most part
- わから
- wakara — Not understanding (negative stem of わかる)
- どこか
- dokoka — Somewhere, some unspecified place
- 奇形
- kikei — Deformity, malformation, abnormal physical shape
- 特定
- tokutei — Specific, particular; identifying something precisely
- でき
- deki — Can do, being able to (stem of できる)
- 強烈
- kyōretsu — Intense, powerful, overwhelming impression or effect
- 印象
- inshō — Impression, image left in one's mind
- 与える
- ataeru — To give, to provide, to grant something
- 異様
- iyō — Strange, bizarre, uncanny appearance or manner
- 実際
- jissai — Actually, in reality, in practice
- 異常
- ijō — Abnormal, unusual, out of the ordinary
- 点
- ten — Point, aspect, particular feature of something
- 挙げる
- ageru — To raise, to cite, to list as example
- いや
- iya — No, well; interjection expressing hesitation or denial
- どう
- dō — How, in what way, by what means
- うまく
- umaku — Skillfully, well, successfully
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