The Wonderful Wizard of Oz — Page 2
Even the grass was not green, for the sun had burned the tops of the long blades until they were the same gray color to be seen everywhere.
草でさえも緑ではなかった。太陽が長い草の穂先を焼き、どこを見ても同じ灰色になっていたからだ。
Once the house had been painted, but the sun blistered the paint and the rains washed it away, and now the house was as dull and gray as everything else.
かつてその家には塗料が塗られていたが、太陽が塗料を水ぶくれにし、雨がそれを洗い流してしまった。今では家もほかのすべてのものと同様に、くすんだ灰色になっていた。
When Aunt Em came there to live she was a young, pretty wife.
エム叔母さんがそこに住みにやって来たとき、彼女は若くてきれいな妻だった。
The sun and wind had changed her, too.
太陽と風が彼女をも変えてしまった。
They had taken the sparkle from her eyes and left them a sober gray; they had taken the red from her cheeks and lips, and they were gray also.
それらは彼女の瞳からきらめきを奪い、くすんだ灰色にしてしまった。頬と唇から赤みを奪い、それらも灰色になってしまった。
She was thin and gaunt, and never smiled now.
彼女は痩せてやつれ、今ではもう決して微笑まなかった。
When Dorothy, who was an orphan, first came to her, Aunt Em had been so startled by the child's laughter that she would scream and press her hand upon her heart whenever Dorothy's merry voice reached her ears; and she still looked at the little girl with wonder that she could find anything to laugh at.
孤児であるドロシーが初めてやって来たとき、エム叔母さんは子供の笑い声にひどく驚いて、ドロシーの陽気な声が耳に届くたびに悲鳴を上げて胸に手を押し当てたものだった。そして今も、この少女が何か笑えるものを見つけられることに不思議そうな目を向けていた。
Uncle Henry never laughed.
ヘンリー叔父さんは決して笑わなかった。
He worked hard from morning till night and did not know what joy was.
彼は朝から晩まで懸命に働き、喜びとは何かを知らなかった。
He was gray also, from his long beard to his rough boots, and he looked stern and solemn, and rarely spoke.
彼もまた灰色だった。長い髭から荒々しいブーツに至るまで灰色で、厳格で厳粛な様子をしており、ほとんど口を開かなかった。
It was Toto that made Dorothy laugh, and saved her from growing as gray as her other surroundings.
ドロシーを笑わせ、周囲のものと同じように灰色になるのを救ってくれたのは、トトだった。
Vocabulary
- 草
- kusa — Grass; low-growing green plants covering ground.
- で
- de — Particle indicating location, means, or cause.
- さえ
- sae — Even; particle emphasizing an extreme or unexpected case.
- も
- mo — Also; too; even; additive or emphatic particle.
- 緑
- midori — Green; the color of plants and leaves.
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle; indicates the sentence topic.
- なかった
- nakatta — Was not; past negative form of ない.
- 太陽
- taiyō — The sun; the star at the center of our solar system.
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle; identifies the grammatical subject.
- 長い
- nagai — Long; extended in length or duration.
- の
- no — Possessive or nominalizing particle; connects nouns.
- を
- wo — Object marker particle; marks the direct object.
- 焼き
- yaki — Burning; scorching; baking or grilling something.
- どこ
- doko — Where; an interrogative pronoun for location.
- 見て
- mite — Looking; seeing; te-form of verb 見る (miru).
- 同じ
- onaji — Same; identical; not different from another.
- 灰色
- haiiro — Gray; the color between black and white.
- に
- ni — Particle indicating direction, location, time, or result.
- なって
- natte — Becoming; te-form of なる, indicating a change of state.
- いた
- ita — Was; past continuous form of いる (to exist/be).
- から
- kara — Because; from; particle indicating reason or origin.
- だ
- da — Is; plain form copula expressing a state or identity.
- かつて
- katsute — Once; formerly; at one time in the past.
- その
- sono — That; demonstrative adjective referring to something nearby.
- 家
- ie — House; home; a building people live in.
- 塗料
- toryō — Paint; coating material applied to surfaces.
- 塗られて
- nuwarete — Having been painted; passive te-form of 塗る (nuru).
- し
- shi — And; conjunction listing multiple reasons or actions.
- 雨
- ame — Rain; water droplets falling from the sky.
- それ
- sore — That; pronoun referring to something previously mentioned.
- 洗い流して
- arainagashite — Washed away; rinsed off completely; te-form of 洗い流す.
- しまった
- shimatta — Ended up doing; completed an undesirable action fully.
- 今
- ima — Now; the present moment or current time.
- ほか
- hoka — Other; else; something or someone different or additional.
- すべて
- subete — Everything; all; the entirety of something.
- もの
- mono — Thing; object; a tangible or abstract item.
- と
- to — And; with; quotation particle; connects nouns or clauses.
- 同様
- dōyō — Same manner; likewise; in a similar way.
- くすんだ
- kusunda — Dull; faded; lacking brightness or luster.
- 叔母さん
- obasan — Aunt; one's parent's sister or female relative.
- そこ
- soko — There; that place; a location near the listener.
- 住み
- sumi — Living; residing; stem form of 住む (to live/reside).
- やって
- yatte — Doing; coming; te-form of やる or やって来る.
- 来た
- kita — Came; arrived; past tense of 来る (kuru).
- とき
- toki — When; time; a specific moment or occasion.
- 彼女
- kanojo — She; her; third-person female pronoun.
- 若くて
- wakakute — Young and; te-form of 若い, linking adjectives.
- きれいな
- kireina — Beautiful; pretty; clean and attractive in appearance.
- 妻
- tsuma — Wife; one's own or another's female spouse.
- だった
- datta — Was; past tense of the copula だ.
- 風
- kaze — Wind; moving air; also can mean cold/illness.
- 変えて
- kaete — Changing; te-form of 変える (to change something).
- それら
- sorera — Those; plural pronoun referring to previously mentioned items.
- 瞳
- hitomi — Pupil of the eye; one's eyes or gaze.
- きらめき
- kirameki — Sparkle; glitter; a shining or twinkling brilliance.
- 奪い
- ubai — Taking away; stealing; stem of 奪う (ubau).
- して
- shite — Doing; and; te-form of する, connecting actions.
- 頬
- hō — Cheek; the fleshy side of the face.
- 唇
- kuchibiru — Lips; the fleshy edges of the mouth.
- 赤み
- akami — Redness; a reddish tinge or flush of color.
- 痩せて
- yasete — Becoming thin; having grown slim or gaunt.
- やつれ
- yatsure — Haggardness; worn-out, gaunt appearance from hardship.
- もう
- mō — Already; anymore; no longer; expressing a changed state.
- 決して
- kesshite — Never; by no means; used with negative expressions.
- 微笑ま
- hohoema — Smiling; stem of 微笑む (hohoemu), to smile gently.
- 孤児
- koji — Orphan; a child whose parents have died.
- ある
- aru — There is; to exist; to have (for inanimate things).
- 初めて
- hajimete — For the first time; doing something never done before.
- 子供
- kodomo — Child; children; a young person or offspring.
- 笑い声
- waraigoe — Laughter; the sound of someone laughing aloud.
- ひどく
- hidoku — Terribly; severely; very much; to an extreme degree.
- 驚いて
- odoroite — Being surprised; startled; te-form of 驚く (odoroku).
- 陽気な
- yōkina — Cheerful; merry; lively and in good spirits.
- 声
- koe — Voice; sound produced by a person speaking or singing.
- 耳
- mimi — Ear; the organ used for hearing sounds.
- 届く
- todoku — To reach; to arrive at; to be delivered to.
- たび
- tabi — Every time; whenever; each occasion something happens.
- 悲鳴
- himei — Scream; shriek; a cry of fear or pain.
- 上げて
- agete — Raising; letting out; te-form of 上げる (ageru).
- 胸
- mune — Chest; breast; the front of the upper body.
- 手
- te — Hand; the part of the body at the end of the arm.
- 押し当てた
- oshiateta — Pressed against; pushed firmly onto a surface.
- そして
- soshite — And then; and so; a conjunction linking sentences.
- この
- kono — This; demonstrative adjective for something close to speaker.
- 少女
- shōjo — Girl; a young female child or adolescent.
- 何か
- nanika — Something; anything; an unspecified or unknown thing.
- 笑える
- waraeru — Can laugh; able to find something amusing or funny.
- 見つけ
- mitsuke — Finding; discovering; stem of 見つける (mitsukeru).
- られる
- rareru — Can; passive or potential auxiliary verb ending.
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; nominalizer turning verbs into noun phrases.
- 不思議
- fushigi — Strange; mysterious; wonderful; hard to understand or explain.
- そうな
- sōna — Seeming; appearing to be; expresses conjecture or appearance.
- 目
- me — Eye; the organ of sight; gaze or look.
- 向けて
- mukete — Turning toward; directing at; te-form of 向ける.
- 叔父さん
- ojisan — Uncle; one's parent's brother or male relative.
- 笑わ
- warawa — Laughing; negative stem of 笑う (warau), to laugh.
- 彼
- kare — He; him; third-person masculine pronoun.
- 朝
- asa — Morning; the early part of the day after sunrise.
- 晩
- ban — Evening; night; the later part of the day.
- まで
- made — Until; up to; as far as; a limit marker particle.
- 懸命
- kenmei — Earnestly; with all one's effort; diligently and hard.
- 働き
- hataraki — Working; labor; stem of 働く (hataraku), to work.
- 喜び
- yorokobi — Joy; happiness; delight; a feeling of great pleasure.
- 知ら
- shira — Knowing; negative stem of 知る (shiru), to know.
- また
- mata — Also; again; moreover; in addition to something else.
- 髭
- hige — Beard; mustache; facial hair on a man's face.
- 荒々しい
- araara shii — Rough; wild; harsh in manner or appearance.
- ブーツ
- būtsu — Boots; sturdy footwear covering the foot and ankle.
- 至る
- itaru — To reach; to extend to; to arrive at a point.
- 厳格
- genkaku — Strict; stern; rigidly following rules or discipline.
- 厳粛
- genshuku — Solemn; grave; serious and dignified in manner.
- な
- na — Adjectival copula ending for na-adjectives; attributive form.
- 様子
- yōsu — Appearance; state; manner; the way something looks or seems.
- おり
- ori — Being; existing; polite stem of おる (humble form of いる).
- ほとんど
- hotondo — Almost; hardly; nearly; most of something.
- 口
- kuchi — Mouth; the opening in the face used for speaking and eating.
- 開か
- hiraka — Opening; negative stem of 開く (hiraku), to open.
- 笑わせ
- warawase — Making laugh; causative stem of 笑う (warau).
- 周囲
- shūi — Surroundings; the area around something or someone.
- よう
- yō — Seem; like; in order to; expressing appearance or purpose.
- なる
- naru — To become; to turn into; indicating a change of state.
- 救って
- sukutte — Saving; rescuing; te-form of 救う (sukuu).
- くれた
- kureta — Gave (to me/us); did for me; past tense of くれる.
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