The Wonderful Wizard of Oz — Page 5
I know this is true, for I am one of them myself, and cannot be mistaken.
私はその一人ですから、これが本当のことだと知っています。間違いありません。
Those who dwelt in the East and the West were, indeed, wicked witches; but now that you have killed one of them, there is but one Wicked Witch in all the Land of Oz—the one who lives in the West.
東と西に住んでいた者たちは、確かに邪悪な魔女でした。しかし、あなたがその一人を殺した今、オズの国全体で邪悪な魔女はただ一人だけ——西に住む者だけです。
"But," said Dorothy, after a moment's thought, "Aunt Em has told me that the witches were all dead—years and years ago."
「でも」とドロシーはしばらく考えてから言いました。「エム叔母さんは、魔女たちはみんな死んでしまったと言っていました——ずっとずっと昔に」
"Who is Aunt Em?" inquired the little old woman.
「エム叔母さんとは誰ですか？」と小さなお婆さんが尋ねました。
"She is my aunt who lives in Kansas, where I came from."
「私が来たカンザスに住んでいる叔母です。」
The Witch of the North seemed to think for a time, with her head bowed and her eyes upon the ground.
北の魔女はしばらくの間、頭を垂れ目を地面に向けたまま、考えているようでした。
Then she looked up and said, "I do not know where Kansas is, for I have never heard that country mentioned before.
それから彼女は顔を上げて言いました。「カンザスがどこにあるのか私には分かりません。その国の名前を聞いたことがないのです。
But tell me, is it a civilized country?"
でも教えてください、そこは文明国ですか？」
"Oh, yes," replied Dorothy.
「ええ、そうです」とドロシーは答えました。
"Then that accounts for it.
「それで説明がつきます。
In the civilized countries I believe there are no witches left, nor wizards, nor sorceresses, nor magicians.
文明国には、魔女も魔法使いも、女魔術師も魔術師も、もはや残っていないのだと思います。
But, you see, the Land of Oz has never been civilized, for we are cut off from all the rest of the world.
しかし、ご覧の通り、オズの国は文明化されたことがありません。私たちは世界の他のすべての地域から切り離されているのです。
Therefore we still have witches and wizards amongst us."
ですから、私たちの間にはまだ魔女や魔法使いがいるのです。」
"Who are the wizards?" asked Dorothy.
「魔法使いとは誰ですか？」とドロシーは尋ねました。
"Oz himself is the Great Wizard," answered the Witch, sinking her voice to a whisper.
「オズ自身が偉大な魔法使いです」と魔女は声をひそめて答えました。
"He is more powerful than all the rest of us together.
「彼は私たち残り全員を合わせたよりも強力です。
Vocabulary
- 私
- watashi — First-person pronoun meaning 'I' or 'me'.
- は
- wa — Topic-marking particle indicating the sentence topic.
- その
- sono — Demonstrative adjective meaning 'that' (near listener).
- 一人
- hitori — One person; alone by oneself.
- です
- desu — Polite copula meaning 'is', 'am', or 'are'.
- から
- kara — Particle meaning 'because', 'from', or 'since'.
- これ
- kore — Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'this' (near speaker).
- が
- ga — Subject-marking particle identifying the grammatical subject.
- 本当
- hontou — Truth; reality; something genuine or real.
- の
- no — Possessive or nominalizing particle linking nouns.
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; matter; abstract concept or event.
- だ
- da — Plain-form copula meaning 'is', 'am', or 'are'.
- と
- to — Particle meaning 'that' (quotation) or 'and/with'.
- 知っ
- shit(te) — To know; to be aware of a fact (conjunctive form).
- て
- te — Conjunctive verb form connecting sequential or parallel actions.
- い
- i — Auxiliary verb stem of 'iru', indicating ongoing state.
- ます
- masu — Polite verb ending indicating present or future tense.
- 間違い
- machigai — Mistake; error; something incorrect or wrong.
- あり
- ari — Stem of 'aru'; to exist (for inanimate things).
- ませ
- mase — Polite auxiliary verb component used in negative forms.
- ん
- n — Negative ending or explanatory sentence-final particle.
- 東
- higashi — East; the eastern direction or region.
- 西
- nishi — West; the western direction or region.
- に
- ni — Particle indicating location, direction, time, or target.
- 住ん
- sun(de) — To live; to reside in a place (conjunctive form).
- で
- de — Particle indicating location of action or means used.
- た
- ta — Past tense verb ending indicating completed action.
- 者
- mono — Person; one who does something; individual being.
- たち
- tachi — Plural suffix for people or animate beings.
- 確か
- tashika — Certain; sure; reliable; indeed or if I recall correctly.
- 邪悪
- jaaku — Evil; wicked; malicious nature or character.
- な
- na — Adjectival ending for na-adjectives modifying nouns.
- 魔女
- majo — Witch; a female practitioner of magic or sorcery.
- でし
- deshi — Past polite copula stem; were/was (polite past).
- しかし
- shikashi — However; but; conjunction indicating contrast or contradiction.
- あなた
- anata — Second-person pronoun meaning 'you'.
- を
- o — Object-marking particle indicating the direct object.
- 殺し
- koroshi — To kill; act of killing someone (conjunctive/noun form).
- 今
- ima — Now; the present moment or current time.
- 国
- kuni — Country; nation; land or territory.
- 全体
- zentai — Whole; entirety; the complete thing or group.
- ただ
- tada — Only; merely; just; free of charge.
- だけ
- dake — Only; just; limiting particle indicating sole extent.
- 住む
- sumu — To live; to reside or dwell in a place.
- でも
- demo — But; however; even so; conjunction showing contrast.
- しばらく
- shibaraku — For a while; for some time; briefly.
- 考え
- kangae — Thought; idea; to think or consider something.
- 言い
- ii — To say; to speak; conjunctive form of 'iu'.
- まし
- mashi — Polite past auxiliary verb stem used with 'た'.
- 叔母
- oba — Aunt; one's father's or mother's younger sister.
- さん
- san — Polite honorific suffix used after names or titles.
- みんな
- minna — Everyone; all people; everybody together.
- 死ん
- shin(de) — To die; to pass away (conjunctive form).
- しまっ
- shimatt(e) — Auxiliary indicating regrettable completion of an action.
- 言っ
- itt(e) — To say; to tell (conjunctive past form of 'iu').
- ずっと
- zutto — All along; continuously; far; much more than before.
- 昔
- mukashi — Long ago; the old days; ancient times.
- 誰
- dare — Who; which person; an unspecified individual.
- か
- ka — Question particle placed at sentence end; 'someone/some'.
- 小さな
- chiisana — Small; little; tiny in size or degree.
- お婆さん
- obaasan — Old woman; grandmother; elderly female person.
- 尋ね
- tazune — To ask; to inquire; to question someone about something.
- 来
- ki — To come; to arrive (stem/conjunctive form of 'kuru').
- いる
- iru — To exist; to be (for animate beings); ongoing action.
- 北
- kita — North; the northern direction or region.
- 間
- aida / ma — Between; interval; space or time between two points.
- 頭
- atama — Head; the uppermost part of the body.
- 垂れ
- tare — To hang down; to droop; to lower (conjunctive form).
- 目
- me — Eye; the organ of sight; a look or gaze.
- 地面
- jimen — Ground; the surface of the earth underfoot.
- 向け
- muke — To turn toward; to direct or aim at something.
- まま
- mama — As is; remaining unchanged in a particular state.
- よう
- you — Appearance; manner; seeming like; expressing resemblance.
- それ
- sore — That; demonstrative pronoun referring to something near listener.
- 彼女
- kanojo — She; her; also used to mean 'girlfriend'.
- 顔
- kao — Face; one's facial features or expression.
- 上げ
- age — To raise; to lift up (conjunctive form of 'ageru').
- どこ
- doko — Where; what place; an unknown location.
- ある
- aru — To exist; to be; to have (inanimate things).
- 分かり
- wakari — To understand; to know; to grasp meaning (conjunctive form).
- 名前
- namae — Name; one's given or full name.
- 聞い
- kii — To hear; to listen; to ask (conjunctive form).
- ない
- nai — Negative auxiliary; not; does not exist.
- 教え
- oshie — To teach; to tell; to inform someone of something.
- ください
- kudasai — Please give; polite request form meaning 'please do'.
- そこ
- soko — There; that place near the listener.
- 文明
- bunmei — Civilization; advanced state of human society and culture.
- ええ
- ee — Yes; informal affirmative response; 'yes' or 'indeed'.
- そう
- sou — So; that way; indicating agreement or resemblance.
- 答え
- kotae — Answer; reply; response to a question or problem.
- 説明
- setsumei — Explanation; description; making something clear to others.
- つき
- tsuki — Attached to; accompanying; related to something (suffix use).
- も
- mo — Also; too; even; additive particle meaning 'as well'.
- 魔法使い
- mahoutsukai — Wizard; magician; one who uses magic or spells.
- 女
- onna — Woman; female person; adult female.
- 魔術師
- majutsushi — Sorcerer; magician; practitioner of sorcery or magic arts.
- もはや
- mohaya — No longer; already; at this point in time.
- 残っ
- nokott(e) — To remain; to be left over (conjunctive form).
- 思い
- omoi — Thought; feeling; emotion; to think or feel something.
- ご覧
- goran — Honorific for 'see' or 'look'; please look or observe.
- 通り
- toori — As per; just as; in the way of; street or road.
- 化
- ka / ke — Change; transformation; becoming something different (suffix).
- さ
- sa — Nominalizing suffix; sentence-final softening particle.
- れ
- re — Passive auxiliary verb indicating being acted upon by others.
- 世界
- sekai — World; the entire earth or a particular realm.
- 他
- hoka — Other; another; the rest; different from this one.
- すべて
- subete — Everything; all; the entirety of something.
- 地域
- chiiki — Region; area; district; a defined geographical zone.
- 切り離さ
- kirinasa — To cut off; to separate; to detach from something.
- まだ
- mada — Still; yet; not yet; continuing up to now.
- や
- ya — And; listing particle; or; sentence-final casual particle.
- 自身
- jishin — Oneself; themselves; one's own self or person.
- 偉大
- idai — Great; grand; magnificent; of outstanding importance or power.
- 声
- koe — Voice; sound produced by a person or animal.
- ひそめ
- hisome — To lower one's voice; to speak in hushed tones.
- 彼
- kare — He; him; also used to mean 'boyfriend'.
- 残り
- nokori — Remainder; what is left over; the rest of something.
- 全員
- zen'in — All members; every person in a group.
- 合わせ
- awase — To combine; to match; to put together (conjunctive form).
- より
- yori — Than; from; comparative particle indicating degree or origin.
- 強力
- kyouryoku — Powerful; mighty; having great strength or force.
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