The Yellow Wallpaper — Page 5

English → Japanese Full Text Level 6/10

We have been here two weeks, and I haven't felt like writing before, since that first day.

私たちはここに二週間いるが、あの最初の日以来、書く気になれなかった。

I am sitting by the window now, up in this atrocious nursery, and there is nothing to hinder my writing as much as I please, save lack of strength.

今、この忌まわしい子ども部屋の窓のそばに座っており、体力の不足を除けば、思う存分書くことを妨げるものは何もない。

John is away all day, and even some nights when his cases are serious.

ジョンは一日中出かけており、患者の容態が深刻なときは夜も不在のことがある。

I am glad my case is not serious!

私の病状が深刻でないことが嬉しい！

But these nervous troubles are dreadfully depressing.

しかし、この神経の不調はひどく気が滅入る。

John does not know how much I really suffer. He knows there is no reason to suffer, and that satisfies him.

ジョンは私が実際にどれほど苦しんでいるかを知らない。苦しむ理由などないと彼は知っており、それで満足している。

Of course it is only nervousness. It does weigh on me so not to do my duty in any way!

もちろん、ただの神経過敏に過ぎない。何一つ義務を果たせないことが、私にはひどく重荷なのだ！

I meant to be such a help to John, such a real rest and comfort, and here I am a comparative burden already!

ジョンにとって大きな助けになり、本当の安らぎと慰めになろうと思っていたのに、もうすでにどちらかといえば重荷になってしまっている！

Nobody would believe what an effort it is to do what little I am able—to dress and entertain, and order things.

着替えをしたり、人をもてなしたり、用事を言いつけたりと、わずかにできることをするだけでどれほどの努力が必要か、誰も信じないだろう。

It is fortunate Mary is so good with the baby. Such a dear baby!

メアリーが赤ちゃんの世話をとても上手にしてくれるのは幸いだ。なんてかわいい赤ちゃんだろう！

And yet I cannot be with him, it makes me so nervous.

それでも私は赤ちゃんのそばにいられない。とても神経が高ぶってしまうのだ。

I suppose John never was nervous in his life. He laughs at me so about this wallpaper!

ジョンは生まれてから一度も神経質になったことがないと思う。この壁紙のことで、彼は私をさんざん笑うのだ！

At first he meant to repaper the room, but afterwards he said that I was letting it get the better of me, and that nothing was worse for a nervous patient than to give way to such fancies.

最初は部屋の壁紙を張り替えるつもりだったが、後になって彼は、私がそれに振り回されているのだ、神経質な患者にとってそのような思い込みに負けることほど悪いことはないと言った。

Vocabulary

私: watashi — First-person pronoun meaning 'I' or 'me'.
たち: tachi — Suffix indicating plural, e.g., 'we' or 'they'.
は: wa — Topic-marking particle indicating the sentence topic.
ここ: koko — Pronoun meaning 'here' or 'this place'.
に: ni — Particle indicating location, direction, or time.
二: ni — The number two.
週間: shūkan — A span or period of weeks.
いる: iru — Verb meaning 'to exist' or 'to be' (animate).
が: ga — Subject-marking particle; also means 'but'.
あの: ano — Demonstrative meaning 'that' (distant from both speaker and listener).
最初: saisho — Noun/adverb meaning 'the first' or 'the beginning'.
の: no — Possessive or nominalizing particle connecting nouns.
日: hi / nichi — Noun meaning 'day' or 'sun'.
以来: irai — Noun/conjunction meaning 'since' or 'ever since'.
書く: kaku — Verb meaning 'to write'.
気: ki — Noun meaning 'spirit', 'mood', or 'feeling'.
なれ: nare — Conjugated form of なる, meaning 'become' (potential/conditional).
なかっ: nakatta — Past negative auxiliary, meaning 'was not' (partial form).
た: ta — Past tense auxiliary verb ending.
今: ima — Noun/adverb meaning 'now' or 'the present moment'.
この: kono — Demonstrative adjective meaning 'this' (near speaker).
忌まわしい: imawashii — Adjective meaning 'detestable', 'abominable', or 'ominous'.
子ども: kodomo — Noun meaning 'child' or 'children'.
部屋: heya — Noun meaning 'room' in a building.
窓: mado — Noun meaning 'window'.
そば: soba — Noun meaning 'beside', 'near', or 'next to'.
座っ: suwatte — Te-form of 座る, meaning 'sitting down'.
て: te — Conjunctive particle linking verb phrases together.
おり: ori — Humble/formal form of いる, meaning 'to be' (existing).
体力: tairyoku — Noun meaning 'physical strength' or 'stamina'.
不足: fusoku — Noun meaning 'lack', 'shortage', or 'insufficiency'.
を: wo — Object-marking particle indicating the direct object.
除け: noke / yoke — Verb form meaning 'to exclude', 'to set aside'.
ば: ba — Conditional particle meaning 'if' or 'when'.
思う: omou — Verb meaning 'to think' or 'to feel'.
存分: zonbun — Noun/adverb meaning 'to one's heart's content', 'fully'.
こと: koto — Noun meaning 'thing', 'matter', or 'fact' (abstract).
妨げる: samatageru — Verb meaning 'to hinder', 'to obstruct', or 'to prevent'.
もの: mono — Noun meaning 'thing' or 'object' (tangible or abstract).
何: nani / nan — Pronoun meaning 'what'.
も: mo — Particle meaning 'also', 'too', or 'even'; with negation 'nothing'.
ない: nai — Negative auxiliary adjective meaning 'not exist' or 'there is none'.
一日中: ichinichijū — Adverb meaning 'all day long' or 'throughout the day'.
出かけ: dekake — Verb stem of 出かける, meaning 'going out' or 'heading out'.
患者: kanja — Noun meaning 'patient' (medical).
容態: yōdai — Noun meaning 'patient's condition' or 'state of health'.
深刻: shinkoku — Adjective/noun meaning 'serious' or 'grave' (situation).
な: na — Copular adjective ending or sentence-final emphatic particle.
とき: toki — Noun meaning 'time', 'moment', or 'occasion'.
夜: yoru — Noun meaning 'night' or 'evening'.
不在: fuzai — Noun meaning 'absence' or 'being away from home'.
ある: aru — Verb meaning 'to exist' or 'there is' (inanimate).
病状: byōjō — Noun meaning 'condition of an illness' or 'symptoms'.
で: de — Particle indicating means, location of action, or cause.
嬉しい: ureshii — Adjective meaning 'happy', 'glad', or 'delighted'.
しかし: shikashi — Conjunction meaning 'however' or 'but'.
神経: shinkei — Noun meaning 'nerve' or 'nerves' (anatomical/emotional).
不調: fuchō — Noun meaning 'poor condition', 'disorder', or 'malfunction'.
ひどく: hidoku — Adverb meaning 'terribly', 'severely', or 'awfully'.
滅入る: meiru — Verb meaning 'to feel depressed' or 'to feel dispirited'.
実際: jissai — Noun/adverb meaning 'in reality', 'actually', or 'in practice'.
どれ: dore — Pronoun meaning 'which one' (among three or more).
ほど: hodo — Particle/noun meaning 'to the extent that' or 'about'.
苦しん: kurushinde — Te/conjunctive form of 苦しむ, meaning 'suffering'.
か: ka — Sentence-final question particle or embedded question marker.
知ら: shira — Negative stem of 知る, meaning 'not know' (partial form).
苦しむ: kurushimu — Verb meaning 'to suffer' or 'to be in pain'.
理由: riyū — Noun meaning 'reason' or 'cause'.
など: nado — Particle meaning 'and so on', 'such as', or 'et cetera'.
と: to — Particle meaning 'and', 'with', or quotation marker.
彼: kare — Pronoun meaning 'he' or 'him'.
知っ: shitte — Te-form of 知る, meaning 'knowing' or 'having known'.
それ: sore — Pronoun meaning 'that' (near listener).
満足: manzoku — Noun/verb meaning 'satisfaction' or 'to be satisfied'.
し: shi — Conjunctive form of する or listing particle 'and also'.
もちろん: mochiron — Adverb meaning 'of course' or 'naturally'.
ただ: tada — Adverb meaning 'merely', 'just', or 'only'.
過敏: kabin — Noun/adjective meaning 'hypersensitive' or 'oversensitive'.
過ぎ: sugi — Suffix meaning 'too much' or 'excessive'.
一つ: hitotsu — Noun/counter meaning 'one thing' or 'one (item)'.
義務: gimu — Noun meaning 'duty', 'obligation', or 'responsibility'.
果たせ: hatase — Potential/conditional form of 果たす, 'to fulfill a duty'.
重荷: omoni — Noun meaning 'burden', 'heavy load', or 'encumbrance'.
だ: da — Copula meaning 'is' or 'are' (plain form).
とっ: totte — Te-form of とる or particle phrase とって meaning 'for (someone)'.
大きな: ōkina — Pre-noun adjective meaning 'big', 'large', or 'great'.
助け: tasuke — Noun meaning 'help', 'aid', or 'assistance'.
なり: nari — Verb form of なる meaning 'become'; can also mean 'or'.
本当: hontō — Noun/adverb meaning 'truth', 'reality', or 'truly'.
安らぎ: yasuragi — Noun meaning 'peace of mind', 'tranquility', or 'comfort'.
慰め: nagusame — Noun meaning 'comfort', 'consolation', or 'solace'.
なろう: narō — Volitional form of なる, meaning 'shall become' or 'let it be'.
思っ: omotte — Te-form of 思う, meaning 'thinking' or 'having thought'.
い: i — Stem/conjunctive form of いる, indicating ongoing state.
もう: mō — Adverb meaning 'already', 'anymore', or 'soon'.
すでに: sudeni — Adverb meaning 'already' or 'by now'.
どちらか: dochiraka — Pronoun meaning 'either one' or 'one of the two'.
いえ: ie — Interjection meaning 'no' or 'well'; also means 'house'.
なっ: natte — Te-form of なる, meaning 'having become' or 'becoming'.
しまっ: shimatte — Te-form of しまう, indicating completion or undesirable outcome.
着替え: kigae — Noun meaning 'change of clothes' or act of changing clothes.
たり: tari — Particle listing representative actions, meaning 'doing things like'.
人: hito / nin — Noun meaning 'person' or 'people'.
もてなし: motenashi — Noun meaning 'hospitality', 'entertainment', or 'reception'.
用事: yōji — Noun meaning 'errand', 'business to attend to', or 'chore'.
言いつけ: iitsuke — Noun meaning 'order', 'instruction', or 'command'.
わずか: wazuka — Adverb/adjective meaning 'only a little', 'slight', or 'mere'.
できる: dekiru — Verb meaning 'can do', 'to be able to', or 'to be completed'.
する: suru — Verb meaning 'to do' or 'to perform'.
だけ: dake — Particle meaning 'only', 'just', or 'as much as'.
努力: doryoku — Noun meaning 'effort', 'endeavor', or 'hard work'.
必要: hitsuyō — Noun/adjective meaning 'necessary' or 'necessity'.
誰: dare — Pronoun meaning 'who' or 'someone'.
信じ: shinji — Stem/conjunctive form of 信じる, meaning 'to believe' or 'to trust'.
だろう: darō — Auxiliary expressing conjecture, meaning 'probably' or 'I wonder'.
赤ちゃん: akachan — Noun meaning 'baby' or 'infant'.
世話: sewa — Noun meaning 'care', 'looking after', or 'help'.
とても: totemo — Adverb meaning 'very', 'extremely', or 'quite'.
上手: jōzu — Adjective/noun meaning 'skillful', 'good at', or 'expert'.
くれる: kureru — Verb meaning 'to give (to me/us)'; used for receiving a favor.
幸い: saiwai — Noun/adjective meaning 'fortunate', 'lucky', or 'blessing'.
なんて: nante — Colloquial particle expressing surprise, disdain, or emphasis.
かわいい: kawaii — Adjective meaning 'cute', 'adorable', or 'sweet'.
でも: demo — Conjunction meaning 'but', 'however', or 'even so'.
られ: rare — Passive or potential auxiliary suffix attached to verb stems.
高ぶっ: takabatte — Te-form of 高ぶる, meaning 'becoming excited' or 'elated/agitated'.
しまう: shimau — Auxiliary verb meaning 'to end up doing' (often regrettably).
生まれ: umare — Noun/verb form meaning 'birth' or 'to be born'.
から: kara — Particle meaning 'from', 'because', or 'since'.
一度: ichido — Noun/adverb meaning 'once' or 'one time'.
神経質: shinkei shitsu — Noun/adjective meaning 'nervous', 'neurotic', or 'high-strung'.
壁紙: kabegami — Noun meaning 'wallpaper' (on walls or as digital background).
さんざん: sanzan — Adverb meaning 'thoroughly', 'severely', or 'to a great extent'.
笑う: warau — Verb meaning 'to laugh' or 'to smile'.
張り替える: harikae ru — Verb meaning 'to repaper', 'to replace a covering', or 'to re-upholster'.
つもり: tsumori — Noun meaning 'intention', 'plan', or 'expectation'.
だっ: datte — Past form of copula だ or explanatory particle 'because/since'.
後: ato / go — Noun meaning 'after', 'later', or 'behind'.
振り回さ: furimawasa — Passive/causative stem of 振り回す, 'to be swung around/manipulated'.
れ: re — Passive auxiliary suffix indicating receiving an action.
その: sono — Demonstrative adjective meaning 'that' (near listener).
よう: yō — Noun/auxiliary meaning 'way', 'manner', or 'it seems that'.
思い込み: omoikomi — Noun meaning 'fixed belief', 'assumption', or 'obsession'.
負ける: makeru — Verb meaning 'to lose', 'to be defeated', or 'to give in'.
悪い: warui — Adjective meaning 'bad', 'wrong', or 'poor quality'.
言っ: itte — Te-form of 言う, meaning 'saying' or 'having said'.

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