The Yellow Wallpaper — Page 10

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I had a friend who was in his hands once, and she says he is just like John and my brother, only more so!

かつて彼の診察を受けた友人がいましたが、彼女によると、彼はジョンや私の兄とまったく同じで、それ以上だというのです！

Besides, it is such an undertaking to go so far.

それに、そんな遠くまで行くのは、あまりにも大変なことです。

I don't feel as if it was worth while to turn my hand over for anything, and I'm getting dreadfully fretful and querulous.

何をするにも、手を動かす価値があるとは思えませんし、ひどく苛立っていつも不満ばかり言うようになってきました。

I cry at nothing, and cry most of the time.

些細なことで泣いてしまい、ほとんどの時間泣いています。

Of course I don't when John is here, or anybody else, but when I am alone.

もちろん、ジョンがいるときや、ほかに誰かいるときはそうしませんが、ひとりのときは泣いています。

And I am alone a good deal just now. John is kept in town very often by serious cases, and Jennie is good and lets me alone when I want her to.

そして今は、かなりの時間ひとりでいます。ジョンは重篤な患者のためにしょっちゅう町に引き留められていますし、ジェニーは気が利いていて、私がそうしてほしいときはひとりにしておいてくれます。

So I walk a little in the garden or down that lovely lane, sit on the porch under the roses, and lie down up here a good deal.

そこで、庭やあの素敵な小道を少し歩いたり、バラの咲くポーチに座ったり、ここで横になっている時間が多くなりました。

I'm getting really fond of the room in spite of the wallpaper. Perhaps because of the wallpaper.

壁紙にもかかわらず、この部屋がだんだん好きになってきました。もしかしたら、壁紙のせいかもしれません。

It dwells in my mind so!

壁紙のことが頭から離れないのです！

I lie here on this great immovable bed—it is nailed down, I believe—and follow that pattern about by the hour. It is as good as gymnastics, I assure you. I start, we'll say, at the bottom, down in the corner over there where it has not been touched, and I determine for the thousandth time that I will follow that pointless pattern to some sort of a conclusion.

私はここで、この巨大な動かせないベッドに横たわり――釘で固定されているのだと思います――何時間もあの模様を目で追い続けます。体操と同じくらいの効果がありますよ、本当に。たとえば、まだ手が触れていない向こうの隅の一番下から始めて、この意味のない模様をなんとか結論まで追いかけようと、千回目の決意をするのです。

Vocabulary

かつて: katsute — Once, formerly; at some point in the past.
彼: kare — He; that man; boyfriend.
の: no — Possessive or nominalizing particle.
診察: shinsatsu — Medical examination by a doctor.
を: wo — Object marker particle in Japanese grammar.
受け: uke — To receive; to undergo something.
た: ta — Past tense auxiliary verb ending.
友人: yūjin — Friend; a personal acquaintance.
が: ga — Subject marker particle in Japanese grammar.
い: i — To exist; to be (for animate things).
まし: mashi — Polite past tense auxiliary verb component.
彼女: kanojo — She; that woman; girlfriend.
に: ni — Direction, location, or indirect object particle.
よる: yoru — According to; to depend on; to be due to.
と: to — Quotation or conjunction particle meaning 'and/that'.
は: wa — Topic marker particle in Japanese grammar.
や: ya — And; lists items non-exhaustively.
私: watashi — I; me; first-person singular pronoun.
兄: ani — Older brother; one's own elder brother.
まったく: mattaku — Completely; entirely; absolutely; not at all.
同じ: onaji — Same; identical; equal to something else.
で: de — Particle indicating place, means, or reason.
それ: sore — That; it; refers to something near listener.
以上: ijō — More than; beyond; that is all.
だ: da — Copula; plain form of 'to be'.
いう: iu — To say; to be called; to state.
です: desu — Polite copula; polite form of 'to be'.
そんな: sonna — Such; that kind of; like that.
遠く: tōku — Far away; a distant place or location.
まで: made — Until; up to; as far as.
行く: iku — To go; to move toward a destination.
あまりに: amarini — Too much; excessively; far too.
も: mo — Also; too; even; as well.
大変: taihen — Very; difficult; serious; hard to deal with.
な: na — Adjectival ending or sentence-final softening particle.
こと: koto — Thing; matter; fact; nominalizer for verbs.
何: nani — What; something; anything.
する: suru — To do; to perform an action.
手: te — Hand; means; method; way.
動かす: ugokasu — To move something; to set in motion.
価値: kachi — Value; worth; merit of something.
ある: aru — To exist; to have; to be (inanimate).
思え: omoe — To think; to feel; seem (potential/imperative form).
ませ: mase — Polite verb ending component, part of -masen.
ん: n — Negation or explanatory sentence-ending particle.
し: shi — And; furthermore; listing reasons or actions.
ひどく: hidoku — Terribly; awfully; severely; very badly.
苛立っ: iradatte — To be irritated; to feel frustrated or agitated.
いつ: itsu — When; at what time.
不満: fuman — Dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint.
ばかり: bakari — Only; just; nothing but; always doing.
言う: iu — To say; to speak; to express in words.
よう: yō — Appearance; manner; seems like; in order to.
なっ: natte — To become; to turn into (te-form of naru).
き: ki — Came; past tense of kuru (to come).
些細: sasai — Trivial; minor; petty; insignificant matter.
泣い: naite — To cry; to weep (te-form of naku).
しまい: shimai — End up doing; regrettably complete an action.
ほとんど: hotondo — Almost; mostly; nearly all; hardly any.
時間: jikan — Time; hours; a period of time.
ます: masu — Polite present/future tense verb ending.
もちろん: mochiron — Of course; naturally; needless to say.
いる: iru — To be; to exist (for animate beings).
とき: toki — Time; moment; when something happens.
ほか: hoka — Other; another; elsewhere; besides.
誰か: dareka — Someone; somebody; anyone.
そう: sō — So; like that; it seems; I see.
ひとり: hitori — One person; alone; by oneself.
そして: soshite — And then; and; furthermore; after that.
今: ima — Now; currently; at this moment.
かなり: kanari — Quite; fairly; considerably; rather.
重篤: jūtoku — Critically ill; gravely serious medical condition.
患者: kanja — Patient; a person receiving medical treatment.
ため: tame — For; because of; for the sake of.
しょっちゅう: shocchū — Frequently; constantly; all the time.
町: machi — Town; city; neighborhood; district.
引き留め: hikitome — To detain; to hold back; to keep someone.
られ: rare — Passive or potential auxiliary verb suffix.
気: ki — Spirit; mind; feeling; attention; mood.
利い: kiite — To be effective; to work well; to be clever.
ほしい: hoshii — To want; to desire; to wish for.
おい: oi — Hey; oi; casual call for attention.
くれ: kure — Give me; please do (informal request form).
そこ: soko — There; that place near the listener.
庭: niwa — Garden; yard; outdoor space near a building.
あの: ano — That (over there); refers to distant thing.
素敵: suteki — Lovely; wonderful; nice; attractive; charming.
小道: komichi — Narrow path; small lane; little trail.
少し: sukoshi — A little; a bit; slightly; small amount.
歩い: aruite — To walk; to go on foot (te-form).
たり: tari — Doing things like; listing representative actions.
バラ: bara — Rose; the flowering plant Rosa.
咲く: saku — To bloom; to blossom; to flower.
ポーチ: pōchi — Porch; covered entrance or veranda of a house.
座っ: suwatte — To sit down; to be seated (te-form).
ここ: koko — Here; this place; right here.
横: yoko — Side; beside; horizontal; next to.
多く: ōku — Many; much; a large number or amount.
なり: nari — Becoming; te-form related to naru, to become.
壁紙: kabegami — Wallpaper; decorative paper covering a wall.
かかわらず: kakawarazu — Regardless of; in spite of; notwithstanding.
この: kono — This; refers to something near the speaker.
部屋: heya — Room; a space in a building.
だんだん: dandan — Gradually; little by little; step by step.
好き: suki — To like; fond of; to be attracted to.
もしかし: moshikashi — Perhaps; maybe; possibly (colloquial truncation).
たら: tara — Conditional particle: if; when; after doing.
せい: sei — Fault; cause; blame; due to.
か: ka — Question particle; or; expressing uncertainty.
しれ: shire — May; might; might be (part of kamoshirenai).
頭: atama — Head; mind; brain; intelligence.
から: kara — From; because; since; after.
離れ: hanare — To separate; to leave; to move away from.
ない: nai — Not; negative auxiliary; does not exist.
巨大: kyodai — Gigantic; enormous; huge; very large.
動かせ: ugokase — To be able to move; move it (potential/imperative).
ベッド: beddo — Bed; furniture for sleeping.
横たわり: yokotawari — To lie down; to recline; to be prostrate.
釘: kugi — Nail; a metal spike for fastening things.
固定: kotei — Fixed; fastened; secured in place.
さ: sa — Sentence-ending particle adding light emphasis.
れ: re — Passive verb suffix component; being done to.
思い: omoi — Thought; feeling; wish; sense of something.
模様: moyō — Pattern; design; appearance; state of affairs.
目: me — Eye; eyesight; point of view.
追い: oi — To chase; to follow; to pursue.
続け: tsuzuke — To continue; to keep doing; to carry on.
体操: taisō — Gymnastics; physical exercise; calisthenics.
くらい: kurai — About; approximately; to the extent of.
効果: kōka — Effect; result; effectiveness of something.
あり: ari — To exist; there is; having (formal/archaic form).
よ: yo — Sentence-ending particle asserting or emphasizing.
本当: hontō — Truth; really; truly; genuinely.
たとえば: tatoeba — For example; for instance.
まだ: mada — Still; yet; not yet; even now.
触れ: fure — To touch; to come into contact with.
向こう: mukō — Over there; the other side; beyond; across.
隅: sumi — Corner; nook; edge of a room or space.
一番: ichiban — Number one; most; best; first.
下: shita — Below; under; bottom; lower part.
始め: hajime — Beginning; start; to begin something.
意味: imi — Meaning; significance; sense of something.
なんとか: nantoka — Somehow; somehow or other; manage to do.
結論: ketsuron — Conclusion; final judgment; outcome of reasoning.
追いかけ: oikake — To chase; to run after; to pursue.
千: sen — One thousand; 1000.
回目: kaime — The nth time; occurrence number (counter suffix).
決意: ketsui — Determination; resolution; firm decision to act.

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