Treasure Island — Page 1
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The Old Sea-dog at the Admiral Benbow
アドミラル・ベンボウの老水夫
Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey, and the rest of these gentlemen having asked me to write down the whole particulars about Treasure Island, from the beginning to the end, keeping nothing back but the bearings of the island, and that only because there is still treasure not yet lifted, I take up my pen in the year of grace 17—, and go back to the time when my father kept the Admiral Benbow inn and the brown old seaman with the sabre cut first took up his lodging under our roof.
トリローニー地主、リヴジー先生、そのほかの紳士方から、宝島についての一部始終を書き記すよう頼まれた。島の所在地だけは伏せておくが、それはまだ掘り出されていない財宝があるからにほかならない。そこで私は恩寵の年17――年に筆をとり、父がアドミラル・ベンボウ亭を営んでいた頃、サーベルの傷跡を持つあの浅黒い老水夫がはじめて我が家の屋根の下に宿をとった時代へと思いをはせることにする。
I remember him as if it were yesterday, as he came plodding to the inn door, his sea-chest following behind him in a hand-barrow--a tall, strong, heavy, nut-brown man, his tarry pigtail falling over the shoulder of his soiled blue coat, his hands ragged and scarred, with black, broken nails, and the sabre cut across one cheek, a dirty, livid white.
彼のことは昨日のことのように覚えている。宿の戸口へとのっそり歩いてくる彼の後ろには、手押し車に乗せた船箱が続いていた。背が高く、がっしりとして、どっしりした、栗色の肌の男で、タールで固めた髪の三つ編みが汚れた青い上着の肩に垂れかかり、両手はごつごつと傷だらけで、爪は黒く欠け、頬の一方にはサーベルの傷跡が薄汚い鉛色の白として走っていた。
I remember him looking round the cove and whistling to himself as he did so, and then breaking out in that old sea-song that he sang so often afterwards:
彼が入り江を見回しながら口笛を吹き、それからその後も何度となく歌ったあの古い船乗り歌を歌い始めたことも覚えている。
"Fifteen men on the dead man's chest-- Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!"
「死人の箱の上に十五人―― ヨーホーホー、ラム酒を一瓶！」
in the high, old tottering voice that seemed to have been tuned and broken at the capstan bars.
その声は高く、老いてしゃがれており、まるでキャプスタンのバーに合わせて鍛えられ、そして壊されてしまったかのようだった。
Then he rapped on the door with a bit of stick like a handspike that he carried, and when my father appeared, called roughly for a glass of rum.
それから彼は手に持っていたハンドスパイクのような棒切れで戸を叩き、父が現れると、ぶっきらぼうにラム酒を一杯持ってこいと言った。
Vocabulary
- 一
- ichi — One; the number one; a beginning
- の
- no — Possessive/linking particle connecting nouns
- 老水夫
- rousuifu — Old sailor; aged seaman
- 地主
- jinushi — Landowner; person who owns land
- 先生
- sensei — Teacher; doctor; respected professional
- そのほか
- sonohoka — Besides that; in addition; others
- 紳士方
- shinshigata — Gentlemen; group of respectable men
- から
- kara — From; because; starting point particle
- 宝島
- takarajima — Treasure Island; island with hidden treasure
- に
- ni — Particle indicating direction, location, or time
- ついて
- tsuite — About; regarding; concerning a topic
- 一部始終
- ichibushijuu — The whole story; every detail from start to finish
- を
- wo — Direct object particle marking the object
- 書き記す
- kakinokosu — To write down; to record in writing
- よう
- you — In order to; so as to; resembling
- 頼ま
- tanoma — To be asked; requested (stem form)
- れ
- re — Passive verb suffix indicating being acted upon
- た
- ta — Past tense verb ending particle
- 島
- shima — Island; a land mass surrounded by water
- 所在地
- shozaichi — Location; whereabouts; place where something exists
- だけ
- dake — Only; just; limited to that amount
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle highlighting the subject
- 伏せ
- fuse — To conceal; to hide; to keep secret
- て
- te — Connective particle linking verb phrases
- おく
- oku — To do in advance; to leave as is
- が
- ga — Subject particle; but; however (conjunctive)
- それ
- sore — That; it; referring to something mentioned
- まだ
- mada — Still; not yet; as of now
- 掘り出さ
- horiidasa — To dig out; to unearth (stem form)
- い
- i — Existence verb for animate things (stem)
- ない
- nai — Negative; does not exist; there is not
- 財宝
- zaihō — Treasure; riches; valuable hidden assets
- ある
- aru — To exist; there is; to have
- ほか
- hoka — Other; besides; apart from
- なら
- nara — If; in that case; conditional conjunction
- そこで
- sokode — Therefore; so; at that point
- 私
- watashi — I; me; first-person singular pronoun
- 恩寵
- onchō — Grace; divine favor; benevolence bestowed
- 年
- nen — Year; counter for years
- 筆
- fude — Writing brush; pen; act of writing
- とり
- tori — Taking; picking up (conjunctive stem form)
- 父
- chichi — Father; one's own father
- 亭
- tei — Inn; establishment; house suffix in names
- 営ん
- itona(n) — To run; to operate a business (stem)
- で
- de — At; by means of; location/means particle
- 頃
- koro — Around that time; about that period
- サーベル
- saaberu — Saber; a curved military sword
- 傷跡
- kizuato — Scar; mark left by a wound
- 持つ
- motsu — To hold; to carry; to have
- あの
- ano — That (over there); that well-known one
- 浅黒い
- asaguroi — Darkish; swarthy; having a dark complexion
- はじめて
- hajimete — For the first time; first experience
- 我が家
- wagaya — Our home; my house; one's own household
- 屋根
- yane — Roof; the top covering of a building
- 下
- shita — Under; below; beneath; lower position
- 宿
- yado — Lodging; inn; place to stay overnight
- とっ
- to(t) — Taking; getting (contracted connective form)
- 時代
- jidai — Era; age; period of time in history
- へ
- e — To; toward; directional particle
- と
- to — And; with; quotation particle
- 思い
- omoi — Thought; feeling; conjunctive form of think
- はせる
- haseru — To let run; to set one's mind drifting
- こと
- koto — Thing; matter; fact; nominalizer
- する
- suru — To do; to perform; general action verb
- 彼
- kare — He; him; third-person male pronoun
- 昨日
- kinō — Yesterday; the day before today
- 覚え
- oboe — Memory; recollection; connective of remember
- いる
- iru — To be; to exist (animate beings)
- 戸口
- toguchi — Doorway; entrance of a door
- のっそり
- nossori — Slowly and heavily; lumbering; sluggishly
- 歩い
- arui — Walking; connective form of to walk
- くる
- kuru — To come; to approach
- 後ろ
- ushiro — Behind; the back; rear side
- 手押し車
- teoshiguruma — Handcart; wheelbarrow pushed by hand
- 乗せ
- nose — To place on; to load onto something
- 船箱
- funabako — Sea chest; sailor's storage trunk
- 続い
- tsuzui — Continuing; following; connective of continue
- 背
- se — Height; back; stature of a person
- 高く
- takaku — Highly; tall; adverb form of high
- がっしり
- gasshiri — Solidly built; sturdy; firmly structured body
- し
- shi — And; connective particle listing attributes
- どっしり
- dosshiri — Heavily; massively; with solid weight
- 栗色
- kuriiro — Chestnut color; reddish-brown hue
- 肌
- hada — Skin; complexion; surface of the body
- 男
- otoko — Man; male person
- タール
- taaru — Tar; thick dark sticky substance
- 固め
- katame — Hardening; stiffening; making firm
- 髪
- kami — Hair; hair on one's head
- 三つ編み
- mitsuami — Braid; hair woven in three strands
- 汚れ
- yogore — Dirt; filth; stain; being soiled
- 青い
- aoi — Blue; green; pale in color
- 上着
- uwagi — Jacket; outer garment; top clothing
- 肩
- kata — Shoulder; upper part of the arm joint
- 垂れかかり
- tarekakari — Hanging down over; drooping onto something
- 両手
- ryōte — Both hands; the two hands together
- ごつごつ
- gotsugotsu — Rugged; knobbly; rough and bony texture
- 傷だらけ
- kizudarake — Covered in scars; full of wounds
- 爪
- tsume — Nail; claw; fingernail or toenail
- 黒く
- kuroku — Blackly; in a dark manner; adverb of black
- 欠け
- kake — Chipped; broken off; missing a piece
- 頬
- hō — Cheek; the side of the face
- 一方
- ippō — One side; on the other hand; meanwhile
- 薄汚い
- usugitanai — Grimy; somewhat dirty; slightly filthy
- 鉛色
- namaririro — Lead color; dull grayish hue
- 白
- shiro — White; the color white
- 走っ
- hashit(te) — Running; connective form of to run
- 入り江
- irie — Inlet; cove; small sheltered bay
- 見回し
- miwawashi — Looking around; scanning the surroundings
- ながら
- nagara — While doing; simultaneously performing two actions
- 口笛
- kuchifue — Whistle made with the mouth; whistling
- 吹き
- fuki — Blowing; connective form of to blow
- その後
- sonogo — After that; subsequently; thereafter
- も
- mo — Also; too; even; inclusive particle
- 何度
- nando — How many times; many times; repeatedly
- なく
- naku — Without; not having; adverb form of nai
- 歌っ
- utat(te) — Singing; connective form of to sing
- 古い
- furui — Old; ancient; not new
- 船乗り歌
- funanoriuta — Sailor's song; traditional seafaring chanty
- 歌い
- utai — Singing; connective stem of to sing
- 始め
- hajime — Beginning; start; to begin doing something
- 死人
- shinin — Dead person; corpse; the deceased
- 箱
- hako — Box; chest; container of various sizes
- 上
- ue — Above; on top; upper position
- 十五人
- jūgonin — Fifteen people; a group of 15 persons
- ラム酒
- ramushu — Rum; alcoholic drink distilled from sugarcane
- 一瓶
- ichihei / hitobIN — One bottle; a single bottle of liquid
- その
- sono — That; the (before a noun)
- 声
- koe — Voice; sound produced by speaking or singing
- 老い
- oi — Aging; growing old; senescence
- しゃがれ
- shagare — Hoarse; raspy; rough-sounding voice
- おり
- ori — Being; existing (humble/literary form of iru)
- まるで
- marude — Just like; as if; exactly resembling
- バー
- baa — Bar; rod; lever; also a drinking bar
- 合わせ
- awase — Matching; combining; fitting together
- 鍛え
- kitae — To forge; to temper; to train rigorously
- られ
- rare — Passive or potential suffix for verbs
- そして
- soshite — And then; after that; furthermore
- 壊さ
- kowasa — Breaking; destroying (stem of to break)
- しまっ
- shimat(te) — Ending up; finishing; completing regrettably
- か
- ka — Question particle; or; uncertainty marker
- だっ
- dat(ta) — Was; copula past tense connective form
- 手
- te — Hand; arm; means of doing something
- 持っ
- mot(te) — Holding; having; connective form of motsu
- な
- na — Sentence-ending particle; adjectival suffix
- 棒切れ
- bōkire — A piece of stick; short wooden rod
- 戸
- to — Door; gate; counter for doors
- 叩き
- tataki — Knocking; hitting; pounding on something
- 現れる
- arawareru — To appear; to show up; to emerge
- ぶっきらぼう
- bukkirabou — Blunt; brusque; curt in speech or manner
- 一杯
- ippai — One cup; a drink; full to the brim
- こい
- koi — Come here! (imperative form of kuru)
- 言っ
- it(te) — Saying; connective form of to say
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