Treasure Island — Page 3

English → Japanese PART ONE--The Old Buccaneer Level 6/10

The man who came with the barrow told us the mail had set him down the morning before at the Royal George, that he had inquired what inns there were along the coast, and hearing ours well spoken of, I suppose, and described as lonely, had chosen it from the others for his place of residence.

手押し車を持ってきた男が私たちに話してくれたところによると、郵便馬車が前日の朝にロイヤル・ジョージで彼を降ろし、彼は海岸沿いにどんな宿屋があるかを尋ね、私たちの宿が評判が良く、また人里離れた場所にあると聞いて、他の宿の中からここを住まいの場所として選んだということだった。

And that was all we could learn of our guest.

そして、それが私たちがその客について知ることのできたすべてだった。

He was a very silent man by custom.

彼はもともと非常に無口な男だった。

All day he hung round the cove or upon the cliffs with a brass telescope; all evening he sat in a corner of the parlour next the fire and drank rum and water very strong.

一日中、彼は真鍮の望遠鏡を手に入り江や崖の周りをうろつき、夜になると炉のそばの居間の隅に座り、強いラム酒の水割りを飲んでいた。

Mostly he would not speak when spoken to, only look up sudden and fierce and blow through his nose like a fog-horn; and we and the people who came about our house soon learned to let him be.

たいていの場合、話しかけられても彼は口を開かず、ただ突然鋭い目つきで顔を上げ、霧笛のように鼻を鳴らすだけだった。そのため、私たちも家に出入りする人々も、すぐに彼をそっとしておくことを覚えた。

Every day when he came back from his stroll he would ask if any seafaring men had gone by along the road.

毎日、散歩から戻ってくると、彼は道を通り過ぎた船乗りがいなかったかどうかを尋ねた。

At first we thought it was the want of company of his own kind that made him ask this question, but at last we began to see he was desirous to avoid them.

最初、私たちは彼が同じ境遇の仲間を求めてその質問をしているのだと思っていたが、やがて彼がむしろ彼らを避けたがっているのだということがわかってきた。

Vocabulary

手押し車: ておしぐるま — A manually pushed cart or wheelbarrow.
を: wo — Object marker particle in Japanese grammar.
持って: もって — Holding or carrying something; te-form of motsu.
き: ki — Came; stem of kuru (to come).
た: ta — Past tense auxiliary verb marker.
男: おとこ — A man or male person.
が: ga — Subject marker particle in Japanese grammar.
私: わたし — First-person pronoun meaning I or me.
たち: たち — Plural suffix indicating a group of people.
に: ni — Direction or target particle; to, at, in.
話して: はなして — Speaking or telling; te-form of hanasu.
くれ: くれ — Did for me; giving verb form of kureru.
ところ: ところ — Place, point, or moment in context.
よる: よる — According to; based on a source.
と: to — Quotation or conjunctive particle meaning and, with.
郵便馬車: ゆうびんばしゃ — A mail coach or postal horse-drawn carriage.
前日: ぜんじつ — The previous day or day before.
の: の — Possessive or linking particle; of, 's.
朝: あさ — Morning; the early part of the day.
で: で — Location or means particle; at, by, with.
彼: かれ — He or him; third-person masculine pronoun.
降ろし: おろし — Dropping off or unloading someone from vehicle.
は: は — Topic marker particle; indicates the sentence topic.
海岸: かいがん — Coastline or seashore; land beside the sea.
沿い: ぞい — Along; following the line of something.
どんな: どんな — What kind of; what sort of thing.
宿屋: やどや — An inn or traditional lodging establishment.
ある: ある — To exist or there is (inanimate things).
か: か — Question marker particle at sentence end.
尋ね: たずね — Asking or inquiring about something; stem of tazuneru.
宿: やど — Lodging, inn, or place to stay overnight.
評判: ひょうばん — Reputation or public opinion about someone or something.
良く: よく — Well or good; adverbial form of yoi.
また: また — Also, again, or moreover; additive conjunction.
人里離れ: ひとざとはなれ — Remote or secluded away from human settlement.
場所: ばしょ — A place, location, or spot.
聞い: きい — Asked or listened; te/continuative form of kiku.
て: て — Te-form connective particle linking clauses or actions.
他: ほか — Other; another option or alternative.
中: なか — Inside, among, or in the middle of.
から: から — From; starting point or reason particle.
ここ: ここ — Here; this place nearby the speaker.
住まい: すまい — One's home or place of residence.
として: として — As; in the role or capacity of.
選ん: えらん — Chose or selected; conjunctive form of erabu.
だ: だ — Copula; plain-form of desu meaning is or are.
いう: いう — To say or to call something.
こと: こと — Thing, fact, or nominalizer for verb phrases.
だっ: だっ — Past connective form of the copula da.
そして: そして — And then; connecting two sequential events or ideas.
それ: それ — That; pronoun referring to something near listener.
その: その — That; demonstrative adjective modifying a noun.
客: きゃく — Guest, customer, or visitor to a place.
つい: つい — Inadvertently; just now; without thinking.
知る: しる — To know or come to know something.
でき: でき — Can do; potential stem form of dekiru.
すべて: すべて — All, everything, or the whole of something.
もともと: もともと — Originally, fundamentally, or from the beginning.
非常: ひじょう — Extremely or very; exceptional degree or emergency.
無口: むくち — Taciturn, quiet, not talkative by nature.
な: な — Na-adjective linker or sentence-ending emphasis particle.
一日中: いちにちじゅう — All day long; throughout the entire day.
真鍮: しんちゅう — Brass; a yellow alloy of copper and zinc.
望遠鏡: ぼうえんきょう — A telescope used for viewing distant objects.
手: て — Hand; the part of the body at wrist.
入り江: いりえ — A cove or small inlet along the coast.
や: や — And; non-exhaustive list particle connecting nouns.
崖: がけ — A cliff or steep rocky face outdoors.
周り: まわり — Around or the surroundings of something.
うろつき: うろつき — Wandering or loitering around without clear purpose.
夜: よる — Night; the hours of darkness after sunset.
なる: なる — To become; to come to be something.
炉: ろ — A hearth or fireplace for warmth indoors.
そば: そば — Beside or near; close proximity to something.
居間: いま — A living room or sitting room in home.
隅: すみ — A corner or edge of a room.
座り: すわり — Sitting down; stem form of suwaru.
強い: つよい — Strong, powerful, or intense in degree.
ラム酒: ラムしゅ — Rum; an alcoholic drink made from sugarcane.
水割り: みずわり — A drink diluted with water; water-mixed alcohol.
飲ん: のん — Drank; conjunctive form of nomu (to drink).
い: い — Continuative form of iru; being or existing.
たいてい: たいてい — Usually, mostly, or in most cases.
場合: ばあい — A case, situation, or circumstance.
話しかけ: はなしかけ — Speaking to someone; initiating conversation with another.
られ: られ — Passive or potential auxiliary verb suffix form.
も: も — Also or even; inclusive or emphasis particle.
口: くち — Mouth; the opening used for speaking or eating.
開か: ひらか — Opens; negative/conjunctive stem of hiraku (to open).
ず: ず — Negative conjunctive form; without doing something.
ただ: ただ — Just, only, or merely; limiting to one thing.
突然: とつぜん — Suddenly or abruptly without warning or preparation.
鋭い: するどい — Sharp, keen, or piercing in look or sense.
目つき: めつき — Expression in one's eyes; look or gaze.
顔: かお — Face; the front part of the head.
上げ: あげ — Raising or lifting up; stem of ageru.
よう: よう — Like, as if, or seeming to be.
鼻: はな — Nose; the facial organ for smelling and breathing.
鳴らす: ならす — To sound, ring, or make a noise.
だけ: だけ — Only, just, or limited to that extent.
ため: ため — For the sake of; reason or purpose.
家: いえ — A house or home; place where one lives.
出入り: でいり — Coming and going; traffic in and out.
する: する — To do; general-purpose action verb in Japanese.
人々: ひとびと — People; plural form referring to various individuals.
すぐ: すぐ — Immediately, right away, or very soon.
そっと: そっと — Quietly, gently, or without disturbing others.
し: し — And; conjunctive or listing verb ending form.
おく: おく — To leave or keep in a state deliberately.
覚え: おぼえ — Memory or remembering; stem of oboeru.
毎日: まいにち — Every day; on a daily basis.
散歩: さんぽ — A walk or stroll, usually for leisure.
戻っ: もどっ — Returned; conjunctive form of modoru (to return).
くる: くる — To come; motion verb toward the speaker.
道: みち — A road, path, or way to somewhere.
通り過ぎ: とおりすぎ — Passing by or going past without stopping.
船乗り: ふなのり — A sailor or seafarer who works on ships.
なかっ: なかっ — Was not; past negative conjunctive of nai.
どう: どう — How; in what way or manner.
最初: さいしょ — The first, beginning, or start of something.
同じ: おなじ — Same; identical or equal to something else.
境遇: きょうぐう — One's circumstances or situation in life.
仲間: なかま — A companion, colleague, or fellow group member.
求め: もとめ — Seeking or requesting something; stem of motomeru.
質問: しつもん — A question or inquiry directed at someone.
いる: いる — To be or exist (animate beings).
思っ: おもっ — Thought or felt; conjunctive form of omou.
やがて: やがて — Before long, eventually, or in due time.
むしろ: むしろ — Rather or on the contrary; expressing preference.
彼ら: かれら — They or them; third-person masculine plural pronoun.
避け: さけ — Avoiding or evading; stem of sakeru.
たがっ: たがっ — Wanting to do; conjunctive form of tagaru.
わかっ: わかっ — Understood; conjunctive form of wakaru (to understand).

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