Treasure Island — Page 6
For in these fits he was the most overriding companion ever known; he would slap his hand on the table for silence all round; he would fly up in a passion of anger at a question, or sometimes because none was put, and so he judged the company was not following his story.
というのも、こうした発作のとき、彼はこれまで知られた中で最も横暴な仲間だったからだ。彼はテーブルに手を叩きつけて、その場を静まり返らせた。質問をされると激しい怒りで激昂したり、あるいは誰も質問しないことで、席の者たちが自分の話についてきていないと判断して激昂することもあった。
Nor would he allow anyone to leave the inn till he had drunk himself sleepy and reeled off to bed.
また、自分が酔いで眠くなってよろめきながら寝床へ去るまで、誰も宿を出ることを許さなかった。
His stories were what frightened people worst of all.
彼の話こそが、何よりも人々を最も怖がらせるものだった。
Dreadful stories they were--about hanging, and walking the plank, and storms at sea, and the Dry Tortugas, and wild deeds and places on the Spanish Main.
それはおぞましい話ばかりで、絞首刑のこと、板の上を歩かされること、海の嵐のこと、ドライ・トルトゥガスのこと、スペイン領海での荒々しい行為や場所についてのことだった。
By his own account he must have lived his life among some of the wickedest men that God ever allowed upon the sea, and the language in which he told these stories shocked our plain country people almost as much as the crimes that he described.
彼自身の話によれば、彼は神が海上に存在することを許した中で最も邪悪な人間たちの間で生きてきたに違いなく、その話を語る際の言葉遣いは、彼が描写した犯罪と同じくらい、私たちの素朴な田舎の人々を驚かせた。
My father was always saying the inn would be ruined, for people would soon cease coming there to be tyrannized over and put down, and sent shivering to their beds; but I really believe his presence did us good.
父はいつも、宿は潰れるだろうと言っていた。人々はすぐに、そこで横暴に扱われ、押さえつけられ、震えながら寝床に追いやられるためだけに来ることをやめるだろうと。しかし私は本当に、彼の存在が私たちにとって良いものだったと信じている。
Vocabulary
- という
- to iu — called; known as; expressing name or title
- の
- no — possessive or nominalizing particle
- も
- mo — also; too; even; as well
- こう
- kō — like this; in this way; thus
- した
- shita — did; past tense of suru (to do)
- 発作
- hossa — sudden attack; fit; seizure; outburst
- とき
- toki — time; moment; when something occurs
- 彼
- kare — he; him; that person (male)
- は
- wa — topic-marking particle indicating subject or theme
- これ
- kore — this; this thing (near speaker)
- まで
- made — until; up to; as far as
- 知ら
- shira — stem of shiru; to know; be aware of
- れ
- re — passive or potential auxiliary verb suffix
- た
- ta — past tense auxiliary; indicates completed action
- 中
- naka — inside; among; in the middle of
- で
- de — particle indicating location, means, or cause
- 最も
- mottomo — most; extremely; to the greatest degree
- 横暴
- ōbō — tyrannical; overbearing; high-handed; domineering behavior
- な
- na — adjectival particle linking na-adjectives to nouns
- 仲間
- nakama — companion; fellow; associate; member of group
- だっ
- datta (stem) — past copula stem; was; were
- から
- kara — because; since; from; indicating reason or origin
- だ
- da — copula; is; am; are (plain form)
- テーブル
- tēburu — table; desk (borrowed from English)
- に
- ni — particle indicating direction, location, or indirect object
- 手
- te — hand; arm; worker; means
- を
- wo — object-marking particle indicating direct object
- 叩きつけ
- tatakitsuke — slam down; strike forcefully against a surface
- て
- te — conjunctive particle connecting sequential or related actions
- その
- sono — that; the (near listener); demonstrative adjective
- 場
- ba — place; scene; situation; spot; location
- 静まり返ら
- shizumarikaera — become completely silent; fall utterly quiet
- せ
- se — causative auxiliary verb stem; make someone do
- 質問
- shitsumon — question; inquiry; query directed at someone
- さ
- sa — causative or passive auxiliary suffix; nominalizing suffix
- れる
- reru — passive auxiliary; to be done to; receive action
- と
- to — particle meaning and, with, or conditional if/when
- 激しい
- hageshii — intense; violent; fierce; vehement; extreme
- 怒り
- ikari — anger; rage; fury; indignation
- 激昂
- gekkō — intense fury; violent rage; extreme excitement
- し
- shi — conjunctive form of suru; do and (connect clauses)
- たり
- tari — particle listing representative actions; doing things like
- ある
- aru — to exist; to be (inanimate objects)
- い
- i — stem of iru; to be; to exist (animate)
- 誰
- dare — who; which person; someone; anyone
- ない
- nai — not exist; negation auxiliary; there is no
- こと
- koto — thing; fact; matter; nominalizing abstract concepts
- 席
- seki — seat; one's place; position at a table
- 者
- mono / sha — person; one who; individual associated with something
- たち
- tachi — plural suffix for people; they; those people
- が
- ga — subject-marking particle; but; however
- 自分
- jibun — oneself; one's own self; I (reflexive pronoun)
- 話
- hanashi — talk; story; conversation; subject of discussion
- つい
- tsui — unintentionally; just; inadvertently; carelessly
- 判断
- handan — judgment; decision; assessment; determination
- する
- suru — to do; to make; to perform an action
- あっ
- a(t) — exclamation; oh!; ah!; also stem of aru
- また
- mata — again; also; moreover; furthermore
- 酔い
- yoi — intoxication; drunkenness; being drunk
- 眠く
- nemuku — sleepily; feeling drowsy (adverbial form of nemui)
- なっ
- nat(te) — became; stem of naru (to become)
- よろめき
- yoromeki — staggering; stumbling; tottering; swaying while walking
- ながら
- nagara — while; simultaneously doing two actions at once
- 寝床
- nedoko — bed; sleeping place; place to lie down
- へ
- e — directional particle meaning toward; to; heading for
- 去る
- saru — to leave; to go away; to depart
- 宿
- yado — inn; lodging; place to stay overnight
- 出る
- deru — to exit; to leave; to come out
- 許さ
- yurusa — stem of yurusu; to permit; allow; forgive
- なかっ
- nakatta (stem) — was not; did not (negative past stem)
- こそ
- koso — emphasis particle; indeed; precisely; it is exactly
- 何
- nani / nan — what; which; how many; something
- より
- yori — than; more than; from; comparative particle
- 人々
- hitobito — people; folks; various persons; the masses
- 怖がら
- kowagara — stem of kowagaru; to be frightened; act afraid
- せる
- seru — causative auxiliary; to make/let someone do something
- もの
- mono — thing; object; that which; substance; matter
- それ
- sore — that; it; that thing (near listener)
- おぞましい
- ozomashii — horrible; disgusting; revolting; terrifying; ghastly
- ばかり
- bakari — only; just; nothing but; approximately; about
- 絞首刑
- kōshukei — death by hanging; capital punishment by gallows
- 板
- ita — board; plank; wooden panel; flat piece
- 上
- ue — above; top; upper; on top of surface
- 歩か
- aruka — stem of aruku; to walk; to go on foot
- 海
- umi — sea; ocean; large body of salt water
- 嵐
- arashi — storm; tempest; violent wind and rain
- スペイン
- Supein — Spain; European country (loanword from Spanish/English)
- 領海
- ryōkai — territorial waters; sea under a nation's jurisdiction
- 荒々しい
- araara shii — rough; wild; violent; fierce; savage in manner
- 行為
- kōi — act; deed; conduct; behavior; action taken
- や
- ya — and; listing particle connecting nouns (non-exhaustive)
- 場所
- basho — place; location; spot; area; venue
- 自身
- jishin — oneself; personally; one's own self (emphatic)
- よれ
- yore — according to (from yoreba); stem of yoru
- ば
- ba — conditional particle; if; when; provided that
- 神
- kami — god; deity; divine being; spirit
- 海上
- kaijō — on the sea; maritime; at sea; oceanic
- 存在
- sonzai — existence; being; presence; entity that exists
- 許し
- yurushi — permission; forgiveness; pardon; allowance granted
- 邪悪
- jaaku — evil; wicked; malicious; sinister; morally corrupt
- 人間
- ningen — human being; person; mankind; humanity
- 間
- aida / ma — between; interval; space; period of time
- 生き
- iki — stem of ikiru; living; being alive; life
- 違いなく
- chigainaku — without doubt; certainly; undoubtedly; no mistake
- 語る
- kataru — to tell; to narrate; to speak about something
- 際
- sai — occasion; time; moment when something happens
- 言葉遣い
- kotobazukai — word choice; manner of speaking; language use
- 描写
- byōsha — description; depiction; portrayal; vivid representation
- 犯罪
- hanzai — crime; criminal act; offense against the law
- 同じ
- onaji — same; identical; equal; the very same
- くらい
- kurai — about; approximately; to the extent of
- 私
- watashi — I; me; first-person pronoun (neutral politeness)
- 素朴
- soboku — simple; naive; unsophisticated; plain and honest
- 田舎
- inaka — countryside; rural area; one's hometown; province
- 驚かせ
- odorokase — causative stem of odoroku; to surprise; astonish someone
- 父
- chichi — father; one's own father (plain form)
- いつも
- itsumo — always; usually; habitually; at all times
- 潰れる
- tsubureru — to collapse; be crushed; go bankrupt; break down
- だろう
- darō — probably; I suppose; conjecture or supposition
- 言っ
- it(te) — said; spoke; stem of iu/yuu (to say)
- すぐ
- sugu — immediately; right away; soon; nearby; close
- そこ
- soko — there; that place; that spot
- 扱わ
- atsukawa — stem of atsukau; to handle; treat; deal with
- 押さえつけ
- osaetsuke — to hold down; pin down; suppress; restrain forcibly
- られ
- rare — passive/potential auxiliary; to be done to; can do
- 震え
- furue — trembling; shaking; shivering; quivering with fear
- 追いやら
- oiyara — stem of oiyaru; to drive away; chase off forcibly
- ため
- tame — for the sake of; because of; purpose; benefit
- だけ
- dake — only; just; merely; nothing more than
- 来る
- kuru — to come; to arrive; to approach
- やめる
- yameru — to stop; to quit; to cease doing something
- しかし
- shikashi — however; but; nevertheless; on the other hand
- 本当
- hontō — truth; reality; truly; really; genuine
- とっ
- tot(te) — stem of toru; took; for (in the sense of regarding)
- 良い
- yoi / ii — good; fine; excellent; favorable; all right
- 信じ
- shinji — stem of shinjiru; to believe; to trust; have faith
- いる
- iru — to be; to exist (animate); continuing state marker
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