Treasure Island — Page 8
He never wrote or received a letter, and he never spoke with any but the neighbours, and with these, for the most part, only when drunk on rum.
彼は手紙を書くことも受け取ることもなく、近所の人々以外とは話すことがなく、その近所の人々とも、たいていはラム酒に酔っているときにしか話さなかった。
The great sea-chest none of us had ever seen open.
あの大きな船箱は、私たちの誰も開いているのを見たことがなかった。
He was only once crossed, and that was towards the end, when my poor father was far gone in a decline that took him off.
彼が逆らわれたのはただ一度だけで、それは終わり頃のことで、哀れな父が彼を死に至らしめた衰弱病でひどく弱っていたときのことだった。
Dr. Livesey came late one afternoon to see the patient, took a bit of dinner from my mother, and went into the parlour to smoke a pipe until his horse should come down from the hamlet, for we had no stabling at the old Benbow.
リヴジー先生がある日の午後遅く、患者を診に来て、母から少し夕食をごちそうになり、村から馬が連れてこられるまでの間、パイプを一服しようと居間へ入っていった。というのも、古いベンボウ亭には馬小屋がなかったからだ。
I followed him in, and I remember observing the contrast the neat, bright doctor, with his powder as white as snow and his bright, black eyes and pleasant manners, made with the coltish country folk, and above all, with that filthy, heavy, bleared scarecrow of a pirate of ours, sitting, far gone in rum, with his arms on the table.
私も後に続いて入り、雪のように白い白粉をつけ、輝く黒い瞳と愛想の良い物腰をもった、こざっぱりとして快活な医者が、粗野な田舎の人々と、そして何よりも、テーブルに腕をつきラム酒にすっかり酔いしれて座っている、あの汚らしく重々しい、目のかすんだかかし同然の海賊との対照をなしていたことを見て取ったのを覚えている。
Suddenly he--the captain, that is--began to pipe up his eternal song:
突然、彼——つまり船長が——あの飽き飽きするような歌を歌い始めた。
"Fifteen men on the dead man's chest-- Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum! Drink and the devil had done for the rest-- Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!"
「死人の櫃の上に十五人——ヨーホーホー、ラム酒を一瓶！酒と悪魔が残りの者を片付けた——ヨーホーホー、ラム酒を一瓶！」
At first I had supposed "the dead man's chest" to be that identical big box of his upstairs in the front room, and the thought had been mingled in my nightmares with that of the one-legged seafaring man.
最初、私は「死人の櫃」というのが、階上の表の部屋にある彼のあの大きな箱のことだと思っていて、その考えが片足の船乗りの男についての思いと混じり合って、悪夢の中に現れていた。
Vocabulary
- 彼
- kare — He; third-person masculine pronoun.
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle in Japanese grammar.
- 手紙
- tegami — A letter; written correspondence sent to someone.
- を
- wo — Object marker particle indicating direct object.
- 書く
- kaku — To write; to compose text or letters.
- こと
- koto — Thing; nominalizer turning verbs into noun phrases.
- も
- mo — Also; too; particle indicating addition or emphasis.
- 受け取る
- uketoru — To receive; to accept something given or sent.
- なく
- naku — Without; negative conjunctive form of nai.
- 近所
- kinjo — Neighborhood; the area near one's home.
- の
- no — Possessive or linking particle connecting nouns.
- 人々
- hitobito — People; plural form referring to multiple persons.
- 以外
- igai — Other than; except; excluding something specified.
- と
- to — With; and; particle indicating companion or quotation.
- 話す
- hanasu — To speak; to talk with someone.
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle; also means but.
- その
- sono — That; demonstrative adjective indicating something nearby.
- たいてい
- taitei — Usually; mostly; in most cases.
- ラム酒
- ramushu — Rum; alcoholic spirit distilled from sugarcane.
- に
- ni — In; at; to; directional and locative particle.
- 酔っ
- yo(tte) — Drunk; intoxicated (conjunctive form of yoru).
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle connecting sequential actions.
- いる
- iru — To be; ongoing state or continuous action marker.
- とき
- toki — When; time; moment a condition is occurring.
- しか
- shika — Only; nothing but; used with negative verb.
- あの
- ano — That (over there); distal demonstrative adjective.
- 大きな
- ookina — Large; big; considerable in size.
- 私たち
- watashitachi — We; us; first-person plural pronoun.
- 誰
- dare — Who; interrogative pronoun asking about a person.
- 見た
- mita — Saw; past tense of miru, to see.
- ただ
- tada — Only; merely; just; nothing more than.
- 一度
- ichido — Once; one time; a single occasion.
- だけ
- dake — Only; just; limited to that amount.
- で
- de — At; by means of; particle indicating location or method.
- それ
- sore — That; it; mid-distance demonstrative pronoun.
- 終わり
- owari — End; conclusion; the finish of something.
- 頃
- koro — Around; about; approximate time or period.
- 哀れ
- aware — Pitiful; pathetic; evoking sadness or compassion.
- 父
- chichi — Father; one's own father.
- 死
- shi — Death; dying; cessation of life.
- ひどく
- hidoku — Terribly; severely; to a great degree.
- 弱っ
- yowatte — Weakened; grown feeble (conjunctive form).
- 先生
- sensei — Teacher; doctor; title of respect for professionals.
- ある
- aru — A certain; one particular; also to exist.
- 日
- hi — Day; sun; a particular day.
- 午後
- gogo — Afternoon; the period after noon.
- 遅く
- osoku — Late; tardily; at a late hour.
- 患者
- kanja — Patient; a person receiving medical treatment.
- 診
- mi(ru) — Examine; diagnose; look at medically.
- 来
- ki(te) — Come; arrived (conjunctive stem of kuru).
- 母
- haha — Mother; one's own mother.
- から
- kara — From; since; because; starting point particle.
- 少し
- sukoshi — A little; a small amount; slightly.
- 夕食
- yuushoku — Dinner; the evening meal.
- ごちそう
- gochisou — Feast; treat; delicious food offered to guests.
- 村
- mura — Village; a small rural settlement.
- 馬
- uma — Horse; large domesticated riding animal.
- 連れ
- tsure — Companion; to bring along someone or something.
- れる
- reru — Passive or potential verb suffix in Japanese.
- まで
- made — Until; up to; as far as.
- 間
- aida — While; interval; the time between two points.
- パイプ
- paipu — Pipe; a tube used for smoking tobacco.
- 一服
- ippuku — One puff; one dose; a short rest.
- しよう
- shiyou — Let's do; volitional form of suru.
- 居間
- ima — Living room; sitting room in a house.
- へ
- e — To; toward; directional particle indicating movement.
- という
- to iu — Called; known as; quoting or naming something.
- 古い
- furui — Old; aged; not new or recent.
- 馬小屋
- umagoya — Stable; a building housing horses.
- だ
- da — Is; plain form copula asserting something.
- 私
- watashi — I; me; first-person singular pronoun.
- 後
- ato — After; behind; later in sequence.
- 続い
- tsuzuite — Followed; continued (conjunctive form of tsuzuku).
- 雪
- yuki — Snow; frozen precipitation falling from the sky.
- よう
- you — Like; as if; resembling something else.
- 白い
- shiroi — White; of a white color.
- 白粉
- oshiroi — White face powder; cosmetic powder used on skin.
- 輝く
- kagayaku — To shine; to sparkle; to gleam brightly.
- 黒い
- kuroi — Black; dark-colored.
- 瞳
- hitomi — Pupil of the eye; eyes expressing emotion.
- 愛想
- aisou — Friendliness; affability; pleasant social manner.
- 良い
- yoi — Good; fine; of favorable quality.
- 物腰
- monogoshi — Manner; bearing; the way one carries oneself.
- こざっぱり
- kozappari — Neat and tidy; clean and trim in appearance.
- 快活
- kaikatsu — Cheerful; lively; bright and energetic disposition.
- 医者
- isha — Doctor; physician; medical practitioner.
- 粗野
- soya — Coarse; rude; rough and unrefined in manner.
- 田舎
- inaka — Countryside; rural area; provincial region.
- そして
- soshite — And then; furthermore; connecting clauses sequentially.
- 何
- nani — What; interrogative pronoun asking about things.
- より
- yori — Than; more than; comparative particle.
- テーブル
- teeburu — Table; a flat-surfaced piece of furniture.
- 腕
- ude — Arm; also skill or ability.
- すっかり
- sukkari — Completely; entirely; thoroughly; all the way.
- 酔いしれ
- yoishire — Completely drunk; lost in intoxication.
- 座っ
- suwatte — Sitting; seated (conjunctive form of suwaru).
- 汚らしく
- kitanarashiku — Dirtily; in a filthy or slovenly manner.
- 重々しい
- omoomoshii — Grave; solemn; heavily dignified in manner.
- 目
- me — Eye; the organ of sight.
- かすん
- kasunde — Hazy; blurred; dimmed (conjunctive of kasumu).
- かかし
- kakashi — Scarecrow; a figure set up to frighten birds.
- 同然
- douzen — Just like; same as; equivalent to.
- 海賊
- kaizoku — Pirate; seafaring criminal who robs ships.
- 対照
- taishou — Contrast; striking difference between two things.
- なし
- nashi — Without; lacking; none.
- 見て取っ
- mitetotte — Perceived; noticed; grasped at a glance.
- 覚え
- oboete — Remembered; recalled; learned by memory.
- 突然
- totsuzen — Suddenly; abruptly; without warning.
- つまり
- tsumari — That is to say; in other words; namely.
- 船長
- senchou — Captain; the commander of a ship.
- 飽き飽き
- akiaki — Fed up; thoroughly tired of; bored to exhaustion.
- する
- suru — To do; general-purpose action verb.
- 歌
- uta — Song; a piece of music with lyrics.
- 歌い
- utai — Singing (stem or conjunctive form of utau).
- 始め
- hajime — Begin; start (stem or conjunctive of hajimeru).
- 死人
- shinin — Dead person; corpse; a deceased individual.
- 上
- ue — Above; on top; upper position.
- 十五人
- juugonin — Fifteen people; a group of fifteen persons.
- 酒
- sake — Alcohol; liquor; alcoholic drink.
- 悪魔
- akuma — Devil; demon; an evil supernatural being.
- 残り
- nokori — Remainder; what is left over.
- 者
- mono — Person; individual; one who does something.
- 片付け
- katazuke — Clean up; disposed of; settled or dealt with.
- 最初
- saisho — First; the very beginning; at the start.
- 階上
- kaijou — Upstairs; the upper floor of a building.
- 表
- omote — Front; surface; the outer or public side.
- 部屋
- heya — Room; an enclosed space within a building.
- 箱
- hako — Box; container; chest used for storing things.
- 考え
- kangae — Thought; idea; a concept or notion.
- 片足
- katashi — One leg; a single foot or leg.
- 船乗り
- funanori — Sailor; seaman; one who works on ships.
- 男
- otoko — Man; male person; adult male.
- ついて
- tsuite — About; concerning; following (conjunctive of tsuku).
- 思い
- omoi — Thought; feeling; an emotion or strong impression.
- 混じり合っ
- majiriatte — Mixed together; intermingled with each other.
- 悪夢
- akumu — Nightmare; a frightening or disturbing dream.
- 中
- naka — Inside; within; among; the interior.
- 現れ
- awarare — Appeared; emerged; showed up suddenly.
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