War and Peace — Page 2
The aunt spoke to each of them in the same words, about their health and her own, and the health of Her Majesty, "who, thank God, was better today."
伯母は彼らのひとりひとりに同じ言葉で、彼らの健康と自分自身の健康、そして女王陛下の健康について語った。「陛下は、神に感謝することに、今日はお加減がよろしいようです」と。
And each visitor, though politeness prevented his showing impatience, left the old woman with a sense of relief at having performed a vexatious duty and did not return to her the whole evening.
そして訪問客のひとりひとりは、礼儀上苛立ちを見せることはできなかったが、厄介な義務を果たし終えたという安堵感を覚えながらその老婦人のもとを離れ、その晩は二度と彼女のもとへ戻らなかった。
The young Princess Bolkónskaya had brought some work in a gold-embroidered velvet bag.
若いボルコンスカヤ公爵夫人は、金糸刺繍の施されたビロードのバッグに手仕事を入れて持参していた。
Her pretty little upper lip, on which a delicate dark down was just perceptible, was too short for her teeth, but it lifted all the more sweetly, and was especially charming when she occasionally drew it down to meet the lower lip.
かすかに産毛が見てとれる愛らしい小さな上唇は、歯に対して短すぎたが、それだけいっそう愛らしく持ち上がり、ときおり下唇に向かって引き下げられるときには、とりわけ魅力的だった。
As is always the case with a thoroughly attractive woman, her defect—the shortness of her upper lip and her half-open mouth—seemed to be her own special and peculiar form of beauty.
真に魅力的な女性には常にそうであるように、彼女の欠点——上唇の短さと半開きの口——は、彼女自身の特別で独自の美しさの形であるかのように思われた。
Everyone brightened at the sight of this pretty young woman, so soon to become a mother, so full of life and health, and carrying her burden so lightly.
まもなく母親になろうとしているこの愛らしい若い女性——生命と健康に満ちあふれ、その重荷を軽々と担っている——を目にして、誰もが明るい気持ちになった。
Old men and dull dispirited young ones who looked at her, after being in her company and talking to her a little while, felt as if they too were becoming, like her, full of life and health.
彼女を見た老人たちや無気力で生気のない若者たちも、しばらく彼女と一緒にいて話をすると、自分たちもまた彼女のように生命と健康に満ちてきたような気がした。
All who talked to her, and at each word saw her bright smile and the constant gleam of her white teeth, thought that they were in a specially amiable mood that day.
彼女と話をし、言葉を交わすたびに彼女の明るい微笑みと絶えず輝く白い歯を目にした人々はみな、その日の自分がとりわけ愉快な気分でいると思った。
Vocabulary
- 伯母
- oba — Aunt; father's or mother's older sister
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle in Japanese grammar
- 彼ら
- karera — They; third-person plural pronoun
- の
- no — Possessive or nominalizing particle
- ひとりひとり
- hitori hitori — One by one; each person individually
- に
- ni — Direction, location, or indirect object particle
- 同じ
- onaji — Same; identical; not different
- 言葉
- kotoba — Word; language; expression; speech
- で
- de — Particle indicating means, location of action
- 健康
- kenkou — Health; being in good physical condition
- と
- to — And; with; quotation particle
- 自分
- jibun — Oneself; one's own self
- 自身
- jishin — Oneself; emphasizes personal identity or self
- そして
- soshite — And then; and also; furthermore
- 女王
- joou — Queen; female monarch of a kingdom
- 陛下
- heika — Your Majesty; honorific title for monarch
- ついて
- tsuite — About; concerning; regarding a topic
- 語っ
- katatte — Spoke; talked; narrated (conjunctive form)
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary verb ending
- 神
- kami — God; deity; divine spirit
- 感謝
- kansha — Gratitude; thankfulness; appreciation
- する
- suru — To do; general-purpose action verb
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; matter; nominalizer
- 今日
- kyou — Today; this day
- お
- o — Honorific prefix added to nouns or adjectives
- 加減
- kagen — Condition; degree; health state; moderation
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle in Japanese
- よろしい
- yoroshii — Good; fine; acceptable; polite form
- よう
- you — Seems; appears; like; manner of something
- です
- desu — Polite copula meaning 'is' or 'are'
- 訪問客
- houmonkyaku — Visitor; guest who comes to call
- 礼儀
- reigi — Manners; etiquette; courtesy; decorum
- 上
- ue / jou — Above; on top; for the sake of
- 苛立ち
- iradachi — Irritation; frustration; impatience
- を
- wo — Direct object marker particle
- 見せる
- miseru — To show; to display; to reveal
- でき
- deki — Can; able to; be possible (stem form)
- なかっ
- nakatte — Was not; negative past auxiliary (stem)
- 厄介
- yakkai — Troublesome; burdensome; difficult to deal with
- な
- na — Adjectival particle linking na-adjective to noun
- 義務
- gimu — Duty; obligation; responsibility
- 果たし
- hatashi — Fulfilled; accomplished; carried out (stem)
- 終え
- oe — Finished; completed; done with something
- という
- to iu — Called; known as; expressing quoted content
- 安堵
- ando — Relief; reassurance; sense of ease
- 感
- kan — Feeling; sense; sensation; impression
- 覚え
- oboe — Felt; remembered; sensed (stem form)
- ながら
- nagara — While; although; doing two things simultaneously
- その
- sono — That; the (demonstrative adjective)
- 老婦人
- roufujin — Elderly woman; old lady
- もと
- moto — From beside; away from someone's presence
- 離れ
- hanare — Left; moved away from; separated from
- 晩
- ban — Evening; night; that evening
- 二度
- nido — Twice; two times
- 彼女
- kanojo — She; her; girlfriend
- へ
- e — Toward; direction particle
- 戻ら
- modora — Return; go back (negative/conditional stem)
- 若い
- wakai — Young; youthful in age
- 公爵
- koushaku — Duke; highest-ranking nobleman below royalty
- 夫人
- fujin — Madam; wife; married woman of status
- 金糸
- kinshi — Gold thread; thread made of gold material
- 刺繍
- shishuu — Embroidery; decorative needlework on fabric
- 施さ
- hodokosa — Applied; given; adorned with (passive stem)
- れ
- re — Passive or potential auxiliary verb form
- ビロード
- biroodo — Velvet; soft luxurious fabric
- バッグ
- baggu — Bag; purse; handbag
- 手仕事
- teshigoto — Handwork; needlework; manual craft
- 入れ
- ire — Put in; placed inside; inserted
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle connecting verb phrases
- 持参
- jisan — Bringing along; carrying with oneself
- し
- shi — Did; conjunctive verb form; and also
- い
- i — Being; existing; continuative auxiliary stem
- かすか
- kasuka — Faint; slight; barely perceptible
- 産毛
- ubuge — Downy hair; fine soft hair on skin
- 見て
- mite — Seeing; looking at; observing
- とれる
- toreru — Can be seen; discernible; taken off
- 愛らしい
- airashii — Lovely; charming; adorable; endearing
- 小さな
- chiisana — Small; little; tiny
- 上唇
- uwakuchibiru — Upper lip
- 歯
- ha — Tooth; teeth
- 対して
- taishite — Toward; against; in relation to
- 短
- mijika — Short; brief (used as prefix or stem)
- すぎ
- sugi — Too much; excessive; over a limit
- それだけ
- soredake — That much; just that; all the more so
- いっそう
- issou — All the more; even more; further
- 愛らしく
- airashiku — Charmingly; adorably; in a lovely manner
- 持ち上がり
- mochiagari — Rose up; lifted; curled upward
- ときおり
- tokiori — Occasionally; from time to time
- 下唇
- shitakuchibiru — Lower lip
- 向かっ
- mukatte — Facing toward; directed at (conjunctive)
- 引き下げ
- hikisage — Pulled down; lowered; drawn downward
- られる
- rareru — Passive or potential auxiliary verb
- とき
- toki — Time; moment; when something occurs
- とりわけ
- toriwake — Especially; particularly; above all else
- 魅力
- miryoku — Charm; attractiveness; appeal; fascination
- 的
- teki — Suffix meaning '-like', '-ish', or '-related'
- だっ
- datte — Was; copula past tense (conjunctive form)
- 真
- shin / ma — True; genuine; real; pure
- 女性
- josei — Woman; female; feminine gender
- 常
- tsune — Always; usually; constant; habitual
- そう
- sou — So; like that; in that way
- ある
- aru — To be; to exist; to have (inanimate)
- 欠点
- ketten — Flaw; defect; shortcoming; weak point
- さ
- sa — Nominalizing suffix; or filler/softening particle
- 半開き
- hanbiraki — Half-open; slightly ajar; partially open
- 口
- kuchi — Mouth; opening; entrance
- 特別
- tokubetsu — Special; particular; extraordinary
- 独自
- dokuji — Unique; original; one's own distinctive style
- 美し
- utsukushi — Beautiful; lovely (adjective stem form)
- 形
- katachi — Shape; form; appearance; figure
- か
- ka — Question particle; or; whether
- 思わ
- omowa — Think; feel; suppose (negative/passive stem)
- まもなく
- mamonaku — Soon; before long; shortly
- 母親
- hahaoya — Mother; one's own mother
- なろう
- narou — Will become; volitional form of 'naru'
- いる
- iru — To be; to exist (animate beings)
- この
- kono — This; the following (near demonstrative)
- 生命
- seimei — Life; living existence; vital force
- 満ち
- michi — Full of; filled with; brimming
- あふれ
- afure — Overflowing; brimming over; abundant
- 重荷
- omoni — Heavy burden; load; weighty responsibility
- 軽々
- karugaru — Lightly; easily; with little effort
- 担っ
- ninatte — Bearing; carrying; shouldering a burden
- 目
- me — Eye; eyes; gaze; vision
- 誰
- dare — Who; anyone; someone
- も
- mo — Also; too; even; all (inclusive particle)
- 明るい
- akarui — Bright; cheerful; light; lively
- 気持ち
- kimochi — Feeling; mood; sensation; emotion
- なっ
- natte — Became; turned into (conjunctive form)
- 見
- mi — Seeing; looking; viewing (stem form)
- 老人
- roujin — Old person; elderly man or woman
- たち
- tachi — Plural suffix for people or living things
- や
- ya — And; or; listing particle (non-exhaustive)
- 無気力
- mukiryoku — Listless; lacking energy; apathetic; lethargic
- 生気
- seiki — Vitality; life energy; liveliness; vigor
- ない
- nai — Not; does not exist; negative adjective
- 若者
- wakamono — Young person; youth; youngster
- しばらく
- shibaraku — For a while; briefly; for some time
- 一緒
- issho — Together; in company; at the same time
- 話
- hanashi — Story; talk; conversation; topic
- また
- mata — Again; also; moreover; furthermore
- き
- ki — Came; came back (archaic/literary past form)
- 気
- ki — Spirit; feeling; mood; mind; energy
- 交わす
- kawasu — Exchange; interchange words or glances
- たび
- tabi — Each time; whenever; every occasion
- 微笑み
- hohoemi — Smile; gentle smiling expression
- 絶えず
- taezu — Constantly; ceaselessly; without stopping
- 輝く
- kagayaku — To shine; to sparkle; to gleam brightly
- 白い
- shiroi — White; pale in color
- 人々
- hitobito — People; persons; everyone; folks
- みな
- mina — Everyone; all; everybody
- 日
- hi — Day; sun; daytime
- 愉快
- yukai — Pleasant; enjoyable; cheerful; merry
- 気分
- kibun — Mood; feeling; atmosphere; sense
- 思っ
- omotte — Thought; felt; considered (conjunctive form)
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