Won from the Waves — Page 1
Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England
イングランド、ロンドンのニック・ホドソンによって制作。
Won from the Waves, by W.H.G. Kingston.
「波から勝ち取って」、W.H.G.キングストン著。
This is a splendid book, one of Kingston's very best, written and published at the very end of his life, and it will give you a very good read.
これは素晴らしい本で、キングストンの最高傑作のひとつであり、彼の生涯の最晩年に執筆・出版されたもので、非常に読み応えのある一冊です。
Of course there are the usual swimming exercises, but there is just so much more going on, that you will always be wanting to turn the next page to see what happens.
もちろん、いつものような水泳の場面もありますが、それ以上にさまざまな出来事が展開されるため、次のページをめくって続きを読みたくなること間違いなしです。
WON FROM THE WAVES, BY W.H.G. KINGSTON.
「波から勝ち取って」、W.H.G.キングストン著。
Vocabulary
- の
- no — Possessive or descriptive particle linking nouns.
- に
- ni — Particle indicating agent, direction, or location.
- よって
- yotte — By means of; by (indicates cause or agent).
- 制作
- seisaku — Production; creating a work or piece.
- 波
- nami — Wave; a moving ridge of water.
- から
- kara — From; starting point or cause particle.
- 勝ち取って
- kachitotte — Having won or seized something through effort.
- 著
- cho — Authored by; written by (a specific person).
- これ
- kore — This; refers to something near the speaker.
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle highlighting the subject.
- 素晴らしい
- subarashii — Wonderful; splendid; remarkably good or impressive.
- 本
- hon — Book; a bound written or printed publication.
- で
- de — Particle indicating means, location of action, or context.
- 最高傑作
- saikō kessaku — Greatest masterpiece; the finest work ever produced.
- ひとつ
- hitotsu — One; one item among several others.
- あり
- ari — Is; exists (literary or formal form of ある).
- 彼
- kare — He; him; third-person male pronoun.
- 生涯
- shōgai — Lifetime; one's entire life span.
- 最晩年
- saibannnen — Very last years; final period of one's life.
- 執筆
- shippitsu — Writing; the act of composing a text.
- 出版
- shuppan — Publishing; releasing a book or printed work.
- された
- sareta — Was done; passive past form of する.
- もの
- mono — Thing; something; refers to an object or matter.
- 非常
- hijō — Extremely; very; to an exceptional degree.
- 読み応え
- yomigotae — Rewarding to read; satisfying reading substance.
- ある
- aru — There is; exists; to have or possess.
- 一冊
- issatsu — One volume; one copy of a book.
- です
- desu — Polite copula meaning 'is' or 'it is'.
- もちろん
- mochiron — Of course; naturally; as a matter of fact.
- いつも
- itsumo — Always; usually; at all times.
- ような
- yō na — Like; similar to; resembling something described.
- 水泳
- suiei — Swimming; the sport or activity of swimming.
- 場面
- bamen — Scene; a specific moment or situation in a story.
- も
- mo — Also; too; even; inclusive particle.
- あります
- arimasu — There is/are; polite form of ある.
- が
- ga — Subject marker or conjunctive particle meaning 'but'.
- それ
- sore — That; refers to something near the listener.
- 以上
- ijō — More than; beyond; above a certain level.
- さまざまな
- samazama na — Various; diverse; many different kinds of things.
- 出来事
- dekigoto — Event; happening; an occurrence or incident.
- 展開
- tenkai — Development; unfolding of events or a situation.
- される
- sareru — Is done; passive form of する.
- ため
- tame — Because; for the sake of; due to a reason.
- 次
- tsugi — Next; the following one in sequence.
- ページ
- pēji — Page; a single side of a book or document.
- を
- wo — Object marker particle indicating the direct object.
- めくって
- mekutte — Turning (pages); flipping over a page.
- 続き
- tsuzuki — Continuation; what comes next in a sequence.
- 読み
- yomi — Reading; the act of reading something.
- たく
- taku — Want to (do); expressing desire to do something.
- なる
- naru — To become; to result in a certain state.
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; nominalizer turning verbs into nouns.
- 間違いなし
- machigai nashi — Without doubt; certainly; no mistake about it.
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