Wuthering Heights — Page 2

English → Japanese CHAPTER I Level 8/10

" even the gate over which he leant manifested no sympathising movement to the words; and I think that circumstance determined me to accept the invitation: I felt interested in a man who seemed more exaggeratedly reserved than myself.

彼がもたれかかっていた門でさえ、その言葉に対して共感するような動きを見せなかった。そして、その状況が私を招待を受け入れる決意させたのだと思う。私は自分よりもさらに極端に無口に見える男に興味を覚えた。

When he saw my horse's breast fairly pushing the barrier, he did put out his hand to unchain it, and then sullenly preceded me up the causeway, calling, as we entered the court,—"Joseph, take Mr. Lockwood's horse; and bring up some wine."

私の馬の胸が柵をかなり押しているのを見ると、彼は手を伸ばして鎖を外し、それから不機嫌そうに私の前を歩いて石畳の道を進み、中庭に入ったときにこう呼びかけた。「ジョゼフ、ロックウッド様の馬を連れて行け。それとワインを持ってきてくれ。」

"Here we have the whole establishment of domestics, I suppose," was the reflection suggested by this compound order. "No wonder the grass grows up between the flags, and cattle are the only hedge-cutters."

「これで使用人の全員が揃っているということだろう」と、この複合的な命令から浮かんだ考えがそう示していた。「石畳の間から草が生えてくるのも、牛が唯一の生け垣刈りであるのも不思議ではない。」

Joseph was an elderly, nay, an old man, very old, perhaps, though hale and sinewy. "The Lord help us!" he soliloquised in an undertone of peevish displeasure, while relieving me of my horse: looking, meantime, in my face so sourly that I charitably conjectured he must have need of divine aid to digest his dinner, and his pious ejaculation had no reference to my unexpected advent.

ジョゼフは初老の、いや、老人で、おそらくかなりの高齢であったが、壮健で筋骨たくましかった。「神よ、お助けを！」と彼は私の馬を引き取りながら、不機嫌な不満の低い声で独り言を言った。その間、私の顔をひどく不愉快そうに見つめていたので、私は慈悲深くも、彼は夕食を消化するために神の助けが必要なのであり、その敬虔な叫びは私の突然の来訪とは無関係なのだろうと推測した。

Wuthering Heights is the name of Mr. Heathcliff's dwelling. "Wuthering" being a significant provincial adjective, descriptive of the atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed in stormy weather.

ワザリング・ハイツはヒースクリフ氏の住居の名前である。「ワザリング」とは意味深な地方の形容詞で、嵐の天候においてその場所がさらされる大気の騒乱を表している。

Vocabulary

彼: kare — He; that person (male third-person pronoun).
が: ga — Subject marker particle; but (conjunction).
もたれかかっ: motarekakatte — Leaning against; resting weight on something.
て: te — Te-form connective particle linking verb phrases.
い: i — Stem of iru; indicates ongoing or resultant state.
た: ta — Past tense auxiliary verb ending.
門: mon — Gate; entrance structure to a property.
で: de — At; in; particle indicating location of action.
さえ: sae — Even; particle emphasizing unexpected inclusion.
その: sono — That (near listener); demonstrative adjective.
言葉: kotoba — Word; language; spoken or written expression.
に: ni — To; at; in; direction or target particle.
対し: taishi — Toward; in response to; regarding something.
共感: kyōkan — Empathy; sympathetic resonance with another's feelings.
する: suru — To do; general-purpose action verb.
よう: yō — Appearing as if; resembling; seeming like.
な: na — Adjectival linking form; used before nouns.
動き: ugoki — Movement; motion; gesture showing reaction.
を: wo — Object marker particle for direct objects.
見せ: mise — To show; to display; to exhibit.
なかっ: nakatta — Did not; negative past auxiliary ending.
そし: soshite — And then; and so; connecting conjunction.
状況: jōkyō — Situation; circumstances; current state of affairs.
私: watashi — I; me; first-person singular pronoun.
招待: shōtai — Invitation; act of inviting someone somewhere.
受け入れる: ukeireru — To accept; to receive; to take in.
決意: ketsui — Determination; firm resolve to do something.
さ: sa — Causative or nominalizing suffix; makes nouns.
せ: se — Causative verb ending; makes someone do something.
の: no — Possessive particle; nominalizer; explanatory marker.
だ: da — Copula; plain-form equivalent of desu (is/are).
と: to — Quotation particle; and; with.
思う: omou — To think; to feel; to believe.
は: wa — Topic marker particle highlighting the subject.
自分: jibun — Oneself; one's own self; reflexive pronoun.
より: yori — Than; from; comparative particle.
も: mo — Also; too; even; additive particle.
さらに: sara ni — Furthermore; even more; additionally; to a greater degree.
極端: kyokutan — Extreme; going to the furthest degree.
無口: mukuchi — Taciturn; quiet; not talkative by nature.
見える: mieru — To appear; to seem; to be visible.
男: otoko — Man; male person.
興味: kyōmi — Interest; curiosity in something or someone.
覚え: oboe — To feel; to sense; to notice a feeling.
馬: uma — Horse; large domesticated riding animal.
胸: mune — Chest; breast; front of the torso.
柵: saku — Fence; railing; enclosure barrier.
かなり: kanari — Considerably; fairly; quite; to a notable degree.
押し: oshi — Pushing; pressing against something with force.
いる: iru — To be; to exist (for animate beings).
見る: miru — To see; to look at; to watch.
手: te — Hand; arm; appendage used for gripping.
伸ばし: nobashi — Stretching out; extending one's hand or arm.
鎖: kusari — Chain; linked metal rings forming a restraint.
外し: hazushi — Removing; unfastening; taking something off.
それ: sore — That; that thing (near listener).
から: kara — From; after; because; starting point particle.
不機嫌: fukigen — Bad mood; sulky; displeased disposition.
そう: sō — Seeming; looking like; appearance-based qualifier.
前: mae — Front; ahead; before (space or time).
歩い: aruita — Walked; moved on foot (past/te-form).
石畳: ishidatami — Cobblestone paving; stone-paved road surface.
道: michi — Road; path; way; street.
進み: susumi — Proceeding; advancing; moving forward along a path.
中庭: nakaniwa — Courtyard; inner garden enclosed by buildings.
入っ: haitta — Entered; went inside; passed through entrance.
とき: toki — When; at the time of; moment.
こう: kō — Like this; in this way; thus.
呼びかけ: yobikake — Calling out to; addressing someone directly.
様: sama — Honorific suffix; sir; madam; respectful address.
連れ: tsure — To bring; to escort; to accompany someone.
行け: ike — Go (imperative); command to proceed somewhere.
ワイン: wain — Wine; alcoholic drink made from grapes.
持っ: motte — Holding; carrying; bringing (te-form of motsu).
き: ki — Come (conjunctive of kuru); bring here.
くれ: kure — Give me; do for me (imperative request).
これ: kore — This; this thing (near speaker).
使用人: shiyōnin — Servant; domestic employee; household worker.
全員: zen'in — All members; everyone; entire group of people.
揃っ: sorotta — Assembled; gathered together; all present.
という: to iu — Called; meaning; quotation or definition marker.
こと: koto — Thing; fact; matter; nominalizer for verbs.
だろう: darō — Probably; I suppose; conjecture form of da.
この: kono — This (before noun); near-speaker demonstrative adjective.
複合: fukugō — Compound; composite; combining multiple elements together.
的: teki — Suffix meaning -like; -ish; adjectival nominalizer.
命令: meirei — Order; command; directive issued to someone.
浮かん: ukanda — Floated up; came to mind; surfaced mentally.
考え: kangae — Thought; idea; way of thinking.
示し: shimeshi — Indicating; showing; pointing something out.
間: aida — Between; during; interval of time or space.
草: kusa — Grass; weed; low-growing plant cover.
生え: hae — Growing (plants); sprouting from the ground.
くる: kuru — To come; to approach; auxiliary of progression.
牛: ushi — Cow; cattle; bovine farm animal.
唯一: yuiitsu — Only; sole; the single one of its kind.
生け垣: ikegaki — Hedge; living fence made of trimmed shrubs.
刈り: kari — Trimming; mowing; cutting grass or hedges.
ある: aru — To exist; there is (inanimate); to have.
不思議: fushigi — Strange; mysterious; wonder; surprising and inexplicable.
ない: nai — Not; negative auxiliary; does not exist.
初老: shorō — Early old age; approaching elderly stage of life.
いや: iya — No; rather; correction of previous statement.
老人: rōjin — Old person; elderly man or woman.
おそらく: osoraku — Probably; most likely; presumably.
高齢: kōrei — Old age; advanced years; elderly status.
あっ: atta — Was; existed (past tense of aru).
壮健: sōken — Robust health; vigorous; in excellent physical condition.
筋骨: kinkotsu — Muscles and bones; physique; muscular build.
たくましかっ: takumashikatta — Was sturdy; was powerfully built and robust.
神: kami — God; deity; divine being.
よ: yo — Sentence-final particle for assertion or exclamation.
お助け: otasuke — Help; aid; divine assistance (honorific form).
引き取り: hikitori — Taking in; receiving; adopting responsibility for someone.
ながら: nagara — While; doing two things simultaneously.
不満: fuman — Dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint about something.
低い: hikui — Low; short; soft (of voice or height).
声: koe — Voice; sound produced by speaking or singing.
独り言: hitorigoto — Talking to oneself; muttering; soliloquy.
言っ: itte — Said; spoke; uttered (te-form of iu).
顔: kao — Face; facial expression; countenance.
ひどく: hidoku — Terribly; severely; extremely; to a harsh degree.
不愉快: fuyukai — Unpleasant; disagreeable; causing discomfort or displeasure.
見つめ: mitsume — Staring at; gazing fixedly at something.
慈悲深く: jihibukai — Mercifully; compassionately; with deep kindness.
夕食: yūshoku — Dinner; evening meal; supper.
消化: shōka — Digestion; breaking down food in the stomach.
ため: tame — For the purpose of; for the sake of.
助け: tasuke — Help; assistance; aid; support from someone.
必要: hitsuyō — Necessary; needed; required; essential.
あり: ari — There is; exists (classical or formal form).
敬虔: keiken — Pious; devout; showing deep religious reverence.
叫び: sakebi — Shout; cry; exclamation uttered loudly.
突然: totsuzen — Suddenly; abruptly; without warning.
来訪: raihō — Visit; arrival; coming to call on someone.
無関係: mukankei — Unrelated; irrelevant; having no connection.
推測: suisoku — Guess; conjecture; inference from limited information.
し: shi — And; te-form of suru; connecting verb form.
氏: shi — Mr.; honorific suffix for a person's name.
住居: jūkyo — Residence; dwelling; place where someone lives.
名前: namae — Name; the word used to identify someone.
意味深: imishin — Meaningful; suggestive; carrying deeper significance.
地方: chihō — Region; local area; provincial district.
形容詞: keiyōshi — Adjective; a word that describes or modifies a noun.
嵐: arashi — Storm; tempest; violent weather with wind.
天候: tenkō — Weather; atmospheric conditions over a period.
おい: oite — In; at; located at (literary locative form).
場所: basho — Place; location; spot; specific area.
さらさ: sarasa — Being exposed; subjected continuously to something.
れる: reru — Passive auxiliary; to be done to; receive action.
大気: taiki — Atmosphere; the air surrounding the earth.
騒乱: sōran — Turbulence; uproar; violent atmospheric or social disturbance.
表し: arawashi — Expressing; representing; indicating a meaning or state.

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