Wuthering Heights — Page 6
People familiar with these moors often miss their road on such evenings; and I can tell you there is no chance of a change at present.
この荒野に慣れた人々でさえ、こんな夕方にはよく道に迷うものです。そして今のところ、天気が変わる見込みはないと申し上げられます。
"Perhaps I can get a guide among your lads, and he might stay at the Grange till morning—could you spare me one?"
「おそらく、あなたの若い衆の中から案内人を一人頼めるでしょうか。そしてその者は朝まで屋敷に泊まれるでしょう――一人都合してもらえませんか?」
"No, I could not."
「いいえ、できません。」
"Oh, indeed! Well, then, I must trust to my own sagacity."
「ああ、そうですか!では、自分の知恵を頼りにするほかありません。」
"Umph!"
「ふん!」
"Are you going to mak' the tea?" demanded he of the shabby coat, shifting his ferocious gaze from me to the young lady.
「お茶を入れるつもりはないのか?」とみすぼらしいコートを着た彼は、獰猛な視線を私から若い女性へと移しながら要求した。
"Is _he_ to have any?" she asked, appealing to Heathcliff.
「あの方にも差し上げるのですか?」と彼女はヒースクリフに訴えるように尋ねた。
"Get it ready, will you?" was the answer, uttered so savagely that I started.
「用意しろ、いいな?」というのが答えで、あまりにも荒々しく言われたので私はぎくりとした。
The tone in which the words were said revealed a genuine bad nature.
その言葉の口調は、本物の邪悪な性質を露わにしていた。
I no longer felt inclined to call Heathcliff a capital fellow.
私はもはやヒースクリフを立派な人物と呼ぶ気にはなれなかった。
When the preparations were finished, he invited me with—"Now, sir, bring forward your chair."
準備が整うと、彼は「さあ、椅子をこちらへお持ちください」と私を招いた。
And we all, including the rustic youth, drew round the table: an austere silence prevailing while we discussed our meal.
そして私たちは皆、田舎の若者も含めてテーブルを囲んだ。食事をとる間、厳粛な沈黙が漂っていた。
I thought, if I had caused the cloud, it was my duty to make an effort to dispel it.
もし私がその暗い雰囲気を引き起こしたのであれば、それを払拭する努力をするのが自分の義務だと思った。
They could not every day sit so grim and taciturn; and it was impossible, however ill-tempered they might be, that the universal scowl they wore was their every-day countenance.
彼らが毎日そのように険しく無口でいられるはずはなかった。そしてどれほど機嫌が悪くとも、彼らが浮かべている一様な渋面が日常の表情であるはずはなかった。
Vocabulary
- この
- kono — This (adjective modifying a noun nearby)
- 荒野
- kōya — Wilderness, wasteland, barren open land
- に
- ni — Particle indicating location, direction, or time
- 慣れ
- nare — To become accustomed or used to something
- 人々
- hitobito — People, various individuals in a group
- で
- de — Particle indicating means, location of action
- さえ
- sae — Even, particle emphasizing an extreme example
- こんな
- konna — This kind of, such as this
- 夕方
- yūgata — Evening, the time around dusk
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle in Japanese
- よく
- yoku — Often, frequently, or well
- 道
- michi — Road, path, or route
- 迷う
- mayou — To get lost, to be uncertain about direction
- もの
- mono — Thing; used to express expectation or reason
- です
- desu — Polite copula meaning 'is' or 'are'
- そして
- soshite — And then, and also, furthermore
- 今
- ima — Now, at this moment
- の
- no — Possessive or nominalizing particle
- ところ
- tokoro — Place, situation, or point in time
- 天気
- tenki — Weather, atmospheric conditions
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle in Japanese
- 変わる
- kawaru — To change, to shift, to transform
- 見込み
- mikomi — Prospect, expectation, likelihood of occurrence
- ない
- nai — Negative auxiliary; there is not, does not exist
- と
- to — Particle meaning 'and', 'with', or quotation marker
- 申し上げ
- mōshiage — Humble form of 'to say', respectful expression
- られ
- rare — Passive or potential auxiliary verb suffix
- ます
- masu — Polite verb ending indicating present or future
- おそらく
- osoraku — Probably, perhaps, most likely
- あなた
- anata — You, second-person pronoun
- 若い
- wakai — Young, youthful in age
- 衆
- shū — Group of people, crowd, company
- 中
- naka — Inside, among, in the middle of
- から
- kara — From, because, since (particle)
- 案内
- annai — Guide, guidance, directions to a place
- 人
- hito — Person, individual human being
- を
- wo — Object marker particle in Japanese
- 一人
- hitori — One person, alone
- 頼め
- tanome — To ask a favor, to request someone's help
- でしょ
- desho — Probably, right? Seeking agreement or guessing
- か
- ka — Question particle at end of sentence
- その
- sono — That (adjective referring to something nearby)
- 者
- mono — Person, individual (often formal or literary)
- 朝
- asa — Morning, the early part of the day
- まで
- made — Until, up to, as far as
- 屋敷
- yashiki — Mansion, estate, large traditional residence
- 泊まれ
- tomare — To be able to stay overnight, lodge
- 都合
- tsugō — Convenience, circumstances, arrangement
- て
- te — Connective verb form linking actions
- もらえ
- morae — To receive a favor done by someone else
- ませ
- mase — Polite imperative or request ending
- ん
- n — Negative ending or explanatory softening particle
- いいえ
- iie — No, a negative response
- でき
- deki — Can do, be able to (stem of できる)
- ああ
- aa — Ah, oh, an exclamation of realization or emotion
- そう
- sō — So, that way, like that
- 自分
- jibun — Oneself, one's own self
- 知恵
- chie — Wisdom, wit, intelligence, clever thinking
- 頼り
- tayori — Reliance, dependence on something or someone
- する
- suru — To do, to perform an action
- ほか
- hoka — Other, besides, no alternative but
- あり
- ari — To exist, there is (literary verb stem)
- ふん
- fun — Hmph, a dismissive snort or grunt
- お茶
- ocha — Tea, especially green tea
- 入れる
- ireru — To put in, to brew tea
- つもり
- tsumori — Intention, plan to do something
- みすぼらしい
- misuborashii — Shabby, ragged, poor-looking in appearance
- コート
- kōto — Coat, overcoat (loanword from English)
- 着
- ki — Wearing (stem of 着る, to wear clothing)
- 彼
- kare — He, him, third-person male pronoun
- 獰猛
- dōmō — Ferocious, fierce, savage in nature
- な
- na — Adjectival particle linking na-adjectives to nouns
- 視線
- shisen — Gaze, line of sight, glance
- 私
- watashi — I, me, first-person pronoun
- 女性
- josei — Woman, female person
- へ
- e — Directional particle indicating toward something
- 移し
- utsushi — To shift, transfer, or move gaze or attention
- ながら
- nagara — While doing, simultaneously performing two actions
- 要求
- yōkyū — Demand, request, requirement
- あの
- ano — That (adjective for something distant from both)
- 方
- kata — Person (polite), direction, way
- も
- mo — Also, too, even (particle)
- 差し上げる
- sashiageru — To humbly give to someone of higher status
- 彼女
- kanojo — She, her, girlfriend
- 訴える
- uttaeru — To appeal to, to complain, to sue
- よう
- yō — Like, appearing as if, in order to
- 尋ね
- tazune — To ask, to inquire, to question someone
- 用意
- yōi — Preparation, readiness, making something ready
- いい
- ii — Good, fine, acceptable
- という
- to iu — Called, known as, that says
- 答え
- kotae — Answer, response, reply
- あまり
- amari — Too much, excessively, not very (with negative)
- 荒々しく
- aradashiku — Roughly, violently, in a fierce manner
- 言わ
- iwa — To say (stem form of 言う)
- ぎくり
- gikuri — Startled, sudden flinching from surprise
- 言葉
- kotoba — Words, language, expression
- 口調
- kuchō — Tone of voice, manner of speaking
- 本物
- honmono — The real thing, genuine, authentic
- 邪悪
- jaaku — Evil, wicked, malicious in nature
- 性質
- seishitsu — Nature, character, disposition, quality
- 露わ
- arawa — Exposed, revealed, laid bare openly
- もはや
- mohaya — No longer, already, at this point
- 立派
- rippa — Splendid, fine, respectable, admirable
- 人物
- jinbutsu — Person, character, figure, personage
- 呼ぶ
- yobu — To call, to summon, to refer to as
- 気
- ki — Spirit, feeling, inclination, mood
- なれ
- nare — To become (conditional or literary form)
- 準備
- junbi — Preparation, getting ready for something
- 整う
- totonou — To be in order, to be prepared, complete
- さあ
- saa — Well, come on, an encouraging exclamation
- 椅子
- isu — Chair, seat
- こちら
- kochira — This way, here, this direction (polite)
- お持ち
- omochi — Please bring/hold (polite form of 持つ)
- ください
- kudasai — Please give or do (polite request)
- 招い
- maneki — To invite, to beckon, to welcome
- たち
- tachi — Plural suffix for people or animate beings
- 皆
- mina — Everyone, all, the whole group
- 田舎
- inaka — Countryside, rural area, one's hometown
- 若者
- wakamono — Young person, youth
- 含め
- fukume — Including, taking into account
- テーブル
- tēburu — Table (loanword from English)
- 囲ん
- kakon — To surround, to gather around (stem form)
- だ
- da — Plain copula, informal 'is' or 'are'
- 食事
- shokuji — Meal, dining, eating food
- とる
- toru — To take, to have a meal
- 間
- あいだ (aida) — Between, interval, while, during
- 厳粛
- genshuku — Solemn, grave, serious in atmosphere
- 沈黙
- chinmoku — Silence, stillness, not speaking
- 漂っ
- tadayott — To drift, to float, to hang in the air
- もし
- moshi — If, in case (conditional opener)
- 暗い
- kurai — Dark, gloomy, dim in light or mood
- 雰囲気
- fun'iki — Atmosphere, mood, ambiance of a place
- 引き起こし
- hikiokoши — To cause, to bring about, to trigger
- あれ
- are — That (over there), or an exclamation of surprise
- ば
- ba — Conditional particle meaning 'if' or 'when'
- それ
- sore — That (near the listener), that thing
- 払拭
- fusshoku — To wipe away, to dispel completely
- 努力
- doryoku — Effort, endeavor, hard work
- 義務
- gimu — Duty, obligation, responsibility
- 思っ
- omott — To think, to feel (stem past form)
- 彼ら
- karera — They, them, a group of people
- 毎日
- mainichi — Every day, daily
- 険しく
- kishiku — Harshly, steeply, with a stern expression
- 無口
- mukuchi — Taciturn, quiet, not talkative
- られる
- rareru — Passive or potential auxiliary verb
- はず
- hazu — Expected to be, supposed to, ought to
- どれ
- dore — Which one (of three or more options)
- ほど
- hodo — To the extent that, about, approximately
- 機嫌
- kigen — Mood, temper, humor, spirits
- 悪く
- waruku — Badly, poorly (adverbial form of 悪い)
- とも
- tomo — Even if, no matter how (concessive particle)
- 浮かべ
- ukabe — To show expression, to float, to recall
- いる
- iru — To be, to exist (for animate beings)
- 一様
- ichiyō — Uniform, identical, without variation
- 渋面
- jūmen — Scowl, sullen expression, frown
- 日常
- nichijō — Everyday, daily life, ordinary routine
- 表情
- hyōjō — Facial expression, look on one's face
- ある
- aru — To exist, to have, to be (inanimate)
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