He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish.
Gulf Stream
(メキシコ湾流)
[名]
a warm ocean current that flows from the Caribbean Sea into the North Atlantic Ocean
skiff
(小舟)
[名]
a small boat
fish
(魚)
[名]
a cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water
eighty-four
(八十四)
[数]
the number 84
day
(日)
[名]
a period of time from one sunrise to the next
take
(捕まえる)
[動]
catch or capture
彼はメキシコ湾流で小舟に乗って一人で漁をする老人で、もう八十四日も魚を捕まえていなかった。
In the first forty days a boy had been with him.
first
(最初の)
[形]
coming before all others in time or order
forty
(四十)
[形]
the cardinal number that is the product of four and ten
boy
(少年)
[名]
a male child or young man
be with
(一緒にいる)
[動]
be in the company of
最初の四十日間は少年が一緒にいた。
But after forty days without a fish the boy's parents had told him that the old man was now definitely and finally salao, which is the worst form of unlucky, and the boy had gone at their orders in another boat which caught three good fish the first week.
forty days
(四十日)
[名]
a period of forty days
boy's parents
(少年の両親)
[名]
the parents of the boy
old man
(老人)
[名]
an elderly man
definitely
(間違いなく)
[副]
without doubt
finally
(ついに)
[副]
after a long time
salao
(サラオ)
[名]
the worst form of unlucky
their orders
(両親の命令)
[名]
the orders of the boy's parents
another boat
(別の船)
[名]
a different boat
first week
(最初の週)
[名]
the first week of a period of time
しかし、四十日間魚が捕れなかった後、少年の両親は、老人は間違いなく、そしてついにサラオ、つまり最悪の不運になってしまったと言い、少年は両親の命令で別の船に乗って行き、最初の週に三匹の良い魚を捕まえた。
It made the boy sad to see the old man come in each day with his skiff empty and he always went down to help him carry either the coiled lines or the gaff and harpoon and the sail that was furled around the mast.
make
(させる)
[動]
cause to be or become
sad
(悲しい)
[形]
unhappy or mournful
see
(見る)
[動]
perceive with the eyes
come in
(帰ってくる)
[動]
enter a place
each day
(毎日)
[副]
every day
empty
(空の)
[形]
containing nothing
always
(いつも)
[副]
on all occasions; every time
go down
(降りて行く)
[動]
move from a higher to a lower level
help
(手伝う)
[動]
make it easier for someone to do something by sharing work or providing assistance
carry
(運ぶ)
[動]
take or bring from one place to another
coiled line
(巻いたロープ)
[名]
a rope that has been wound into a circular or spiral shape
gaff
(かぎ針)
[名]
a large hook with a handle, used for lifting or hanging things
harpoon
(銛)
[名]
a barbed spear-like weapon used for catching whales and other large sea creatures
sail
(帆)
[名]
a large piece of fabric that is attached to a ship's masts and is used to catch the wind so that the ship can move
furl
(巻きつける)
[動]
roll up and secure
mast
(マスト)
[名]
a tall upright post on a ship or boat that supports the sails
少年は老人が毎日空の小舟で帰ってくるのを見るのが悲しくて、いつも降りて行って、巻いたロープや、かぎ針や銛、マストにまきつけた帆を運ぶのを手伝った。
The sail was patched with flour sacks and, furled, it looked like the flag of permanent defeat.
patch
(継ぎ当て)
[動]
repair or mend
flour
(小麦粉)
[名]
a powder made by grinding grain
sack
(袋)
[名]
a large bag made of a flexible material
furl
(巻き上げる)
[動]
roll or fold up
look like
(~のように見える)
[動]
have the appearance of
flag
(旗)
[名]
a piece of fabric with a distinctive design that is used as a symbol or as a signaling device
defeat
(敗北)
[名]
the loss of a battle or game
帆は小麦粉の袋で継ぎ当てがしてあり、巻き上げると永遠の敗北の旗のように見えた。
The old man was thin and gaunt with deep wrinkles in the back of his neck.
thin
(痩せている)
[形]
having little flesh or fat on the body
gaunt
(やつれた)
[形]
lean and haggard
deep
(深い)
[形]
having a specified distance from the top or surface to the bottom
wrinkle
(皺)
[名]
a small fold or crease in the skin
老人は痩せていて、首の後ろに深い皺があった。
The brown blotches of the benevolent skin cancer the sun brings from its reflection on the tropic sea were on his cheeks.
brown
(褐色の)
[形]
of the color intermediate between red and yellow in the spectrum; of a color produced by combining red, yellow, and black
blotch
(斑点)
[名]
a large spot or mark
benevolent
(良性の)
[形]
well meaning and kindly
skin cancer
(皮膚癌)
[名]
a cancer of the skin
sun
(太陽)
[名]
the star that is the sole source of light and heat for the Earth's solar system
bring
(もたらす)
[動]
cause to come or happen
reflection
(反射)
[名]
the throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
tropic
(熱帯)
[名]
the region of the Earth that lies roughly between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn
sea
(海)
[名]
a large expanse of salt water covering most of the earth's surface and surrounding its land masses
cheek
(頬)
[名]
the side of the face below the eye and between the nose and ear
熱帯の海に反射した太陽光線がもたらす良性の皮膚癌の褐色の斑点が頬にあった。
The blotches ran well down the sides of his face and his hands had the deep-creased scars from handling heavy fish on the cords.
run down
(広がる)
[動]
extend or stretch
side
(側)
[名]
a position to the left or right of an object
hand
(手)
[名]
the end of an arm
scar
(傷)
[名]
a mark left on the skin or within body tissue where a wound, burn, or sore has not healed completely and fibrous connective tissue has developed
斑点は顔の両側にまで広がり、手には重い魚を綱で引っ張ったために深く刻み込まれた傷があった。
But none of these scars were fresh.
none of
(どれも~ない)
[限]
not one of
fresh
(新しい)
[形]
recently produced or harvested
しかし、これらの傷はどれも新しいものではなかった。
They were as old as erosions in a fishless desert.
old
(古い)
[形]
having lived or existed for a long time
erosion
(浸食)
[名]
the gradual wearing away of earth, rock, or soil by the action of water, wind, or ice
desert
(砂漠)
[名]
a dry, sandy region of little rainfall, extreme temperature, and sparse vegetation
魚のいない砂漠の浸食と同じくらい古かった。
They sat on the Terrace and many of the fishermen made fun of the old man and he was not angry.
sit
(座る)
[動]
be in a position in which your weight is supported by your buttocks rather than your feet and your upper body is more or less upright
make fun of
(からかう)
[動]
ridicule or make jokes about
angry
(怒る)
[形]
feeling or showing anger
彼らはテラスに座り、多くの漁師が老人をからかったが、彼は怒らなかった。
Others, of the older fishermen, looked at him and were sad.
other
(他の)
[形]
the remaining one or ones
older
(年配の)
[形]
of an age that is more advanced than that of another person
look at
(見る)
[動]
direct one's gaze toward
年配の漁師たちは彼を見て悲しんだ。
But they did not show it and they spoke politely about the current and the depths they had drifted their lines at and the steady good weather and of what they had seen.
show
(見せる)
[動]
make visible or noticeable
current
(流れ)
[名]
a body of water moving in a definite direction
depth
(深さ)
[名]
the distance from the top to the bottom of something
drift
(流す)
[動]
be carried along by a current of air or water
line
(釣り糸)
[名]
a length of cord used for catching fish
steady
(安定した)
[形]
not faltering or wavering
good weather
(好天)
[名]
weather that is pleasant or favorable
しかし、彼らはそれを隠し、流れや、流し釣りをした深さ、安定した好天、そして見たことについて丁寧に話した。
The successful fishermen of that day were already in and had butchered their marlin out and carried them laid full length across two planks, with two men staggering at the end of each plank, to the fish house where they waited for the ice truck to carry them to the market in Havana.
successful
(成功した)
[形]
having achieved success
that day
(その日)
[名]
the day being discussed
already
(すでに)
[副]
before or by now or the time in question
in
(帰港し)
[動]
to arrive
butcher
(解体する)
[動]
to slaughter or cut up (an animal) for food
marlin
(カジキ)
[名]
a large marine game fish
full length
(全長に渡って)
[名]
the complete extent of something
across
(乗せ)
[前]
from one side to the other of
plank
(厚板)
[名]
a long, flat, thin piece of wood
two
(2人の)
[数]
one more than one
man
(男)
[名]
an adult male human being
stagger
(よろめきながら)
[動]
to walk or move unsteadily, as if about to fall
end
(端で)
[名]
the last part of something
fish house
(魚屋)
[名]
a place where fish are sold
wait
(待っていた)
[動]
to stay in one place until someone or something arrives
ice truck
(氷トラック)
[名]
a truck that carries ice
market
(市場)
[名]
a place where goods or services are bought and sold
Havana
(ハバナ)
[名]
the capital of Cuba
その日、漁に成功した漁師たちはすでに帰港し、カジキを解体して、2枚の厚板に全長に渡って乗せ、2人の男がそれぞれの厚板の端でよろめきながら、魚屋まで運び、そこでハバナの市場に運ぶための氷トラックを待っていた。
Those who had caught sharks had taken them to the shark factory on the other side of the cove where they were hoisted on a block and tackle, their livers removed, their fins cut off and their hides skinned out and their flesh cut into strips for salting.
shark
(鮫)
[名]
a large marine fish with a cartilaginous skeleton and a prominent dorsal fin
catch
(捕まえる)
[動]
to capture or seize
cove
(入り江)
[名]
a small bay or inlet
block
(滑車)
[名]
a pulley or system of pulleys with a rope or cable passing over them
tackle
(滑車)
[名]
a pulley or system of pulleys with a rope or cable passing over them
hoist
(吊り上げる)
[動]
to raise or lift
liver
(肝臓)
[名]
a large lobed glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates
remove
(取り出す)
[動]
to take away or move from a place
fin
(ひれ)
[名]
a flattened appendage on various parts of the body of a fish or other aquatic animal
cut off
(切り取る)
[動]
to separate or remove by cutting
hide
(皮)
[名]
the skin of an animal
skin
(剥ぐ)
[動]
to remove the skin from
flesh
(肉)
[名]
the soft substance of the body of a person or an animal
cut into
(細切りにする)
[動]
to cut into pieces
salt
(塩漬けにする)
[動]
to preserve with salt
鮫を捕まえた漁師たちは、鮫を入り江の反対側にある鮫工場に運び、そこで滑車で吊り上げ、肝臓を取り出し、ひれを切り取り、皮を剥ぎ、肉を塩漬け用の細切りにした。
When the wind was in the east a smell came across the harbour from the shark factory;
wind
(風)
[名]
a natural force that is caused by air moving from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure
east
(東)
[名]
the direction toward the right of a person facing north
come across
(漂ってくる)
[動]
to be found or encountered by chance
harbour
(港)
[名]
a sheltered place on the coast where ships can dock
factory
(工場)
[名]
a building or set of buildings with facilities for manufacturing goods
東風が吹くと、鮫工場から港を越えて匂いが漂ってきた。
but today there was only the faint edge of the odour because the wind had backed into the north and then dropped off and it was pleasant and sunny on the Terrace.
today
(今日)
[名]
the present day
faint
(かすか)
[形]
lacking brightness or vividness
edge
(端)
[名]
the outside limit of an object
odour
(匂い)
[名]
a quality of something that is perceived by the sense of smell
back
(吹く)
[動]
move in a reverse direction
north
(北)
[名]
the direction that is to the left of a person facing east
drop off
(止む)
[動]
stop or cause to stop
pleasant
(気持ちいい)
[形]
giving or capable of giving joy or pleasure
sunny
(晴れた)
[形]
free of clouds; bright with sunlight
しかし、今日は風が北に吹き、その後止んでしまったので、匂いはかすかにしか感じられず、テラスは気持ちよく晴れていた。
“I can remember the tail slapping and banging and the thwart breaking and the noise of the clubbing.
tail
(尾)
[名]
the posterior prolongation of the body of an animal
slapping
(叩きつけられる)
[動]
hit with an open hand
banging
(叩かれる)
[動]
hit with a closed hand
thwart
(横木)
[名]
a seat across a boat
breaking
(折れる)
[動]
separate into pieces as a result of impact or stress
clubbing
(棍棒)
[名]
a heavy stick with a thick end
「尾が叩きつけられたり、叩かれたり、横木が折れたり、棍棒の音がしたのを覚えています。
I can remember you throwing me into the bow where the wet coiled lines were and feeling the whole boat shiver and the noise of you clubbing him like chopping a tree down and the sweet blood smell all over me.”
bow
(船首)
[名]
the front part of a ship
wet
(濡れた)
[形]
covered or saturated with water or another liquid
coil
(巻く)
[動]
wind or be wound into a spiral
line
(ロープ)
[名]
a length of cord or rope
feel
(感じる)
[動]
be aware of (something) through touch
whole
(全体)
[形]
all of; the entire
shiver
(震える)
[動]
tremble or shake
noise
(音)
[名]
a sound, especially one that is loud or unpleasant or that causes disturbance
club
(殴る)
[動]
hit with a heavy stick
tree
(木)
[名]
a woody perennial plant typically having a main stem or trunk and generally a distinct elevated crown
smell
(匂い)
[名]
the property of a substance that has an effect on the olfactory organs
濡れたロープが巻いてある船首に私を投げ込んだことや、船全体が震えたこと、木を切り倒すような音がしたこと、甘い血の匂いがしたことを覚えています」
They picked up the gear from the boat.
pick up
(取り上げる)
[動]
to lift or take up
gear
(道具)
[名]
equipment or apparatus
彼らは道具を船から取り上げた。
The old man carried the mast on his shoulder and the boy carried the wooden box with the coiled, hard-braided brown lines, the gaff and the harpoon with its shaft.
shoulder
(肩)
[名]
the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
wooden box
(木箱)
[名]
a box made of wood
hard-braided
(硬く編んだ)
[形]
made by braiding tightly
brown line
(茶色のロープ)
[名]
a rope that is brown in color
shaft
(柄)
[名]
the long straight handle of a tool or weapon
老人は肩にマストを担ぎ、少年は硬く編んだ茶色のロープを巻いた木箱と、ギャフと柄のついた銛を運んだ。
The box with the baits was under the stern of the skiff along with the club that was used to subdue the big fish when they were brought alongside.
stern
(船尾)
[名]
the rear part of a ship or boat
club
(棍棒)
[名]
a heavy stick with a thick end, used as a weapon
subdue
(制圧する)
[動]
overcome, quieten, or bring under control
bring
(引き寄せる)
[動]
cause to come to a place
餌の入った箱は、大きな魚を船に引き寄せた時に制圧するために使う棍棒と一緒に小舟の船尾の下にあった。
No one would steal from the old man but it was better to take the sail and the heavy lines home as the dew was bad for them and, though he was quite sure no local people would steal from him, the old man thought that a gaff and a harpoon were needless temptations to leave in a boat.
heavy
(重い)
[形]
having a large mass or weight
dew
(露)
[名]
water droplets that form on cold surfaces at night
local
(地元の)
[形]
of or relating to a particular area or place
誰も老人から盗もうとはしなかったが、帆と重いロープは露に弱いので家に持ち帰った方がよかったし、地元の人は誰も盗まないと確信していたが、老人はギャフと銛を船に残しておくのは余計な誘惑だと考えていた。
They walked up the road together to the old man's shack and went in through its open door.
walk up
(歩いて行く)
[動]
go somewhere on foot
road
(道)
[名]
a way on land between two places that has been paved to allow travel by transport
together
(一緒に)
[副]
with or at the same time as another person or thing
shack
(小屋)
[名]
a small, crudely built cabin
go in
(中に入る)
[動]
enter a place
open door
(開いたドア)
[名]
a door that is not closed
彼らは一緒に道を歩いて老人の小屋まで行き、開いたドアから中に入った。
The old man leaned the mast with its wrapped sail against the wall and the boy put the box and the other gear beside it.
lean
(立てかける)
[動]
be in or move into a sloping position
wrap
(巻く)
[動]
wind around something
wall
(壁)
[名]
a continuous vertical brick or stone structure that encloses or divides an area of land
put
(置く)
[動]
move something or someone to a specified place
老人は帆を巻いたマストを壁に立てかけ、少年は箱と他の道具をその横に置いた。
The mast was nearly as long as the one room of the shack.
long
(長さ)
[名]
the measurement of the extent of something from end to end
room
(部屋)
[名]
a part of a building enclosed by walls, floor, and ceiling
マストは小屋の部屋の長さほどもあった。
The shack was made of the tough bud-shields of the royal palm which are called guano and in it there was a bed, a table, one chair, and a place on the dirt floor to cook with charcoal.
be made of
(でできている)
[動]
be composed of
tough
(硬い)
[形]
strong and durable
bud
(芽)
[名]
a small protuberance on a plant that develops into a flower, leaf, or shoot
shield
(盾)
[名]
a piece of metal, wood, or another material used as a protection against weapons or missiles
royal palm
(王椰子)
[名]
a species of palm native to Florida, the Bahamas, Cuba, and Hispaniola
guano
(グアノ)
[名]
the excrement of seabirds or bats, used as fertilizer
bed
(ベッド)
[名]
a place to sleep
table
(テーブル)
[名]
a piece of furniture with a flat top and one or more legs, providing a level surface for eating, writing, or working at
chair
(椅子)
[名]
a seat with a back, usually for one person
dirt floor
(土の床)
[名]
a floor made of dirt
charcoal
(炭)
[名]
a black or dark gray porous material consisting of carbonized wood, used as a fuel
小屋はグアノと呼ばれる王椰子の硬い芽の盾でできていて、中にはベッド、テーブル、椅子が1つ、土の床に炭火で調理する場所があった。
On the brown walls of the flattened, overlapping leaves of the sturdy fibered guano there was a picture in color of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and another of the Virgin of Cobre.
on
(に)
[前]
in contact with and supported by
flattened
(平らな)
[形]
made level or smooth
overlapping
(重なり合った)
[形]
lying one over or partly over another
sturdy
(丈夫な)
[形]
strong and healthy
fibered
(繊維質の)
[形]
made of fibers
picture
(絵)
[名]
a representation of a person, animal, or thing in a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.
Sacred Heart of Jesus
(イエスの聖心)
[名]
a devotional image of the physical heart of Jesus Christ as a representation of his divine love for humanity
Virgin of Cobre
(コブレの聖母)
[名]
a statue of the Virgin Mary venerated in the town of Cobre, Cuba
丈夫な繊維質のグアノの平らで重なり合った葉の茶色の壁には、イエスの聖心とコブレの聖母の絵が飾られていた。
These were relics of his wife.
relic
(遺品)
[名]
something that has survived from an earlier time
wife
(妻)
[名]
a married woman
これらは彼の妻の遺品だった。
Once there had been a tinted photograph of his wife on the wall but he had taken it down because it made him too lonely to see it and it was on the shelf in the corner under his clean shirt.
once
(かつて)
[副]
at some earlier time
take down
(取り外す)
[動]
remove from a higher position
lonely
(寂しい)
[形]
sad because one has no friends or company
shelf
(棚)
[名]
a long, flat piece of wood or rigid material, attached to a wall or forming part of a bookcase or other furniture, that provides a surface for the storage or display of objects
corner
(隅)
[名]
the area or space where two or more sides or edges meet
shirt
(シャツ)
[名]
a garment for the upper body made of cotton or a similar fabric, with a collar, sleeves, and buttons down the front
かつて壁には妻の色付き写真があったが、それを見るとあまりに寂しくなるので取り外し、今はきれいなシャツの下の隅の棚に置いてあった。
When the boy came back the old man was asleep in the chair and the sun was down.
asleep
(眠る)
[形]
in or into a state of sleep
be down
(沈む)
[動]
to move from a higher to a lower position
少年が戻って来ると老人は椅子で眠り、日が沈んでいた。
The boy took the old army blanket off the bed and spread it over the back of the chair and over the old man's shoulders.
take
(取る)
[動]
get into one's possession, power, or control
army
(軍用)
[名]
the military forces of a country
blanket
(毛布)
[名]
a large piece of woollen or similar material used as a bed covering
spread
(掛ける)
[動]
stretch out so as to cover a wider area
back
(背もたれ)
[名]
the part of a chair that supports a person's back
少年はベッドから古い軍用毛布を取り、椅子の背もたれと老人の肩に掛けた。
They were strange shoulders, still powerful although very old, and the neck was still strong too and the creases did not show so much when the old man was asleep and his head fallen forward.
powerful
(力強い)
[形]
having great power or strength
neck
(首)
[名]
the part of a person's or animal's body that connects the head to the rest of the body
crease
(しわ)
[名]
a line or mark made by folding or crushing something
show
(目立つ)
[動]
be or make visible
head
(頭)
[名]
the upper part of the human body, or the front or upper part of the body of an animal, typically separated from the rest of the body by a neck, and containing the brain, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth
fall
(落ちる)
[動]
move or cause to move from a higher to a lower level, typically rapidly and without control
それは奇妙な肩で、とても年老いているにもかかわらずまだ力強く、首もまだ強く、老人が眠って頭が前に落ちている時にはしわがあまり目立たなかった。
His shirt had been patched so many times that it was like the sail and the patches were faded to many different shades by the sun.
so many times
(何度も)
[副]
on many occasions
fade
(色あせる)
[動]
lose brightness or vividness
彼のシャツは何度も継ぎ当てがしてあり、帆のようであり、継ぎ当ては太陽で色あせて様々な色合いになっていた。
The old man's head was very old though and with his eyes closed there was no life in his face.
very
(とても)
[副]
to a high degree; extremely
close
(閉じる)
[動]
move so as to cover an opening
face
(顔)
[名]
the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
しかし老人の頭はとても老いており、目を閉じている時には顔に生気がなかった。
The newspaper lay across his knees and the weight of his arm held it there in the evening breeze.
lie across
(置かれる)
[動]
be in or assume a horizontal or resting position
knee
(膝)
[名]
the joint between the thigh and the lower leg
weight
(重み)
[名]
the force exerted on a body by gravity
arm
(腕)
[名]
an upper limb
hold
(留まる)
[動]
keep or maintain in a certain state, position, or condition
evening
(夕方)
[名]
the period of a day from the end of the afternoon to the beginning of night
新聞は膝の上に置かれ、夕方のそよ風の中で腕の重みでそこに留まっていた。
He was barefooted.
barefoot
(裸足)
[形]
having no shoes or socks on
彼は裸足だった。
The boy had brought them in a two-decker metal container from the Terrace.
two-decker
(二段重ねの)
[形]
having two decks
metal
(金属製の)
[形]
made of metal
container
(容器)
[名]
any receptacle or enclosure for holding a product used in storage, packing and shipping
少年はテラスから二段重ねの金属製容器に入れて持ってきた。
The two sets of knives and forks and spoons were in his pocket with a paper napkin wrapped around each set.
two sets
(二組)
[名]
two groups of things
knife
(ナイフ)
[名]
a cutting instrument with a blade and a handle
fork
(フォーク)
[名]
a pronged tool used for eating or serving food
spoon
(スプーン)
[名]
a utensil with a handle and a small bowl-shaped container at the end
pocket
(ポケット)
[名]
a small bag sewn into or on clothing so as to form part of it, used for carrying small articles
paper napkin
(紙ナプキン)
[名]
a piece of paper used for wiping the mouth or fingers while eating
wrap
(包む)
[動]
cover or enclose with paper or other material
ナイフとフォークとスプーンの二組は、それぞれ紙ナプキンに包まれて彼のポケットに入っていた。
Where did you wash? the boy thought.
wash
(洗う)
[動]
clean with water and usually soap
どこで洗ったんだ? と少年は思った。
The village water supply was two streets down the road.
village
(村)
[名]
a small human settlement in a rural area
water supply
(水道)
[名]
the amount of water available for use
street
(道)
[名]
a road in a city, town, or village, typically with houses and buildings on one or both sides
down
(下ったところ)
[副]
to or in a lower place or position
村の水道は道を2本下ったところにあった。
I must have water here for him, the boy thought, and soap and a good towel.
water
(水)
[名]
the liquid that descends from the clouds as rain, forms streams, lakes, and seas, and is the major constituent of all living matter and that when pure is an odorless, tasteless, very slightly compress...
soap
(石鹸)
[名]
a cleansing agent made from fats and lye
towel
(タオル)
[名]
a piece of absorbent cloth or paper that is used for drying or wiping something
彼のためにここに水を用意しておかなければ、と少年は思った。石鹸と良いタオルも。
Why am I so thoughtless?
why
(なぜ)
[副]
for what reason or purpose
so
(こんなにも)
[副]
to such a great extent
thoughtless
(思慮が足りない)
[形]
lacking care for others
なぜ私はこんなにも思慮が足りないのだろう?
I must get him another shirt and a jacket for the winter and some sort of shoes and another blanket.
another
(もう一枚)
[形]
an additional one of the same type
winter
(冬)
[名]
the season of the year that is coldest
jacket
(ジャケット)
[名]
a short coat
some sort of
(何か)
[名]
an unspecified thing
shoe
(靴)
[名]
a covering for the foot
彼にもう一枚シャツと冬用のジャケットと何か靴ともう一枚毛布を買ってあげなければ。
“He used to come to the Terrace sometimes too in the older days.
use to
(よく~したものだ)
[助]
did something regularly in the past
sometimes
(時々)
[副]
occasionally; now and then
too
(も)
[副]
also; as well
older days
(昔)
[名]
a time in the past
「彼も昔はテラスによく来ていた。
But he was rough and harsh-spoken and difficult when he was drinking.
rough
(荒々しい)
[形]
having a texture that is not smooth or regular
harsh
(口が悪い)
[形]
unpleasantly rough or sharp to the senses
difficult
(扱いにくかった)
[形]
not easy; requiring much effort
でも彼は荒々しく、口が悪く、酒を飲むと扱いにくかった。
His mind was on horses as well as baseball.
mind
(熱中)
[名]
one's intention; what one intends to do
horse
(馬)
[名]
a large, four-legged mammal that has been domesticated by humans since prehistoric times
彼は野球と同じくらい馬にも熱中していた。
At least he carried lists of horses at all times in his pocket and frequently spoke the names of horses on the telephone.”
at least
(少なくとも)
[副]
not less than; as much as
carry
(持つ)
[動]
to hold or support
list
(リスト)
[名]
a series of names, items, or categories
frequently
(よく)
[副]
often; many times
speak
(口にする)
[動]
to say something
name
(名前)
[名]
a word or set of words using which a person is referred to
telephone
(電話)
[名]
a system for transmitting voices over a distance using wire or radio
少なくとも彼はいつも馬のリストを持っていて、よく電話で馬の名前を口にしていた」
The boy went out.
go out
(出て行く)
[動]
leave a place
少年は出て行った。
They had eaten with no light on the table and the old man took off his trousers and went to bed in the dark.
take off
(脱ぐ)
[動]
remove an item of clothing
dark
(暗闇)
[名]
the absence of light
彼らはテーブルに明かりをともさずに食事をし、老人はズボンを脱いで暗闇の中でベッドに入った。
He rolled his trousers up to make a pillow, putting the newspaper inside them.
roll up
(丸める)
[動]
make into a roll
make
(作る)
[動]
create or produce
pillow
(枕)
[名]
a cushion for resting one's head on
newspaper
(新聞紙)
[名]
a printed publication consisting of folded unstapled sheets and containing news, articles, advertisements and correspondence
彼はズボンを丸めて枕を作り、その中に新聞紙を入れた。
He rolled himself in the blanket and slept on the other old newspapers that covered the springs of the bed.
roll
(くるまる)
[動]
move or cause to move in a circular fashion
spring
(スプリング)
[名]
a device made of an elastic material that is used to store energy when it is compressed or stretched
彼は毛布にくるまって、ベッドのスプリングを覆っている他の古い新聞紙の上で眠った。
He was asleep in a short time and he dreamed of Africa when he was a boy and the long golden beaches and the white beaches, so white they hurt your eyes, and the high capes and the great brown mountains.
be asleep
(眠る)
[動]
be in a state of sleep
short time
(短時間)
[名]
a small amount of time
dream
(夢を見る)
[動]
have a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep
golden
(黄金の)
[形]
made of or relating to gold
beach
(海岸)
[名]
an area of land beside the sea or a lake that is covered with sand or pebbles
white
(白い)
[形]
of the color intermediate between black and gray
hurt
(痛い)
[動]
feel pain in a part of your body
high
(高い)
[形]
of great vertical extent
cape
(岬)
[名]
a large area of land that sticks out into the sea
彼はすぐに眠り、少年時代のアフリカと、長い黄金の海岸と、目が痛くなるほど白い海岸、そして高い岬と大きな茶色の山々を夢見た。
He lived along that coast now every night and in his dreams he heard the surf roar and saw the native boats come riding through it.
live along
(住む)
[動]
live in a place
coast
(海岸)
[名]
the land next to the sea
every night
(毎晩)
[副]
on every night
dream
(夢)
[名]
a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person's mind during sleep
hear
(聞く)
[動]
perceive with the ear the sound made by (someone or something)
surf
(波)
[名]
the swell of the sea that breaks on the shore
roar
(轟音)
[名]
a loud, deep, prolonged sound
native
(原住民)
[名]
a person born in a particular place
彼は今や毎晩その海岸沿いに住んでいて、夢の中で波の轟音を聞き、原住民のボートが波を乗り越えてやってくるのを見たのだった。
He smelled the tar and oakum of the deck as he slept and he smelled the smell of Africa that the land breeze brought at morning.
smell
(匂いを嗅ぐ)
[動]
perceive or detect the odor of
tar
(タール)
[名]
a black sticky substance obtained by the distillation of wood or coal
oakum
(オークム)
[名]
a loose fiber obtained by untwisting and picking apart old ropes
deck
(甲板)
[名]
the floor of a ship
land breeze
(陸風)
[名]
a wind that blows from land to sea
彼は眠っている間に甲板のタールやオークムの匂いを嗅ぎ、朝には陸風が運んでくるアフリカの匂いを嗅いだ。
He no longer dreamed of storms, nor of women, nor of great occurrences, nor of great fish, nor fights, nor contests of strength, nor of his wife.
no longer
(もはや)
[副]
not anymore; not now
storm
(嵐)
[名]
a violent disturbance of the atmosphere with strong winds and usually rain, snow, or hail
woman
(女)
[名]
an adult human female
great occurrence
(大事件)
[名]
a significant event
great fish
(大魚)
[名]
a large fish
fight
(喧嘩)
[名]
a violent confrontation of people or animals
contest of strength
(力比べ)
[名]
a competition to see who is stronger
彼はもはや嵐も、女も、大事件も、大魚も、喧嘩も、力比べも、妻も夢に見なかった。
He only dreamed of places now and of the lions on the beach.
place
(場所)
[名]
a particular position or point in space
beach
(浜辺)
[名]
an area of sand or pebbles beside the sea or a lake that is not covered with water when the tide is low
彼は今では場所と浜辺のライオンしか夢に見なかった。
They played like young cats in the dusk and he loved them as he loved the boy.
dusk
(夕暮れ)
[名]
the time of day when it is becoming dark
love
(愛する)
[動]
have a strong feeling of affection for
彼らは夕暮れ時に子猫のように遊び、彼は少年を愛するように彼らを愛した。
He never dreamed about the boy.
彼は少年の夢を見ることはなかった。
He simply woke, looked out the open door at the moon and unrolled his trousers and put them on.
simply
(ただ)
[副]
in a simple manner
look out
(見る)
[動]
direct one's gaze outward
open
(開いた)
[形]
not closed or blocked
door
(ドア)
[名]
a hinged barrier used to close an entrance
moon
(月)
[名]
the natural satellite of the earth
unroll
(広げる)
[動]
open or spread out from a rolled-up state
put on
(履く)
[動]
dress oneself in
彼はただ目を覚まし、開いたドアから月を見て、ズボンを広げて履いた。
He urinated outside the shack and then went up the road to wake the boy.
urinate
(小便をする)
[動]
discharge urine
outside
(外)
[名]
the external part of something
彼は小屋の外で小便をし、それから少年を起こすために道を上った。
He was shivering with the morning cold.
cold
(寒さ)
[名]
the state of having a low temperature
彼は朝の寒さで震えていた。
But he knew he would shiver himself warm and that soon he would be rowing.
warm
(暖まる)
[動]
become warm
soon
(すぐに)
[副]
in a short time; quickly
しかし、彼は震えながら暖まり、すぐに漕ぎ出すことを知っていた。
The door of the house where the boy lived was unlocked and he opened it and walked in quietly with his bare feet.
house
(家)
[名]
a place where people live permanently, especially as a member of a family or household
live
(住む)
[動]
have as one's permanent home
unlock
(鍵がかかっていない)
[動]
release the lock of
walk
(歩く)
[動]
move at a regular and fairly slow pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn, never having both feet off the ground at once
quietly
(静かに)
[副]
with little or no noise
bare feet
(素足)
[名]
feet that are not covered by anything
少年が住んでいる家のドアは鍵がかかっておらず、彼はそれを押し開けて素足で静かに中に入った。
The boy was asleep on a cot in the first room and the old man could see him clearly with the light that came in from the dying moon.
clearly
(はっきりと)
[副]
in a clear manner
light
(光)
[名]
the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible
come in
(差し込む)
[動]
enter
少年は最初の部屋の簡易ベッドで眠っており、老人は沈む月から差し込む光で彼をはっきりと見ることができた。
He took hold of one foot gently and held it until the boy woke and turned and looked at him.
take hold of
(握る)
[動]
grasp firmly
hold
(握り続ける)
[動]
keep holding
turn
(振り返る)
[動]
change direction
彼は片方の足をそっと握り、少年が目を覚まして振り返り、彼を見るまでそれを握り続けた。
The old man nodded and the boy took his trousers from the chair by the bed and, sitting on the bed, pulled them on.
nod
(うなずく)
[動]
move your head to show that you agree, understand, or are saying yes
pull
(履く)
[動]
put on an item of clothing by pulling it over your body
老人はうなずき、少年はベッドのそばの椅子からズボンを取り、ベッドに座ってそれを履いた。
The old man drank his coffee slowly.
drink
(飲む)
[動]
take into the mouth and swallow
slowly
(ゆっくりと)
[副]
not quickly; at a low speed
老人はゆっくりとコーヒーを飲んだ。
It was all he would have all day and he knew that he should take it.
all day
(一日中)
[副]
for the entire day
take
(食べる)
[動]
eat or drink
それが彼が一日中食べる全てであり、彼はそれを食べる必要があることを知っていた。
For a long time now eating had bored him and he never carried a lunch.
for a long time
(長い間)
[副]
for a long period of time
bore
(退屈させる)
[動]
cause to feel bored
carry
(持ち歩く)
[動]
take or bring with oneself
長い間、食事は彼を退屈させ、彼は決して昼食を持ち歩かなかった。
He had a bottle of water in the bow of the skiff and that was all he needed for the day.
bottle
(ボトル)
[名]
a container with a neck that is narrower than the body and a mouth that can be closed with a cap
day
(一日中)
[名]
the period of time from sunrise to sunset
彼は小舟の船首に水のボトルを置いており、それが彼が一日中必要とする全てだった。
“Good luck,” the old man said.
「幸運を祈るよ」と老人は言った。
He fitted the rope lashings of the oars onto the thole pins and, leaning forward against the thrust of the blades in the water, he began to row out of the harbour in the dark.
fit
(取り付ける)
[動]
be of the right shape and size
rope
(ロープ)
[名]
a length of strong thick cord made by twisting together strands of fiber
lashing
(取り付け)
[名]
a secure fastening or tying
oar
(オール)
[名]
a long pole with a flat blade at one end used for rowing a boat
thole pin
(オール受け)
[名]
a wooden peg set vertically in the gunwale of a boat to serve as a fulcrum for an oar
blade
(ブレード)
[名]
the flat cutting part of a knife, saw, or other tool
thrust
(推進力)
[名]
a strong push or shove
begin
(漕ぎ出し始める)
[動]
start to do something
彼はオールに取り付けたロープをオール受けにかけ、水中のブレードの推進力に逆らって前傾姿勢で、暗闇の中、港から漕ぎ出し始めた。
There were other boats from the other beaches going out to sea and the old man heard the dip and push of their oars even though he could not see them now the moon was below the hills.
dip
(水かき音)
[名]
a brief or slight decrease
push
(音)
[名]
a force that moves something away from the person or thing applying the force
hill
(丘)
[名]
a naturally raised area of land with a rounded top
他の海岸からも他のボートが海に出て行き、月が丘の下に沈んだ今、老人には見えなかったが、老人は彼らのオールの水かき音を聞いた。
Sometimes someone would speak in a boat.
someone
(誰か)
[代]
some person
speak
(話す)
[動]
say words out loud
時々、誰かがボートの中で話す。
But most of the boats were silent except for the dip of the oars.
most
(ほとんど)
[形]
the majority of
silent
(静か)
[形]
making no sound
しかし、ほとんどのボートはオールの水かき音以外は静かだった。
They spread apart after they were out of the mouth of the harbour and each one headed for the part of the ocean where he hoped to find fish.
spread apart
(散り散りになる)
[動]
move away from each other
mouth
(入り口)
[名]
the opening of a river
head for
(向かう)
[動]
go in the direction of
ocean
(海)
[名]
the body of salt water covering most of the earth's surface and surrounding its land masses
彼らは港の入り口から出た後、散り散りになり、それぞれが魚を見つけたいと望む海の部分に向かった。
The old man knew he was going far out and he left the smell of the land behind and rowed out into the clean early morning smell of the ocean.
land
(陸)
[名]
the solid surface of the earth
behind
(後ろ)
[副]
in or to the rear
out
(外)
[副]
away from a place
clean
(清浄な)
[形]
free from dirt, marks, or stains
老人は自分が遠くへ行くことを知っており、陸の匂いを後に残し、早朝の清浄な海の匂いへと漕ぎ出した。
He saw the phosphorescence of the Gulf weed in the water as he rowed over the part of the ocean that the fishermen called the great well because there was a sudden deep of seven hundred fathoms where all sorts of fish congregated because of the swirl the current made against the steep walls of the floor of the ocean.
Gulf weed
(ガルフウィード)
[名]
a seaweed that grows in the Gulf of Mexico
phosphorescence
(燐光)
[名]
the emission of light without heat
great well
(大井戸)
[名]
a large well
seven hundred fathoms
(七百尋)
[名]
a unit of length equal to six feet
swirl
(渦)
[名]
a whirling mass of water
current
(海流)
[名]
a continuous movement of water in a definite direction
ocean floor
(海底)
[名]
the bottom of the ocean
steep wall
(急峻な壁)
[名]
a wall that is very steep
all sorts of
(あらゆる種類の)
[形]
of many different types
彼は、海底の急峻な壁にぶつかる海流の渦のためにあらゆる種類の魚が集まる七百尋の急な深みがあるため、漁師たちが大井戸と呼ぶ海の部分を漕ぎながら、水中のガルフウィードの燐光を見た。
Here there were concentrations of shrimp and bait fish and sometimes schools of squid in the deepest holes and these rose close to the surface at night where all the wandering fish fed on them.
concentration
(集中)
[名]
the action or power of focusing one's attention or mental effort
shrimp
(エビ)
[名]
a small crustaceous, which is often used as food
school
(群れ)
[名]
a large number of fish swimming together
squid
(イカ)
[名]
a cephalopod with a long body, eight arms, and two tentacles
hole
(穴)
[名]
a hollow place in a solid object
night
(夜)
[名]
the period of darkness in each twenty-four hours
surface
(水面)
[名]
the top or outside layer of something
feed
(餌にする)
[動]
give food to
wander
(さまよう)
[動]
move about aimlessly or unsystematically
ここにはエビや餌になる魚が集中しており、時にはイカの群れが最も深い穴にいて、夜になるとこれらが水面に近づき、さまよう魚がすべてそれらを餌にしていた。
In the dark the old man could feel the morning coming and as he rowed he heard the trembling sound as flying fish left the water and the hissing that their stiff set wings made as they soared away in the darkness.
in the dark
(暗闇の中で)
[副]
without knowledge or understanding
as
(~するにつれて)
[接]
while or when
trembling
(震える)
[形]
shaking or quivering
sound
(音)
[名]
vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard when they reach a person's or animal's ear
hissing
(シューという音)
[名]
a sibilant sound like that of the letter s
soar
(舞い上がる)
[動]
fly or rise high in the air
暗闇の中で老人は朝が来るのを感じることができ、漕ぎながら飛魚が水を離れる時の震える音と、暗闇の中を舞い上がる時に硬い翼が立てるシューという音を聞いた。
He was very fond of flying fish as they were his principal friends on the ocean.
be fond of
(好きである)
[動]
like or love
flying fish
(飛魚)
[名]
a fish that can leap out of the water and glide for considerable distances
principal
(主な)
[形]
most important; main
friend
(友人)
[名]
a person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection
彼は飛魚が海での主な友人だったので、飛魚がとても好きだった。
He was sorry for the birds, especially the small delicate dark terns that were always flying and looking and almost never finding, and he thought, “The birds have a harder life than we do except for the robber birds and the heavy strong ones.
be sorry for
(気の毒に思う)
[動]
feel regret or guilt for
especially
(特に)
[副]
to a great extent; very much
small
(小さい)
[形]
of a size that is less than normal or usual
delicate
(繊細な)
[形]
very fine in texture or structure; fragile
dark
(黒い)
[形]
with little or no light
tern
(アジサシ)
[名]
any of several species of seabird that are related to the gulls and have long pointed wings and a forked tail
fly
(飛ぶ)
[動]
move through the air with wings
look
(探す)
[動]
direct one's gaze in a specified direction
hard
(つらい)
[形]
requiring a great deal of effort
life
(生活)
[名]
the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death
robber
(強盗)
[名]
a person who commits robbery
彼は鳥たちを気の毒に思った、特にいつも飛び回って探しているがほとんど何も見つけられない小さくて繊細な黒いアジサシを気の毒に思い、「鳥は強盗鳥や重くて強い鳥を除いて、私たちよりもつらい生活を送っている。
Why did they make birds so delicate and fine as those sea swallows when the ocean can be so cruel?
cruel
(残酷な)
[形]
willfully causing pain or suffering to others, or feeling no concern about it
fine
(美しい)
[形]
pleasing to the eye or the ear; beautiful
swallow
(ツバメ)
[名]
a small migratory bird with a long forked tail
海がこんなにも残酷なのに、なぜ海ツバメのような繊細で美しい鳥を作ったのだろう?
She is kind and very beautiful.
kind
(優しい)
[形]
having or showing a friendly, generous, and considerate nature
beautiful
(美しい)
[形]
pleasing to the senses or the mind
彼女は優しくてとても美しい。
But she can be so cruel and it comes so suddenly and such birds that fly, dipping and hunting, with their small sad voices are made too delicately for the sea.”
be so cruel
(とても残酷になる)
[動]
be very cruel
come so suddenly
(とても突然に起こる)
[動]
happen very suddenly
dip
(潜る)
[動]
go under the surface of water
hunt
(狩りをする)
[動]
chase and kill or capture for food
small
(小さな)
[形]
not big
voice
(声)
[名]
the sound produced in a person's larynx and uttered through the mouth, as speech or song
しかし、彼女はとても残酷になることができ、それはとても突然に起こり、飛び、潜り、狩りをするそのような鳥は、小さな悲しい声で海には繊細すぎるように作られている。」
He always thought of the sea as la mar which is what people call her in Spanish when they love her.
Spanish
(スペイン語)
[名]
the Romance language of Spain and most of Central and South America
彼はいつも海をラ・マルと考えていたが、それは人々が海を愛するときにスペイン語で呼ぶ呼び名である。
Sometimes those who love her say bad things of her but they are always said as though she were a woman.
those
(人々)
[名]
the people
thing
(こと)
[名]
an object that one need not, cannot, or does not wish to give a specific name to
時々、彼女を愛する人々は彼女の悪口を言うが、それはいつも彼女が女性であるかのように言われる。
Some of the younger fishermen, those who used buoys as floats for their lines and had motorboats, bought when the shark livers had brought much money, spoke of her as el mar which is masculine.
younger
(若い)
[形]
having lived or existed for a relatively short time
those
(者)
[代]
the people or things previously mentioned or easily identified
use
(使う)
[動]
convert to one's own purposes
buoy
(ブイ)
[名]
a floating object that is anchored to the bottom of a body of water to mark a location
float
(浮き具)
[名]
a device used to keep something afloat
motorboat
(モーターボート)
[名]
a boat propelled by a motor
speak
(呼ぶ)
[動]
make a statement
her
(海)
[代]
the woman or girl previously mentioned
as
(として)
[接]
used to introduce a clause that expresses a comparison
el mar
(エル・マル)
[名]
the sea
which
(男性名詞)
[代]
the thing or things previously mentioned or easily identified
be
(である)
[動]
exist or occur
若い漁師の中には、ブイを浮き具として使い、鮫の肝臓が高く売れた時に買ったモーターボートを持っている者もいて、彼らは海を男性名詞のエル・マルと呼んでいた。
They spoke of her as a contestant or a place or even an enemy.
speak of
(語る)
[動]
talk about
contestant
(競争相手)
[名]
a person who takes part in a contest
enemy
(敵)
[名]
a person who is actively opposed or hostile to someone or something
彼らは海を競争相手、場所、あるいは敵として語った。
But the old man always thought of her as feminine and as something that gave or withheld great favours, and if she did wild or wicked things it was because she could not help them.
feminine
(女性的)
[形]
having qualities or an appearance traditionally associated with women
give
(与える)
[動]
to cause someone to have or receive something
withhold
(与えない)
[動]
to hold back or keep from giving
favour
(恩恵)
[名]
an act of kindness beyond what is due or usual
wild
(荒々しい)
[形]
not controlled or disciplined
wicked
(邪悪な)
[形]
morally bad or wrong
help
(仕方がない)
[動]
to make it possible or easier for someone to do something
しかし、老人はいつも海を女性的なものと考え、大きな恩恵を与えたり与えなかったりする何かと考えていたし、もし海が荒々しく邪悪なことをしたとしても、それは仕方のないことだった。
The moon affects her as it does a woman, he thought.
affect
(影響を与える)
[動]
have an effect on
thought
(思った)
[名]
the action or process of thinking
月は女性に影響を与えるように海にも影響を与える、と彼は思った。
He was rowing steadily and it was no effort for him since he kept well within his speed and the surface of the ocean was flat except for the occasional swirls of the current.
steadily
(着実に)
[副]
in a steady manner
effort
(努力)
[名]
a vigorous or determined attempt
keep
(保つ)
[動]
continue in a certain state
speed
(速度)
[名]
the rate at which someone or something moves or operates, or at which something happens or changes
surface
(表面)
[名]
the outside part or uppermost layer of something
flat
(平ら)
[形]
having a level or even surface without raised areas or indentations
occasional
(時折の)
[形]
happening infrequently or irregularly
彼は着実に漕いでいたが、自分の速度を保ち、海面は時折の渦を除いて平らだったので、彼にとって努力は必要なかった。
He was letting the current do a third of the work and as it started to be light he saw he was already further out than he had hoped to be at this hour.
let
(任せる)
[動]
allow to
third
(3分の1)
[名]
one of three equal parts
work
(仕事)
[名]
an activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose of result
further
(遠く)
[副]
to a greater distance
彼は仕事の3分の1を流れに任せていたが、明るくなり始めると、彼はすでにこの時間にいることを望んでいたよりも遠くにいることがわかった。
Before it was really light he had his baits out and was drifting with the current.
really
(本当に)
[副]
in reality; in fact
light
(明るい)
[形]
having a lot of light; bright
out
(出す)
[副]
away from the inside of a place
本当に明るくなる前に、彼は餌を出して流れに漂っていた。
One bait was down forty fathoms.
forty
(40)
[数]
four times ten
fathom
(尋)
[名]
a unit of length equal to six feet
1つの餌は40尋下にあった。
The second was at seventy-five and the third and fourth were down in the blue water at one hundred and one hundred and twenty-five fathoms.
second
(2つ目)
[名]
the number 2
seventy-five
(75尋)
[名]
the number 75
third
(3つ目)
[名]
the number 3
fourth
(4つ目)
[名]
the number 4
hundred
(100尋)
[名]
the number 100
hundred and twenty-five
(125尋)
[名]
the number 125
blue water
(青い海)
[名]
the open sea
2つ目は75尋、3つ目と4つ目は100尋と125尋の青い海の中にあった。
Each bait hung head down with the shank of the hook inside the bait fish, tied and sewed solid and all the projecting part of the hook, the curve and the point, was covered with fresh sardines.
hang
(吊り下げる)
[動]
be suspended or suspended from
shank
(柄)
[名]
the part of a tool or instrument that connects the working part to the handle
inside
(中)
[前]
within the interior of
tie
(縛る)
[動]
fasten or secure with a cord, string, or the like, as by making a knot
sew
(縫い付ける)
[動]
join, fasten, or repair by making stitches with a needle and thread
solid
(しっかりと)
[形]
firm or strong in shape or structure
project
(突き出る)
[動]
extend out from something
part
(部分)
[名]
a piece or segment of something such as an object, area, or period of time
curve
(曲線)
[名]
a line or outline that gradually deviates from being straight for some or all of its length
point
(先端)
[名]
the sharp or tapered end of something
cover
(覆う)
[動]
be or provide a covering for
それぞれの餌は、餌の魚の中にフックの柄を下にして吊り下げられ、しっかりと縛られ、縫い付けられ、フックの突き出た部分、曲線、先端はすべて新鮮なイワシで覆われていた。
Each sardine was hooked through both eyes so that they made a half-garland on the projecting steel.
each
(それぞれの)
[形]
every one of two or more people or things
garland
(花輪)
[名]
a wreath of flowers or leaves
steel
(鋼)
[名]
a hard, strong metal alloy of iron and carbon
それぞれのイワシは両方の目を通して引っ掛けられ、突き出た鋼に半分の花輪を作った。
There was no part of the hook that a great fish could feel which was not sweet smelling and good tasting.
hook
(フック)
[名]
a curved or sharply bent device for catching, holding, or pulling
sweet
(甘い)
[形]
having a pleasant taste like that of sugar or honey
taste
(味わい)
[名]
the sensation produced when a substance in the mouth reacts chemically with taste receptor cells located on taste buds in the oral cavity
大きな魚が感じることができるフックの部分には、甘い香りと良い味わいのないものはなかった。
The boy had given him two fresh small tunas, or albacores, which hung on the two deepest lines like plummets and, on the others, he had a big blue runner and a yellow jack that had been used before;
give
(渡す)
[動]
transfer the possession of something to someone
tuna
(マグロ)
[名]
a large marine fish
plummet
(錘)
[名]
a weight attached to a line
big
(大きな)
[形]
of a size that is greater than average or usual
blue runner
(ブルーランナー)
[名]
a species of fish
yellow jack
(カツオ)
[名]
a species of fish
before
(以前)
[副]
at a time in the past
少年は彼に2匹の新鮮な小さなマグロ、またはビンナガマグロを渡し、それは2本の最も深いラインに錘のように吊り下げられ、他のラインには、彼は以前に使用した大きなブルーランナーとカツオを持っていた。
but they were in good condition still and had the excellent sardines to give them scent and attractiveness.
good condition
(良い状態)
[名]
a state of being in good condition
excellent
(優れた)
[形]
of very high quality
scent
(香り)
[名]
a pleasant smell
attractiveness
(魅力)
[名]
the quality of being attractive
しかし、それらはまだ良い状態で、香りと魅力を与えるために優れたイワシを持っていた。
Each line, as thick around as a big pencil, was looped onto a green-sapped stick so that any pull or touch on the bait would make the stick dip and each line had two forty-fathom coils which could be made fast to the other spare coils so that, if it were necessary, a fish could take out over three hundred fathoms of line.
thick
(太い)
[形]
having a large distance between opposite sides
pencil
(鉛筆)
[名]
a writing implement with a graphite lead embedded in a narrow, solid pigment core inside a protective casing
loop
(巻き付ける)
[動]
form into a loop
stick
(棒)
[名]
a thin piece of wood
dip
(落ちる)
[動]
go down or cause to go down
coil
(コイル)
[名]
a length of something wound or arranged in a spiral
fast
(素早く)
[形]
done or occurring quickly
spare
(予備の)
[形]
additional to what is usual or required
take out
(取り出す)
[動]
remove from a place
大きな鉛筆と同じくらい太い各ラインは、緑色の棒に巻き付けられており、餌を引っ張ったり触れたりすると棒が落ちるようになっており、各ラインには2つの40ファゾムのコイルがあり、他の予備のコイルに素早く取り付けることができるため、必要に応じて魚は300ファゾム以上のラインを取り出すことができる。
The sun rose thinly from the sea and the old man could see the other boats, low on the water and well in toward the shore, spread out across the current.
thinly
(薄く)
[副]
in a thin manner
shore
(岸)
[名]
the land along the edge of a large body of water
太陽が海から薄く昇り、老人は他の船が水面近くにいて、岸に向かってよく見え、流れを横切って広がっているのを見ることができた。
Then the sun was brighter and the glare came on the water and then, as it rose clear, the flat sea sent it back at his eyes so that it hurt sharply and he rowed without looking into it.
bright
(明るい)
[形]
giving out or reflecting much light; shining
glare
(まぶしい光)
[名]
a bright light, especially one that shines directly into your eyes
clear
(はっきりと)
[副]
in a way that is easy to understand
sharply
(鋭く)
[副]
in a way that is sudden and forceful
look into
(直視する)
[動]
examine or inspect closely and thoroughly
やがて太陽が明るくなり、水面にまぶしい光が差し、そして、太陽がはっきりと昇ると、平らな海がそれを彼の目に反射させたので、それは鋭く痛み、彼はそれを直視せずに漕いだ。
He looked down into the water and watched the lines that went straight down into the dark of the water.
look down
(覗き込む)
[動]
direct one's gaze downward
go down
(伸びる)
[動]
move or travel downward
straight
(真っ直ぐに)
[副]
without a bend or curve
彼は水の中を覗き込み、暗い水の中へ真っ直ぐに伸びる釣り糸を見た。
He kept them straighter than anyone did, so that at each level in the darkness of the stream there would be a bait waiting exactly where he wished it to be for any fish that swam there.
level
(レベル)
[名]
a position on a scale of amount, quantity, importance, or quality
darkness
(暗闇)
[名]
the absence of light
stream
(流れ)
[名]
a flow of water in a channel
wait
(待つ)
[動]
stay in one place until someone or something arrives
exactly
(正確に)
[副]
in a way that is accurate or correct
彼は誰よりも真っ直ぐに保っていたので、流れの暗闇の各レベルで、そこに泳ぐどんな魚にも、彼が望む場所に正確に餌が待っているだろう。
Others let them drift with the current and sometimes they were at sixty fathoms when the fishermen thought they were at a hundred.
sometimes
(ときどき)
[副]
occasionally; at times
sixty
(六十)
[形]
the cardinal number that is the product of six and ten
hundred
(百)
[形]
the cardinal number that is equal to ten times ten
他の人は流れに任せて流し、漁師が百尋だと思っているときには六十尋の深さになっていることもあった。
But, he thought, I keep them with precision.
precision
(正確)
[名]
the quality, condition, or fact of being exact and accurate
しかし、私は正確に保っている、と彼は思った。
Only I have no luck any more.
only
(ただ)
[副]
and nothing more; and no one else
have no luck
(運がない)
[動]
be unlucky
ただ、もう運がないだけだ。
But who knows? Maybe today.
who knows
(誰が知っているだろうか)
[句]
an expression of uncertainty
しかし、誰が知っているだろうか? もしかしたら今日かもしれない。
Every day is a new day.
every day
(毎日)
[副]
on each day; daily
new
(新しい)
[形]
not existing before; made, introduced, or discovered recently or now for the first time
毎日が新しい日だ。
It is better to be lucky.
be lucky
(運がいい)
[動]
have good luck
運がいい方がいい。
But I would rather be exact.
rather
(むしろ)
[副]
more readily or willingly
be exact
(正確である)
[動]
be accurate or correct
しかし、私はむしろ正確でありたい。
Then when luck comes you are ready.
when
(時に)
[接]
at the time that; at or during the time that
luck
(運)
[名]
success or failure apparently brought by chance rather than through one's own actions
be ready
(準備ができている)
[動]
be in a state of readiness
そうすれば、運が来た時に準備ができている。
All my life the early sun has hurt my eyes, he thought.
all my life
(私の人生で)
[名]
the period of time during which a person is alive
early sun
(早朝の太陽)
[名]
the sun in the early morning
私の人生で早朝の太陽はいつも私の目を痛めてきた、と彼は思った。
Yet they are still good.
yet
(それでも)
[副]
nevertheless; in spite of that
それでもまだ良い。
In the evening I can look straight into it without getting the blackness.
in the evening
(夕方には)
[副]
in the early part of the night
look straight into
(直視する)
[動]
look directly at
blackness
(黒くなる)
[名]
the quality or state of being black
夕方には、私は黒くならずにそれを直視することができる。
It has more force in the evening too.
force
(力)
[名]
strength or energy exerted or brought to bear
夕方にはもっと力がある。
But in the morning it is painful.
in the morning
(朝)
[名]
the period of a day from sunrise to noon
painful
(痛い)
[形]
causing pain
しかし、朝は痛い。
Just then he saw a man-of-war bird with his long black wings circling in the sky ahead of him.
just then
(ちょうどその時)
[副]
at that very moment
man-of-war bird
(軍艦鳥)
[名]
a large seabird with a long, pointed bill and a long, forked tail
black
(黒い)
[形]
of the color black
wing
(翼)
[名]
a modified forelimb bearing feathers
circle
(旋回する)
[動]
move in a circular motion
sky
(空)
[名]
the atmosphere and outer space seen from the earth
ahead
(前方)
[副]
in front of
ちょうどその時、彼は長い黒い翼を持つ軍艦鳥が彼の前方の空を旋回しているのを見た。
He made a quick drop, slanting down on his back-swept wings, and then circled again.
make a quick drop
(素早く降下する)
[動]
descend rapidly
slant
(斜めにする)
[動]
slope or lean
back-swept wings
(後ろに流れる翼)
[名]
wings that are swept back
彼は後ろに流れる翼を斜めにして素早く降下し、そして再び旋回した。
He shipped his oars and brought a small line from under the bow.
ship
(積む)
[動]
put on board a ship
bring
(取り出す)
[動]
cause to come or go to a place
彼はオールを船に積み、船首の下から小さな釣り糸を取り出した。
It had a wire leader and a medium-sized hook and he baited it with one of the sardines.
wire leader
(ワイヤーリーダー)
[名]
a length of wire used to connect a fishing line to a lure or hook
medium-sized hook
(中型のフック)
[名]
a hook of average size
bait
(餌にする)
[動]
put bait on
ワイヤーリーダーと中型のフックが付いており、イワシの1つを餌にした。
He let it go over the side and then made it fast to a ring bolt in the stern.
let go
(流す)
[動]
release one's hold on
make fast
(固定する)
[動]
attach or secure firmly
彼はそれを横に流し、船尾のリングボルトに固定した。
Then he baited another line and left it coiled in the shade of the bow.
shade
(陰)
[名]
comparative darkness and coolness caused by shelter from direct sunlight
それから彼は別の釣り糸に餌を付け、船首の陰に巻いて置いた。
He went back to rowing and to watching the long-winged black bird who was working, now, low over the water.
go back to
(再び~する)
[動]
return to a previous state or condition
rowing
(漕ぐ)
[名]
the sport or activity of propelling a boat with oars
long-winged
(長い翼の)
[形]
having long wings
彼は再び漕ぎ始め、今や水面近くで働いている長い翼の黒い鳥を眺めた。
As he watched the bird dipped again slanting his wings for the dive and then swinging them wildly and ineffectually as he followed the flying fish.
slant
(傾ける)
[動]
be or cause to be inclined from a vertical or horizontal line
dive
(潜水)
[名]
the act of plunging into water
swing
(羽ばたく)
[動]
move or cause to move back and forth or from side to side
wildly
(激しく)
[副]
in a wild manner
ineffectually
(無駄に)
[副]
without producing the intended or desired effect
follow
(追いかける)
[動]
go after someone or something
彼が見ていると、鳥は再び潜水のために翼を傾けて急降下し、飛魚を追いかけながら翼を激しく無駄に羽ばたかせていた。
The old man could see the slight bulge in the water that the big dolphin raised as they followed the escaping fish.
slight
(わずかな)
[形]
small in degree; inconsiderable
bulge
(膨らみ)
[名]
a rounded swelling or protuberance
raise
(作る)
[動]
cause to be in a specified state
escape
(逃げる)
[動]
get free from confinement or control
老人は、逃げる魚を追いかける大きなイルカが水面に作ったわずかな膨らみを見ることができた。
The dolphin were cutting through the water below the flight of the fish and would be in the water, driving at speed, when the fish dropped.
cut through
(切り裂く)
[動]
move through or across something quickly and forcefully
flight
(飛行)
[名]
the action or process of flying through the air
drop
(落ちる)
[動]
fall or cause to fall
イルカは魚の飛行経路の下で水を切り裂き、魚が落ちると水中にいて、高速で泳いでいた。
It is a big school of dolphin, he thought.
大きなイルカの群れだ、と彼は思った。
They are wide spread and the flying fish have little chance.
wide spread
(広く散らばっている)
[形]
distributed over a wide area
little chance
(ほとんどチャンスがない)
[名]
a small probability
彼らは広く散らばっていて、飛魚はほとんどチャンスがない。
The bird has no chance.
have no chance
(チャンスがない)
[動]
be unlikely to succeed
鳥にはチャンスがない。
The flying fish are too big for him and they go too fast.
too big
(大きすぎる)
[形]
larger than necessary or desirable
too fast
(速すぎる)
[形]
faster than necessary or desirable
飛魚は彼には大きすぎるし、速すぎる。
He watched the flying fish burst out again and again and the ineffectual movements of the bird.
burst out
(飛び出す)
[動]
move or come out suddenly and with force
again and again
(何度も)
[副]
repeatedly
ineffectual
(効果のない)
[形]
not producing the desired or intended effect
movement
(動き)
[名]
an act of moving
彼は飛魚が何度も飛び出し、鳥が効果のない動きをするのを見た。
That school has gotten away from me, he thought.
get away
(逃げる)
[動]
leave a place or situation
あの群れは私から逃げてしまった、と彼は思った。
They are moving out too fast and too far.
move out
(移動する)
[動]
go away from a place
too fast
(速く)
[副]
at a high speed
too far
(遠く)
[副]
at a great distance
彼らは速く遠くへ移動しすぎている。
But perhaps I will pick up a stray and perhaps my big fish is around them.
pick up
(見つける)
[動]
to find or collect
stray
(迷子)
[名]
a lost or homeless person or animal
しかし、おそらく私は迷子を見つけるだろうし、おそらく私の大きな魚は彼らの周りにいるだろう。
My big fish must be somewhere.
somewhere
(どこか)
[副]
in or to some place
私の大きな魚はどこかにいるに違いない。
The clouds over the land now rose like mountains and the coast was only a long green line with the gray blue hills behind it.
cloud
(雲)
[名]
a visible mass of condensed water vapor floating in the atmosphere typically high above the general level of the ground
rise
(立ち上がる)
[動]
go up or move up
mountain
(山)
[名]
a large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level or a large steep hill
green
(緑の)
[形]
of the color intermediate between blue and yellow in the spectrum
line
(線)
[名]
a long thin mark or a series of such marks
gray
(灰色の)
[形]
of a color intermediate between black and white
blue
(青い)
[形]
of the color intermediate between green and violet, as of the sky or sea on a sunny day
陸地の上の雲は今や山のように立ち上がり、海岸は背後に灰青色の丘がある長い緑の線にすぎなかった。
The water was a dark blue now, so dark that it was almost purple.
dark blue
(濃い青)
[名]
a dark shade of blue
so dark
(とても濃い)
[副]
very dark
purple
(紫色)
[名]
a color intermediate between red and blue
水は今や濃い青で、ほとんど紫色に近いほど濃かった。
As he looked down into it he saw the red sifting of the plankton in the dark water and the strange light the sun made now.
red
(赤い)
[形]
of the color intermediate between orange and violet, as of blood, fire, or rubies
sifting
(漂う)
[動]
move or cause to move slowly and smoothly through the air
彼がそれを覗き込むと、暗い水の中を赤いプランクトンが漂い、太陽が今作り出している奇妙な光が見えた。
He watched his lines to see them go straight down out of sight into the water and he was happy to see so much plankton because it meant fish.
go down
(下がる)
[動]
move or travel from a higher to a lower level
plankton
(プランクトン)
[名]
the small plants and animals that live in the sea and are eaten by larger animals
彼は自分の釣り糸が水中に見えなくなるまで真っ直ぐに下がっていくのを見て、魚がいることを意味するプランクトンをたくさん見ることができて嬉しかった。
The strange light the sun made in the water, now that the sun was higher, meant good weather and so did the shape of the clouds over the land.
make
(映し出す)
[動]
cause to be seen
weather
(天気)
[名]
the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.
shape
(形)
[名]
the external form, contours, or outline of someone or something
太陽が水面に映し出す奇妙な光は、太陽が高くなった今では天気が良いことを意味し、陸地の上の雲の形もそうだった。
But the bird was almost out of sight now and nothing showed on the surface of the water but some patches of yellow, sun-bleached Sargasso weed and the purple, formalized, iridescent, gelatinous bladder of a Portuguese man-of-war floating close beside the boat.
out of sight
(見えなくなる)
[形]
not visible
sun-bleached
(日焼けした)
[形]
made white or much lighter by exposure to the sun
Sargasso
(サルガッソ)
[名]
a brown seaweed of the genus Sargassum having numerous branches with berrylike air bladders and growing in large masses in the tropical Atlantic
weed
(雑草)
[名]
a plant that is not valued where it is growing and is usually of vigorous growth
formalized
(形式化された)
[形]
made formal or official
iridescent
(虹色)
[形]
showing luminous colors that seem to change when seen from different angles
gelatinous
(ゼラチン状の)
[形]
like jelly in substance or consistency
bladder
(膀胱)
[名]
a membranous sac in the lower abdomen that serves as the receptacle for urine
Portuguese
(ポルトガル人の)
[形]
of or relating to Portugal or its people or language
man-of-war
(戦士)
[名]
a warship
float
(浮かぶ)
[動]
rest or move on or in a liquid without sinking
close
(すぐ横)
[形]
near in space or time
beside
(横)
[前]
at the side of; next to
しかし、鳥は今やほとんど見えなくなり、水面には黄色い日焼けしたサルガッソの雑草と、船のすぐ横に浮かぶポルトガル人の戦士の紫色の、形式化された、虹色の、ゼラチン状の膀胱のいくつかの斑点以外は何も見えなかった。
It turned on its side and then righted itself.
turn on
(倒れる)
[動]
fall over
right
(元に戻る)
[動]
return to a normal or upright position
それは横に倒れ、それから元に戻った。
It floated cheerfully as a bubble with its long deadly purple filaments trailing a yard behind it in the water.
cheerfully
(元気に)
[副]
in a cheerful manner
bubble
(泡)
[名]
a small sphere of liquid with air or gas inside it
deadly
(致命的な)
[形]
causing or able to cause death
filament
(フィラメント)
[名]
a thin thread of glass or metal
trail
(引きずる)
[動]
drag or be dragged along the ground
yard
(ヤード)
[名]
a unit of length equal to 3 feet or 36 inches
それは、長い致命的な紫色のフィラメントが水中で1ヤード後ろに引きずられ、泡のように元気に浮かんでいた。
From where he swung lightly against his oars he looked down into the water and saw the tiny fish that were coloured like the trailing filaments and swam between them and under the small shade the bubble made as it drifted.
tiny
(小さな)
[形]
very small
colour
(色)
[名]
the property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way it reflects or emits light
swim
(泳ぐ)
[動]
move through water by using one's limbs
彼がオールに軽くぶら下がっているところから、彼は水の中を見下ろし、引きずられるフィラメントのような色をした小さな魚がそれらの間を泳ぎ、泡が漂うにつれてできた小さな日陰の下を泳ぐのを見た。
They were immune to its poison.
be immune to
(免疫がある)
[動]
be protected against
poison
(毒)
[名]
a substance that is harmful or fatal if introduced into or absorbed by a living organism
彼らはその毒に免疫があった。
But men were not and when some of the filaments would catch on a line and rest there slimy and purple while the old man was working a fish, he would have welts and sores on his arms and hands of the sort that poison ivy or poison oak can give.
catch
(引っかかる)
[動]
get caught or trapped
rest
(残る)
[動]
be in a state of relaxation
slimy
(ぬるぬるした)
[形]
covered with or having a slippery coating of mucus
work
(釣る)
[動]
try to catch or obtain by effort
welt
(腫れ)
[名]
a raised mark on the skin caused by a blow
sore
(傷)
[名]
a place on the body where the skin or tissue is damaged
poison ivy
(ツタウルシ)
[名]
a climbing plant that can cause an itchy rash
poison oak
(ウルシ)
[名]
a shrub or small tree that can cause an itchy rash
しかし人間はそうではなく、老人が魚を釣っている間にフィラメントの一部が釣り糸に引っかかり、ぬるぬるした紫色のものがそこに残っていると、彼の腕や手にはツタウルシやウルシのような腫れや傷ができるのだった。
But these poisonings from the agua mala came quickly and struck like a whiplash.
come
(起こる)
[動]
take place; happen
quickly
(すぐに)
[副]
in a short time
strike
(襲う)
[動]
hit or attack suddenly and forcefully
しかし、これらのアグア・マラによる中毒はすぐに起こり、鞭打ちのように襲った。
The iridescent bubbles were beautiful.
玉虫色の泡は美しかった。
But they were the falsest thing in the sea and the old man loved to see the big sea turtles eating them.
false
(偽り)
[形]
not true or correct
love
(大好き)
[動]
be extremely fond of
sea turtle
(ウミガメ)
[名]
a marine reptile with a streamlined body and a shell into which it can retract its head and limbs
しかし、それは海で最も偽りのあるものであり、老人は大きなウミガメがそれを食べるのを見るのが大好きだった。
The turtles saw them, approached them from the front, then shut their eyes so they were completely carapaced and ate them filaments and all.
turtle
(カメ)
[名]
a reptile with a hard shell that lives in or near water
approach
(近づく)
[動]
come near or nearer in space or time
front
(正面)
[名]
the side or part of something that faces forward or toward the viewer
shut
(閉じる)
[動]
move or cause to move into a position that blocks an opening
completely
(完全に)
[副]
totally; utterly
carapace
(甲羅)
[名]
a hard protective outer covering of an animal
カメはそれらを見つけると、正面から近づき、目を閉じて完全に甲羅に覆われ、フィラメントもろとも食べてしまう。
The old man loved to see the turtles eat them and he loved to walk on them on the beach after a storm and hear them pop when he stepped on them with the horny soles of his feet.
pop
(弾ける)
[動]
make a light explosive sound
foot
(足)
[名]
the end of the leg on which a person or animal stands or walks
老人はカメがそれらを食べるのを見るのが大好きで、嵐の後に浜辺でそれらの上を歩き、足の角質の裏で踏んだときにそれらが弾ける音を聞くのが大好きだった。
He loved green turtles and hawks-bills with their elegance and speed and their great value and he had a friendly contempt for the huge, stupid loggerheads, yellow in their armour-plating, strange in their love-making, and happily eating the Portuguese men-of-war with their eyes shut.
green turtle
(アオウミガメ)
[名]
a large sea turtle with a green shell
hawks-bill
(タイマイ)
[名]
a sea turtle with a hawk-like beak
elegance
(優雅さ)
[名]
the quality of being graceful and stylish
value
(価値)
[名]
the regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth, or usefulness of something
huge
(巨大な)
[形]
extremely large
stupid
(愚かな)
[形]
lacking intelligence or common sense
loggerhead
(アカウミガメ)
[名]
a large sea turtle with a reddish-brown shell
armour-plating
(甲羅)
[名]
a protective covering of metal
love-making
(恋愛)
[名]
the act of having sex
Portuguese man-of-war
(カツオノエボシ)
[名]
a large, free-floating marine coelenterate with a transparent, bluish, gas-filled float and numerous long tentacles
彼は優雅で素早い、価値の高いアオウミガメやタイマイを愛し、黄色い甲羅を持ち、奇妙な恋愛をし、目を閉じてカツオノエボシを喜んで食べる巨大で愚かなアカウミガメには、親しみを込めた軽蔑の念を抱いていた。
He had no mysticism about turtles although he had gone in turtle boats for many years.
have no mysticism
(神秘的な考えは持っていない)
[動]
not have any mysticism
many years
(長年)
[名]
a long period of time
彼は長年カメ漁船に乗っていたが、カメについては神秘的な考えは持っていなかった。
He was sorry for them all, even the great trunk backs that were as long as the skiff and weighed a ton.
even
(でさえ)
[副]
to an extreme or excessive degree
as long as
(同じくらい長い)
[接]
on condition that; provided that
weigh
(重さがある)
[動]
have a specified weight
a ton
(1トン)
[名]
a unit of weight equal to 2,000 pounds
彼は、小舟と同じくらい長くて1トンもある大きなトランクバックでさえ、それらすべてを気の毒に思っていた。
Most people are heartless about turtles because a turtle's heart will beat for hours after he has been cut up and butchered.
heartless
(無情な)
[形]
lacking in feeling or warmth
cut up
(切り刻む)
[動]
cut into pieces
butcher
(屠殺する)
[動]
kill or slaughter
ほとんどの人はカメに対して無情だ。なぜならカメの心臓は切り刻まれて屠殺された後も何時間も鼓動を続けるからだ。
But the old man thought, I have such a heart too and my feet and hands are like theirs.
heart
(心臓)
[名]
the organ that pumps blood around the body
しかし老人は、私もそのような心臓を持っているし、足や手も彼らのようだと思った。
He ate the white eggs to give himself strength.
egg
(卵)
[名]
a hard-shelled reproductive body produced by a female bird, reptile, fish, or invertebrate, especially one containing a developing embryo
give
(つける)
[動]
cause to have or receive
strength
(体力)
[名]
the quality or state of being physically strong
彼は体力をつけるために白い卵を食べた。
He ate them all through May to be strong in September and October for the truly big fish.
all through
(ずっと)
[副]
during the whole of
be strong
(強くなる)
[動]
have the power to perform well
October
(10月)
[名]
the tenth month of the year
彼は5月中ずっとそれらを食べ、9月と10月に本当に大きな魚のために強くなっていた。
He also drank a cup of shark liver oil each day from the big drum in the shack where many of the fishermen kept their gear.
shark liver oil
(フカの肝油)
[名]
oil extracted from the livers of sharks
big drum
(大きなドラム缶)
[名]
a large cylindrical container
彼はまた、多くの漁師が道具を保管している小屋にある大きなドラム缶から、毎日1杯のフカの肝油を飲んでいた。
It was there for all fishermen who wanted it.
be there
(そこにある)
[動]
be present
それはそれを欲しがるすべての漁師のためにそこにあった。
Most fishermen hated the taste.
hate
(嫌う)
[動]
dislike intensely
ほとんどの漁師はその味が嫌いだった。
But it was no worse than getting up at the hours that they rose and it was very good against all colds and grippes and it was good for the eyes.
no worse than
(悪くない)
[形]
not as bad as
hour
(時間帯)
[名]
a period of time equal to 60 minutes
rise
(起きる)
[動]
get up from lying, sitting, or kneeling
cold
(風邪)
[名]
an illness caused by a virus
grippe
(インフルエンザ)
[名]
an acute viral infection characterized by inflammation of the respiratory tract
しかし、それは彼らが起きる時間帯に起きることより悪くはなかったし、あらゆる風邪やインフルエンザにとてもよく効き、目にもいいものだった。
“He's found fish,” he said aloud.
「あいつは魚を見つけたんだ」と彼は声に出して言った。
No flying fish broke the surface and there was no scattering of bait fish.
break the surface
(水面から飛び出す)
[動]
come up to the surface of the water
bait fish
(餌となる小魚)
[名]
a small fish used as bait
scattering
(散らばる)
[名]
the distribution of something over a wide area
飛魚が水面から飛び出すこともなく、餌となる小魚が散らばることもなかった。
But as the old man watched, a small tuna rose in the air, turned and dropped head first into the water.
turn
(回転する)
[動]
move around an axis or a center
しかし、老人が見ていると、小さなマグロが空中に舞い上がり、回転して頭から水中に落ちた。
The tuna shone silver in the sun and after he had dropped back into the water another and another rose and they were jumping in all directions, churning the water and leaping in long jumps after the bait.
shine
(輝く)
[動]
emit or reflect light
silver
(銀色)
[名]
a soft, white, lustrous transition metal
another
(次から次へと)
[形]
one more; an additional
jump
(飛び跳ねる)
[動]
move up or down or from one place to another with a quick, sudden movement
direction
(四方八方)
[名]
a course along which someone or something moves
churn
(かき回す)
[動]
move or cause to move vigorously
leap
(跳躍する)
[動]
jump or spring a long way
マグロは太陽の下で銀色に輝き、水中に落ちた後も次から次へと舞い上がり、四方八方に飛び跳ね、水をかき回し、餌を追いかけて長い距離を跳躍していた。
They were circling it and driving it.
circle
(囲む)
[動]
move around something in a circular motion
drive
(追い立てる)
[動]
cause to move or be moved in a specified way or direction
彼らはそれを囲んで追い立てていた。
“The bird is a great help,” the old man said.
help
(助け)
[名]
the action of helping someone by sharing work
「鳥は大いに助けになる」と老人は言った。
Just then the stern line came taut under his foot, where he had kept a loop of the line, and he dropped his oars and felt the weight of the small tuna's shivering pull as he held the line firm and commenced to haul it in.
come taut
(張り詰める)
[動]
become tight or tense
loop
(輪)
[名]
a shape produced by a curve that bends around and crosses itself
drop
(落とす)
[動]
let or cause to fall
weight
(重さ)
[名]
the amount that a person or thing weighs
pull
(引き)
[名]
the action of pulling something
hold
(握る)
[動]
grasp or grip something
firm
(しっかりと)
[形]
strong or solid in structure
commence
(始める)
[動]
start or begin
haul
(引き上げる)
[動]
pull or drag with effort
ちょうどその時、船尾の釣り糸が彼の足の下で張り詰め、彼は釣り糸の輪を保っていたので、彼はオールを落とし、釣り糸をしっかりと握って引き上げ始めると、小さなマグロの震える引きの重さを感じた。
The shivering increased as he pulled in and he could see the blue back of the fish in the water and the gold of his sides before he swung him over the side and into the boat.
shivering
(震え)
[名]
a trembling or shaking
increase
(増す)
[動]
become or make greater or more intense
pull
(引き上げる)
[動]
move or cause to move towards oneself or the origin of the force
back
(背中)
[名]
the rear surface of the human body from the shoulders to the hips
gold
(金色)
[名]
a yellow malleable ductile metal of great value that occurs chiefly in free or combined form in nature and is used especially in coins, jewelry, and dentures
彼が引き上げると震えは増し、彼は魚を横に振り回して船に乗せる前に、水中の魚の青い背中と側面の金色を見ることができた。
He lay in the stern in the sun, compact and bullet shaped, his big, unintelligent eyes staring as he thumped his life out against the planking of the boat with the quick shivering strokes of his neat, fast-moving tail.
lie
(横たわる)
[動]
be in or assume a horizontal or resting position
compact
(コンパクト)
[形]
having parts or units closely packed or joined
bullet
(弾丸)
[名]
a projectile made of metal
unintelligent
(知性のない)
[形]
lacking intelligence or good judgment
stare
(じっと見つめる)
[動]
look fixedly or intently
thump
(打ち付ける)
[動]
hit heavily or loudly
planking
(板)
[名]
a covering or structure of planks
neat
(すっきりとした)
[形]
tidy, clean, or smart in appearance
fast-moving
(素早い動きの)
[形]
moving or able to move at high speed
彼は船尾の太陽の下に横たわり、コンパクトで弾丸のような形をしており、大きくて知性のない目でじっと見つめながら、すっきりとした素早い動きの尾を素早く震わせながら、船の板に命を吹き込んでいった。
The old man hit him on the head for kindness and kicked him, his body still shuddering, under the shade of the stern.
hit
(殴る)
[動]
strike with a blow
kindness
(親切心)
[名]
the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate
kick
(蹴る)
[動]
strike or propel forcibly with the foot
body
(体)
[名]
the physical structure, including the bones, flesh and organs, of a person or an animal
shudder
(震える)
[動]
tremble or shiver
老人は親切心から彼の頭を殴り、船尾の陰でまだ震えている彼の体を蹴った。
He did not remember when he had first started to talk aloud when he was by himself.
by oneself
(一人で)
[副]
without help or assistance
彼はいつ一人で声を出して話し始めたのか覚えていなかった。
He had sung when he was by himself in the old days and he had sung at night sometimes when he was alone steering on his watch in the smacks or in the turtle boats.
in the old days
(昔は)
[副]
in the past
at night
(夜に)
[副]
during the night
alone
(一人で)
[副]
without the company of others
steering
(操縦する)
[動]
control the course of a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle
watch
(当番)
[名]
a period of time during which a person is on duty
smack
(スモーク)
[名]
a small fishing boat
turtle boat
(タートルボート)
[名]
a boat used for catching turtles
昔は一人でいる時に歌を歌っていたし、夜にスモークやタートルボートで一人で操縦している時にも歌を歌っていた。
He had probably started to talk aloud, when alone, when the boy had left.
probably
(おそらく)
[副]
almost certainly; as far as one knows or can tell
彼はおそらく少年が去った時に一人で声を出して話し始めたのだろう。
But he did not remember.
しかし彼は覚えていなかった。
When he and the boy fished together they usually spoke only when it was necessary.
when
(時)
[接]
at or during the time that
necessary
(必要な)
[形]
required to be done, achieved, or present
彼と少年が一緒に釣りをしていた時、彼らは通常必要な時だけ話した。
They talked at night or when they were storm-bound by bad weather.
bad weather
(悪天候)
[名]
unpleasant weather conditions
彼らは夜や悪天候で嵐に閉じ込められた時に話した。
It was considered a virtue not to talk unnecessarily at sea and the old man had always considered it so and respected it.
consider
(考える)
[動]
think carefully about
virtue
(美徳)
[名]
a quality considered morally good or desirable
respect
(尊重する)
[動]
admire (someone or something) deeply, as a result of their abilities, qualities or achievements
海で不必要に話さないことは美徳と考えられ、老人はいつもそう考えてそれを尊重していた。
But now he said his thoughts aloud many times since there was no one that they could annoy.
many times
(何度も)
[副]
on many occasions
annoy
(煩わせる)
[動]
disturb or irritate (someone) slightly but persistently
しかし今は、彼の考えを煩わせる人が誰もいなかったので、彼は何度も自分の考えを声に出して言った。
“If the others heard me talking out loud they would think that I am crazy,” he said aloud.
loud
(大声で)
[形]
producing or capable of producing much noise
crazy
(狂っている)
[形]
foolish, stupid, or rash
「もし他の人たちが私が大声で話しているのを聞いたら、私が狂っていると思うだろう」と彼は大声で言った。
“But since I am not crazy, I do not care.
since
(ので)
[接]
for the reason that; because
not
(ない)
[副]
a word that describes the absence or lack of something
care
(気にする)
[動]
feel concern or interest; be bothered
「しかし、私は狂っていないので、気にしない。
And the rich have radios to talk to them in their boats and to bring them the baseball.”
rich
(金持ち)
[名]
a person who has a great deal of money
radio
(ラジオ)
[名]
a device for receiving or transmitting radio waves, especially one combining a receiver and a transmitter in the same unit
そして金持ちは彼らのボートで彼らと話し、彼らに野球をもたらすためのラジオを持っている。」
Now is no time to think of baseball, he thought.
think
(考える)
[動]
direct one's mind toward someone or something; use one's mind actively to form connected ideas
今は野球を考える時ではない、と彼は思った。
Now is the time to think of only one thing.
今はただ一つのことを考える時だ。
That which I was born for.
that
(それ)
[代]
the thing mentioned before
which
(こと)
[代]
the thing mentioned before
be born
(生まれる)
[動]
come into existence as a living being
私が生まれてきたこと。
There might be a big one around that school, he thought.
there might be
(いる可能性がある)
[動]
there is a possibility that something exists
big one
(大きなやつ)
[名]
a large fish
around
(周りに)
[前]
in the area or vicinity of
あの群れの周りに大きなやつがいるかもしれない、と彼は思った。
I picked up only a straggler from the albacore that were feeding.
straggler
(一匹)
[名]
a person or animal that moves slowly and falls behind the others
私は餌を食べているビンナガマグロの群れから一匹だけ取り上げた。
But they are working far out and fast.
far out
(遠くで)
[副]
at a great distance
しかし、彼らは遠くで速く働いている。
Everything that shows on the surface today travels very fast and to the north-east.
show
(現れる)
[動]
be or become visible
north-east
(北東)
[名]
the direction midway between north and east
今日、海面に現れるものはすべて非常に速く北東に向かって移動する。
Can that be the time of day?
time of day
(一日の時間)
[名]
the time of day as indicated by a clock
それが一日の時間なのだろうか?
Or is it some sign of weather that I do not know?
sign
(兆候)
[名]
an indication of the probable future
それとも私が知らない天気の兆候なのだろうか?
He could not see the green of the shore now but only the tops of the blue hills that showed white as though they were snow-capped and the clouds that looked like high snow mountains above them.
green
(緑)
[名]
the color intermediate between blue and yellow in the visible spectrum
top
(頂上)
[名]
the highest or uppermost point, part, or level of something
white
(白く)
[形]
of the color of milk or fresh snow
snow
(雪)
[名]
atmospheric water vapor frozen into ice crystals and falling in light white flakes
彼は今、岸の緑を見ることができず、雪を冠っているかのように白く見える青い丘の頂上と、その上にある高い雪山のように見える雲だけを見ることができた。
The sea was very dark and the light made prisms in the water.
prism
(プリズム)
[名]
a transparent solid body in the form of a prism, especially one with triangular ends
海はとても暗く、光が水中にプリズムを作った。
The myriad flecks of the plankton were annulled now by the high sun and it was only the great deep prisms in the blue water that the old man saw now with his lines going straight down into the water that was a mile deep.
myriad
(無数の)
[形]
a very great number
fleck
(斑点)
[名]
a small spot or patch of color
annul
(無効にする)
[動]
declare invalid
high sun
(高い太陽)
[名]
the sun when it is high in the sky
great deep prism
(大きな深いプリズム)
[名]
a large, deep prism
blue water
(青い水)
[名]
water that is blue in color
go straight down
(まっすぐ下がる)
[動]
move in a straight line downwards
無数のプランクトンの斑点は、今や高い太陽によって無効にされ、老人が今見ているのは、青い水の中にある大きな深いプリズムだけで、彼の線は1マイルの深さの水の中にまっすぐ下がっていた。
“Yes,” he said.
yes
(そうだ)
[副]
used to express agreement, acceptance, or approval
「そうだ」と彼は言った。
“Yes,” and shipped his oars without bumping the boat.
bump
(ぶつける)
[動]
knock or strike against something
「そうだ」と彼は言い、ボートをぶつけないようにオールを船に積み込んだ。
He reached out for the line and held it softly between the thumb and forefinger of his right hand.
reach out
(手を伸ばす)
[動]
stretch out an arm in a specified direction
hold
(挟む)
[動]
grasp, carry, or support with one's hands
softly
(そっと)
[副]
gently; quietly
thumb
(親指)
[名]
the short, thick first digit of the human hand
forefinger
(人差し指)
[名]
the finger next to the thumb
彼は釣り糸に手を伸ばし、右手の親指と人差し指の間にそっと挟んだ。
He felt no strain nor weight and he held the line lightly.
strain
(張り)
[名]
a state of mental or emotional tension or suspense
彼は張りを感じず、重さも感じず、軽く釣り糸を握った。
Then it came again.
それからまた来た。
This time it was a tentative pull, not solid nor heavy, and he knew exactly what it was.
this time
(今度は)
[副]
on this occasion
tentative
(試すような)
[形]
not certain or fixed
solid
(強く)
[形]
strong and in good condition
heavy
(重く)
[形]
of great weight
exactly
(はっきりと)
[副]
in a precise and accurate manner
今度は試すような引きで、強くも重くもなく、彼にはそれが何かはっきりとわかった。
One hundred fathoms down a marlin was eating the sardines that covered the point and the shank of the hook where the hand-forged hook projected from the head of the small tuna.
one hundred
(百)
[数]
100
point
(針先)
[名]
the sharp end of a tool, weapon, or other object
shank
(針柄)
[名]
the shaft of a tool or weapon
hand-forged
(手打ちの)
[形]
made by hand
百尋の下でカジキは、小さなマグロの頭から突き出た手打ちの針の針先と針柄を覆っているイワシを食べていた。
This far out, he must be huge in this month, he thought.
this far out
(ここまで遠くにいる)
[副]
to this extent
this month
(今月)
[名]
the month that is currently happening
huge
(相当大きい)
[形]
very large or great
ここまで遠くにいるということは、今月は相当大きいに違いない、と彼は思った。
Please eat them.
please
(くれ)
[動]
give or provide
食べてくれ。
How fresh they are and you down there six hundred feet in that cold water in the dark.
down there
(下にいる)
[副]
in or to a lower place
six hundred feet
(六百フィート)
[名]
a unit of length equal to 12 inches or 0.3048 meter
cold water
(冷たい水)
[名]
water that is not warm
なんて新鮮なんだろう、そしてあなたは暗闇の中の冷たい水の中、六百フィート下にいる。
Make another turn in the dark and come back and eat them.
make a turn
(回る)
[動]
change direction
暗闇の中でもう一回りして戻ってきて食べろ。
He was happy feeling the gentle pulling and then he felt something hard and unbelievably heavy.
pulling
(引っ張り)
[名]
the action of moving something toward or away from oneself by exerting force
unbelievably
(信じられないほど)
[副]
to an extent that is hard to believe
彼は優しい引っ張りを感じて幸せだったが、それから彼は何か硬くて信じられないほど重いものを感じた。
It was the weight of the fish and he let the line slip down, down, down, unrolling off the first of the two reserve coils.
let
(滑らせる)
[動]
allow to happen
down
(下へ)
[副]
to a lower place
unroll
(ほどく)
[動]
unwind or uncoil
reserve
(予備の)
[形]
kept in reserve for future use
それは魚の重さであり、彼はラインを下へ、下へ、下へと滑らせ、2つの予備コイルの最初のものをほどいた。
As it went down, slipping lightly through the old man's fingers, he still could feel the great weight, though the pressure of his thumb and finger were almost imperceptible.
slip
(滑り落ちる)
[動]
move or cause to move smoothly and quickly
lightly
(軽く)
[副]
with little force or impact
pressure
(圧力)
[名]
the force exerted on a surface by an object
imperceptible
(知覚できない)
[形]
too small or slight to be perceived
それが下がるにつれて、老人の指の間を軽く滑り落ちたが、彼は親指と指の圧力がほとんど知覚できないほどだったにもかかわらず、まだ大きな重さを感じることができた。
Then he will turn and swallow it, he thought.
swallow
(飲み込む)
[動]
take into the stomach through the mouth
それから彼は向きを変えてそれを飲み込むだろう、と彼は思った。
He did not say that because he knew that if you said a good thing it might not happen.
彼はそれを言わなかった、なぜなら良いことを言うとそれが起こらないかもしれないことを知っていたからだ。
He knew what a huge fish this was and he thought of him moving away in the darkness with the tuna held crosswise in his mouth.
move away
(泳ぎ去る)
[動]
leave a place
crosswise
(横向き)
[副]
in a direction across something
彼はこれがどれほど巨大な魚かを知っていて、マグロを口に横向きに咥えて暗闇の中を泳ぎ去る彼のことを考えた。
At that moment he felt him stop moving but the weight was still there.
at that moment
(その瞬間)
[副]
at that time
stop
(止まる)
[動]
cease moving
その瞬間、彼は彼が動かなくなったのを感じたが、重さはまだそこにあった。
Then the weight increased and he gave more line.
give
(出す)
[動]
cause to be received; deliver
それから重さが増し、彼はもっと糸を出した。
He tightened the pressure of his thumb and finger for a moment and the weight increased and was going straight down.
tighten
(強める)
[動]
make or become tight or tighter
moment
(一瞬)
[名]
a very brief period of time
彼は親指と人差し指の圧力を一瞬強め、重さが増して真っ直ぐに下がっていった。
Nothing happened.
何も起こらなかった。
The fish just moved away slowly and the old man could not raise him an inch.
move away
(離れていく)
[動]
go away from a place
raise
(引き上げる)
[動]
lift or move to a higher position
魚はゆっくりと離れていき、老人は1インチも引き上げることができなかった。
His line was strong and made for heavy fish and he held it against his back until it was so taut that beads of water were jumping from it.
taut
(張り詰めた)
[形]
stretched or pulled tight
bead
(水滴)
[名]
a small drop of liquid
jump
(飛び散る)
[動]
move or cause to move suddenly and quickly
彼のラインは強く、重い魚のために作られており、彼はそれがとても張り詰めて水滴が飛び散るまでそれを背中に当てて持った。
Then it began to make a slow hissing sound in the water and he still held it, bracing himself against the thwart and leaning back against the pull.
slow
(ゆっくり)
[形]
not fast or quick; taking a long time
hissing
(シューという)
[形]
making a sharp sibilant sound
hold
(持ち続ける)
[動]
keep in a certain position
brace
(支える)
[動]
make stronger or firmer
それからそれは水中でゆっくりとシューという音を立て始め、彼はそれを持ち続け、横木に身を支え、引っ張りに対して後ろにもたれかかった。
The boat began to move slowly off toward the North-West.
begin
(始まる)
[動]
start to happen or exist
move
(動き出す)
[動]
change position or posture
off
(離れて)
[副]
away from a place
toward
(に向かって)
[前]
in the direction of
North-West
(北西)
[名]
the direction midway between north and west
ボートはゆっくりと北西に向かって動き始めた。
“I wish I had the boy,” the old man said aloud.
wish
(願う)
[動]
feel or express a strong desire or hope for something that is not easily attainable
「少年がいてくれたらよかったのに」と老人は声に出して言った。
“I'm being towed by a fish and I'm the towing bitt.
be towed
(引っ張られる)
[動]
be pulled by a vehicle
towing bitt
(引っ張るビット)
[名]
a bitt on a ship's deck to which a towing cable is attached
「私は魚に引っ張られているし、私は引っ張るビットだ。
I could make the line fast.
ロープを固定できる。
But then he could break it.
break
(切る)
[動]
cause to separate into pieces as a result of impact or stress
could
(かもしれない)
[助]
be able to; have the ability to
しかし、そうすると魚がロープを切ってしまうかもしれない。
I must hold him all I can and give him line when he must have it.
hold
(捕まえる)
[動]
grasp and keep hold of
できる限り魚を捕まえ、魚がロープを必要とするときにはロープを渡さなければならない。
Thank God he is travelling and not going down.”
thank God
(神に感謝したい)
[動]
be grateful to God
travel
(泳ぐ)
[動]
move at a speed of more than 6 knots
go down
(潜る)
[動]
move at a speed of less than 6 knots
神に感謝したいのは、魚が泳いでいて、潜っていないことだ。」
He had pushed his straw hat hard down on his head before he hooked the fish and it was cutting his forehead.
push
(押し付ける)
[動]
exert force on (someone or something) in order to move them away from oneself
straw hat
(麦わら帽子)
[名]
a hat made from straw
cut
(食い込む)
[動]
penetrate or wound with a sharp or pointed object
彼は魚を釣り上げる前に麦わら帽子を頭に強く押し付けていたので、額に食い込んでいた。
He was thirsty too and he got down on his knees and, being careful not to jerk on the line, moved as far into the bow as he could get and reached the water bottle with one hand.
be thirsty
(喉が渇く)
[動]
feel a need to drink
get down on one's knees
(ひざまずく)
[動]
go down on one's knees
jerk
(急に引っ張る)
[動]
pull or move something suddenly or violently
as far as
(できるだけ)
[副]
to the greatest extent or degree possible
彼も喉が渇いていたので、ひざまずいて、ラインを急に引っ張らないように注意しながら、できるだけ船首まで移動し、片手で水筒に手を伸ばした。
He opened it and drank a little.
彼はそれを空けて少し飲んだ。
Then he rested against the bow.
rest
(寄りかかる)
[動]
be supported by
それから彼は船首に寄りかかった。
He rested sitting on the un-stepped mast and sail and tried not to think but only to endure.
rest
(休む)
[動]
cease work or movement in order to relax, refresh oneself, or recover strength
un-stepped mast
(マスト)
[名]
a tall upright post, typically made of wood or metal, on a ship or boat, to which the sails are attached
endure
(耐える)
[動]
tolerate something unpleasant
彼はマストや帆の上に座って休み、考えないようにしてただ耐えようとした。
Then he looked behind him and saw that no land was visible.
look behind
(後ろを振り返る)
[動]
turn one's head and body to the back
see
(確認する)
[動]
find out or check by making sure
visible
(見えない)
[形]
able to be seen
それから彼は後ろを振り返り、陸地が見えないことを確認した。
That makes no difference, he thought.
make no difference
(大した違いはない)
[動]
be of no importance or significance
大した違いはない、と彼は思った。
I can always come in on the glow from Havana.
come in
(帰る)
[動]
return to a place
glow
(灯り)
[名]
a light that is not bright or strong
ハバナの灯りを目指して帰ればいい。
There are two more hours before the sun sets and maybe he will come up before that.
two more hours
(あと2時間)
[名]
two hours from now
set
(沈む)
[動]
go below the horizon
come up
(浮かんでくる)
[動]
rise to the surface
日が沈むまであと2時間あるし、それまでには浮かんでくるかもしれない。
If he doesn't maybe he will come up with the moon.
もしそうならなければ、月が出れば浮かんでくるかもしれない。
If he does not do that maybe he will come up with the sunrise.
come up with
(浮かんでくる)
[動]
to manage to produce, deliver, or present something by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it
もしそうならなければ、日の出とともに浮かんでくるかもしれない。
I have no cramps and I feel strong.
have no
(ない)
[動]
not have
cramp
(足がつる)
[名]
a sudden, painful, involuntary contraction of a muscle
足がつることもなく、体調はいい。
It is he that has the hook in his mouth.
it is
(それは)
[代]
the thing that is
he
(そいつ)
[代]
the male person or animal that is being talked about
have
(かかっている)
[動]
be in possession of
口に針がかかっているのはそいつだ。
But what a fish to pull like that.
like that
(あんなに)
[副]
to that extent; so much
だが、あんなに引っ張るなんて、いったいどんな魚だ。
He must have his mouth shut tight on the wire.
have
(閉じている)
[動]
hold or possess
tight
(ぎゅっと)
[副]
firmly or closely
wire
(ワイヤー)
[名]
a metal strand or rod
口をワイヤーにぎゅっと閉じているに違いない。
I wish I could see him.
could
(できる)
[助]
be able to
姿が見えたらどんなにいいだろう。
I wish I could see him only once to know what I have against me.
only once
(一度でいいから)
[副]
on one occasion only
have against
(戦っている)
[動]
be opposed to
一度でいいから姿が見えたらどんなにいいだろう。どんな相手と戦っているのか知りたい。
The fish never changed his course nor his direction all that night as far as the man could tell from watching the stars.
change
(変える)
[動]
make or become different
course
(進路)
[名]
the route or direction followed by a ship, aircraft, road, or river
direction
(方向)
[名]
the course along which someone or something moves
star
(星)
[名]
a large ball of gas that produces heat and light and that is very far away in space
老人が星を見て判断する限り、魚はその夜、進路も方向も変えなかった。
It was cold after the sun went down and the old man's sweat dried cold on his back and his arms and his old legs.
dry
(乾く)
[動]
become dry
leg
(脚)
[名]
a lower limb
日が沈むと寒くなり、老人の背中や腕や老いた脚の汗が冷たく乾いた。
During the day he had taken the sack that covered the bait box and spread it in the sun to dry.
during the day
(日中)
[副]
in the daytime
bait box
(餌箱)
[名]
a box containing bait
dry
(乾かす)
[動]
make or become dry
日中、老人は餌箱を覆っていた袋を取って、日光に当てて乾かしていた。
After the sun went down he tied it around his neck so that it hung down over his back and he cautiously worked it down under the line that was across his shoulders now.
hang down
(垂らす)
[動]
be suspended from above
work down
(下ろす)
[動]
move something to a lower position
日が沈むと、老人はそれを首に巻いて背中に垂らし、今は肩にかかっている釣り糸の下に慎重に下ろした。
The sack cushioned the line and he had found a way of leaning forward against the bow so that he was almost comfortable.
cushion
(緩衝材)
[動]
to soften the impact of
lean
(寄りかかる)
[動]
to be in or move into a sloping position
comfortable
(快適)
[形]
providing physical ease and relaxation
袋が釣り糸の緩衝材となり、老人は船首に寄りかかる方法を見つけたので、ほとんど快適だった。
The position actually was only somewhat less intolerable;
position
(位置)
[名]
the place where someone or something is located
actually
(実際)
[副]
in fact; really
somewhat
(それほど)
[副]
to some extent; a little
less
(ない)
[形]
not as much or as many
intolerable
(耐えられない)
[形]
too bad or severe to be endured
実際、その位置は耐えられないほどではなかった。
but he thought of it as almost comfortable.
but
(しかし)
[接]
on the contrary; rather
think of
(思う)
[動]
have an opinion of
しかし、老人はそれをほとんど快適だと思った。
Once he stood up and urinated over the side of the skiff and looked at the stars and checked his course.
stand up
(立ち上がる)
[動]
rise to a standing position
check
(確認する)
[動]
examine or inspect with care
一度、老人は立ち上がって小舟の横から放尿し、星を見て進路を確認した。
The line showed like a phosphorescent streak in the water straight out from his shoulders.
phosphorescent
(燐光の)
[形]
emitting light without heat
streak
(筋)
[名]
a long thin mark or band
釣り糸は老人の肩から真っ直ぐに水中に伸び、燐光の筋のように見えた。
They were moving more slowly now and the glow of Havana was not so strong, so that he knew the current must be carrying them to the eastward.
eastward
(東に)
[副]
toward the east
彼らは今、もっとゆっくりと動いていて、ハバナの輝きはそれほど強くなかったので、老人は流れが彼らを東に運んでいるに違いないとわかった。
If I lose the glare of Havana we must be going more to the eastward, he thought.
lose
(見えなくなる)
[動]
be unable to find
go
(向かう)
[動]
move or travel toward a place
ハバナの輝きが見えなくなったら、もっと東に向かっているに違いない、と老人は思った。
For if the fish's course held true I must see it for many more hours.
for
(というのも)
[接]
because
hold true
(正しい)
[動]
be correct or valid
for
(何時間も)
[前]
during a period of time
魚の進路が正しければ、あと何時間も見続けなければならない。
I wonder how the baseball came out in the grand leagues today, he thought.
come out
(どうなる)
[動]
be made public
grand league
(グランドリーグ)
[名]
the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada
今日のグランドリーグの野球はどうなっただろうか、と老人は思った。
It would be wonderful to do this with a radio.
do
(やる)
[動]
perform, execute, or accomplish
ラジオでこれをやるのは素晴らしいだろう。
Then he thought, think of it always.
それから老人は、いつもそれを考えろ、と思った。
Think of what you are doing.
what
(何)
[代]
that which; the thing that
自分のしていることを考えろ。
You must do nothing stupid.
愚かなことは何もしてはいけない。
No one should be alone in their old age, he thought.
no one
(誰も)
[代]
not a single person
should
(べきである)
[助]
used to express obligation, duty, or correctness
be alone
(一人ぼっちである)
[動]
be without company
old age
(老年期)
[名]
the later part of life
誰も老年期に一人ぼっちであるべきではない、と彼は思った。
But it is unavoidable.
unavoidable
(避けられない)
[形]
not able to be avoided or prevented
しかし、それは避けられない。
I must remember to eat the tuna before he spoils in order to keep strong.
spoil
(腐る)
[動]
go bad; become unfit for eating
体力を保つために、マグロが腐る前に食べるのを忘れてはいけない。
Remember, no matter how little you want to, that you must eat him in the morning.
no matter how
(どんなに)
[副]
to whatever extent or degree
little
(少し)
[形]
small in size, amount, or degree
want to
(したいと思う)
[動]
feel a need or a wish for
どんなに食べたくなくても、朝には食べなければならないことを忘れるな。
Remember, he said to himself.
say to oneself
(自分に言い聞かせる)
[動]
think or say something to oneself
忘れるな、と彼は自分に言い聞かせた。
During the night two porpoise came around the boat and he could hear them rolling and blowing.
during the night
(夜の間に)
[副]
at some point in the night
porpoise
(イルカ)
[名]
a small toothed whale
come around
(やってくる)
[動]
come to a place
blow
(息を吹く)
[動]
expel air from the mouth with some force
夜の間に2頭のイルカが船の周りにやってきて、彼はイルカが回転したり息を吹いたりするのを聞くことができた。
He could tell the difference between the blowing noise the male made and the sighing blow of the female.
tell
(聞き分ける)
[動]
to be able to distinguish between two or more things
difference
(違い)
[名]
the state or fact of being different
blowing noise
(息の音)
[名]
the sound of air being expelled from the lungs
male
(オス)
[名]
a member of the sex that produces small, typically motile gametes, especially spermatozoa, with which a female may be fertilized or inseminated to produce offspring
female
(メス)
[名]
a member of the sex that produces large, typically immobile gametes, especially ova, that are fertilized by male gametes
彼はオスの出す息の音とメスの吐息の音の違いを聞き分けることができた。
Then he began to pity the great fish that he had hooked.
pity
(哀れに思う)
[動]
feel sorry for
それから彼は釣り上げた大きな魚を哀れに思い始めた。
He is wonderful and strange and who knows how old he is, he thought.
wonderful
(素晴らしい)
[形]
extremely good or impressive
who knows
(誰が知っているだろう)
[句]
I don't know
彼は素晴らしく、奇妙で、誰が彼が何歳か知っているだろう、と彼は思った。
Never have I had such a strong fish nor one who acted so strangely.
never
(今まで)
[副]
at no time in the past or future; on no occasion; not ever
act
(行動する)
[動]
do something
strangely
(奇妙に)
[副]
in a way that is unusual or unexpected
こんなに強い魚やこんなに奇妙な行動をする魚は今までいなかった。
Perhaps he is too wise to jump.
too
(あまりに)
[副]
to a higher degree than is desirable, permissible, or possible
wise
(賢い)
[形]
having or showing experience, knowledge, and good judgment
おそらく彼は飛び跳ねるには賢すぎるのだろう。
He could ruin me by jumping or by a wild rush.
ruin
(破滅させる)
[動]
reduce to a state of decay, collapse, or destruction
wild
(激しい)
[形]
not subject to control or discipline
rush
(突進する)
[動]
move with urgent haste
彼は飛び跳ねたり、激しく突進したりして私を破滅させることができる。
But perhaps he has been hooked many times before and he knows that this is how he should make his fight.
before
(これまで)
[副]
previously; earlier
how
(方法)
[副]
in what way or manner
make
(行う)
[動]
perform or carry out
しかし、おそらく彼はこれまで何度も引っかかったことがあり、これが彼の戦い方であることを知っているのだ。
He cannot know that it is only one man against him, nor that it is an old man.
only one
(たった一人の)
[形]
a single person
against
(戦っている)
[前]
in opposition to
彼は、自分と戦っているのがたった一人の人間であることも、それが老人であることも知らない。
But what a great fish he is and what he will bring in the market if the flesh is good.
しかし、彼はなんて素晴らしい魚なんだろう、そしてもし肉質が良ければ、市場でどれだけの値がつくだろう。
He took the bait like a male and he pulls like a male and his fight has no panic in it.
彼はオスのように餌をとり、オスのように引っ張り、彼の戦いにはパニックがない。
I wonder if he has any plans or if he is just as desperate as I am?
plan
(計画)
[名]
a detailed proposal for doing or achieving something
desperate
(必死)
[形]
having a great need or desire for something
彼には何か計画があるのか、それとも私と同じように必死なのかしら?
He remembered the time he had hooked one of a pair of marlin.
pair
(つがい)
[名]
two things of a kind that are used together or are closely associated
彼はカジキのつがいのうち一匹を釣り上げた時のことを思い出した。
The male fish always let the female fish feed first and the hooked fish, the female, made a wild, panic-stricken, despairing fight that soon exhausted her, and all the time the male had stayed with her, crossing the line and circling with her on the surface.
feed
(食べる)
[動]
take food into the body by eating
hooked
(釣り上げられた)
[形]
having a hook or hooks
panic-stricken
(パニックに陥った)
[形]
affected by panic
despairing
(絶望的な)
[形]
feeling or showing despair
exhausted
(疲れ果てた)
[形]
extremely tired
all the time
(いつも)
[副]
on every occasion; at all times
stay
(いる)
[動]
remain in the same place
cross
(越える)
[動]
go or extend across
オスの魚はいつもメスの魚に先に餌を食べさせ、釣り上げられた魚、メスは、すぐに疲れ果てるまで、激しく、パニックに陥り、絶望的な戦いをしたが、オスはいつも彼女と一緒にいて、ラインを越えて、水面で彼女と一緒に旋回していた。
He had stayed so close that the old man was afraid he would cut the line with his tail which was sharp as a scythe and almost of that size and shape.
close
(近く)
[副]
near
afraid
(心配する)
[形]
feeling fear or worry
cut
(切る)
[動]
divide or separate with a sharp instrument
sharp
(鋭い)
[形]
having a cutting or piercing edge or point
scythe
(鎌)
[名]
an agricultural hand tool for mowing grass or harvesting crops
size
(大きさ)
[名]
the extent of something in terms of its length, width, or height
彼は非常に近くにいたので、老人は彼が鎌のように鋭く、ほとんどその大きさと形をした尾でラインを切ってしまうのではないかと心配した。
When the old man had gaffed her and clubbed her, holding the rapier bill with its sandpaper edge and clubbing her across the top of her head until her colour turned to a colour almost like the backing of mirrors, and then, with the boy's aid, hoisted her aboard, the male fish had stayed by the side of the boat.
gaff
(引っ掛ける)
[動]
to hook or catch with a gaff
sandpaper
(紙やすり)
[名]
a sheet of paper with sand glued to it, used for smoothing wood
rapier
(レイピア)
[名]
a thin, light sword with a sharp point
bill
(くちばし)
[名]
the beak of a bird
turn
(なる)
[動]
to change in nature, condition, form, or appearance
mirror
(鏡)
[名]
a piece of glass with a shiny metal coating on one side that reflects light
hoist
(引き上げる)
[動]
to raise or lift something up
aboard
(船上)
[副]
on or into a ship, train, or other vehicle
老人が彼女を釣り針で引っ掛けて殴り、紙やすりのような縁のレイピアのようなくちばしを持ち、彼女の色が鏡の裏のような色になるまで頭のてっぺんを殴り、それから少年の助けを借りて彼女を船上に引き上げた時、オスの魚は船の横にいた。
Then, while the old man was clearing the lines and preparing the harpoon, the male fish jumped high into the air beside the boat to see where the female was and then went down deep, his lavender wings, that were his pectoral fins, spread wide and all his wide lavender stripes showing.
clear
(片付ける)
[動]
remove all items from
prepare
(準備する)
[動]
make ready for use or consideration
deep
(深く)
[副]
to a great depth
lavender
(ラベンダー色)
[名]
a pale purple color
stripe
(縞模様)
[名]
a long narrow band of a different color or texture from the rest of the surface
それから、老人がラインを片付けて銛を準備している間に、オスの魚はメスがどこにいるかを見るために船の横で空中に高くジャンプし、それから深く潜り、胸びれであるラベンダー色の翼を大きく広げ、ラベンダー色の広い縞模様を見せた。
He was beautiful, the old man remembered, and he had stayed.
彼は美しかった、と老人は思い出し、そして彼は残っていた。
His choice had been to stay in the deep dark water far out beyond all snares and traps and treacheries.
choice
(選択)
[名]
the act of choosing
stay
(とどまる)
[動]
remain in a place
彼の選択は、すべての罠や罠や裏切りをはるかに超えた深く暗い水の中にとどまることだった。
My choice was to go there to find him beyond all people.
beyond
(超えて)
[前]
on the far side of
私の選択は、すべての人々を超えて彼を見つけるためにそこに行くことだった。
Beyond all people in the world.
all
(すべての)
[限]
the whole quantity or extent of
people
(人々)
[名]
human beings in general or considered collectively
world
(世界)
[名]
the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
世界中のすべての人々を超えて。
Now we are joined together and have been since noon.
join
(一緒になる)
[動]
come together or be connected
今、私たちは一緒になり、正午からずっと一緒にいる。
And no one to help either one of us.
そして、私たちのどちらも助けてくれる人はいない。
Some time before daylight something took one of the baits that were behind him.
some time
(少し前)
[名]
a period of time
daylight
(夜が明ける)
[名]
the light of day
take
(食いつく)
[動]
to catch or capture
夜が明ける少し前に何かが彼の後ろにあった餌の1つを食いついた。
He heard the stick break and the line begin to rush out over the gunwale of the skiff.
break
(折れる)
[動]
separate into two or more pieces as a result of impact or stress or strain
over
(越えて)
[前]
above or across the top of
gunwale
(舷側)
[名]
the upper edge of the side of a boat
彼は棒が折れ、釣り糸が小舟の舷側から勢いよく出始めるのを聞いた。
In the darkness he loosened his sheath knife and taking all the strain of the fish on his left shoulder he leaned back and cut the line against the wood of the gunwale.
loosen
(抜く)
[動]
make or become loose
sheath knife
(鞘からナイフ)
[名]
a knife with a sheath
take
(かける)
[動]
carry or support
strain
(負荷)
[名]
a force tending to distort or change the shape of a body
暗闇の中で彼は鞘からナイフを抜き、魚のすべての負荷を左肩にかけて後ろにもたれ、舷側の木に釣り糸を当てて切った。
Then he cut the other line closest to him and in the dark made the loose ends of the reserve coils fast.
loose
(端)
[形]
not held or tied together, or not held or fastened firmly
end
(端)
[名]
the final part of something
それから彼は自分に最も近いもう一本の釣り糸を切り、暗闇の中で予備の巻き糸の端を結びつけた。
He worked skillfully with the one hand and put his foot on the coils to hold them as he drew his knots tight.
skillfully
(巧みに)
[副]
with skill or expertise
one hand
(片手)
[名]
one of the two upper limbs
hold
(押さえる)
[動]
keep from falling or moving
draw
(締める)
[動]
pull or move something tightly together
knot
(結び目)
[名]
a fastening made by tying a piece of string or rope around itself or another object
彼は片手で巧みに作業し、結び目をきつく締めるときに巻き糸を押さえるために足を乗せた。
Now he had six reserve coils of line.
six
(6つ)
[数]
the number 6
今や彼は予備の巻き糸を6つ持っていた。
There were two from each bait he had severed and the two from the bait the fish had taken and they were all connected.
sever
(切る)
[動]
cut off or separate violently
connect
(つながる)
[動]
join or fasten together
彼が切った各餌から2つと、魚が食いついた餌から2つあり、それらはすべてつながっていた。
After it is light, he thought, I will work back to the forty-fathom bait and cut it away too and link up the reserve coils.
after
(後に)
[前]
later or following (the event mentioned)
work back
(戻る)
[動]
return to a previous place or state
cut away
(切り離す)
[動]
separate or remove by cutting
link up
(つなげる)
[動]
connect or join together
明るくなったら、40尋の餌まで戻って、それをも切り離して予備の巻き糸をつなげよう、と彼は思った。
I will have lost two hundred fathoms of good Catalan cordel and the hooks and leaders.
two hundred
(200)
[数]
the number 200
Catalan
(カタロニア製)
[形]
of or relating to Catalonia or its people or language
cordel
(釣り糸)
[名]
a thin strong cord
leader
(ハリス)
[名]
a length of line or wire used to connect a fishing line to a hook, lure, or artificial fly
200尋の良いカタロニア製の釣り糸と針とハリスを失うことになる。
That can be replaced.
replace
(取り替える)
[動]
take the place of
それは取り替えられる。
But who replaces this fish if I hook some fish and it cuts him off?
しかし、もし私が何かの魚を釣り、それがこの魚を切ってしまったら、誰がこの魚を取り替えてくれるのか?
I don't know what that fish was that took the bait just now.
take the bait
(餌に食いつく)
[動]
be deceived or fooled by something
たった今餌に食いついた魚が何だったのかわからない。
It could have been a marlin or a broadbill or a shark.
broadbill
(カマスサワラ)
[名]
a large marine game fish
カジキかカマスサワラか鮫だったかもしれない。
I never felt him.
彼を感じたことはなかった。
I had to get rid of him too fast.
get rid of
(追い払う)
[動]
to free oneself of
too fast
(あまりにも早く)
[副]
at a very high speed
私は彼をあまりにも早く追い払わなければならなかった。
It was difficult in the dark and once the fish made a surge that pulled him down on his face and made a cut below his eye.
difficult
(難しい)
[形]
hard to do or understand
once
(一度)
[副]
on one occasion or for one time only
make a surge
(急に引っ張る)
[動]
move suddenly and powerfully forward or upward
make a cut
(切り傷ができる)
[動]
make an opening, incision, or wound in
暗闇の中では難しく、一度魚が急に引っ張ったため、彼は顔から倒れ、目の下に切り傷ができた。
The blood ran down his cheek a little way.
blood
(血)
[名]
the red liquid that circulates in the arteries and veins of people and vertebrate animals
run down
(伝う)
[動]
flow or move quickly
血が少し頬を伝った。
But it coagulated and dried before it reached his chin and he worked his way back to the bow and rested against the wood.
coagulate
(凝固する)
[動]
change from a liquid to a solid or semisolid form
chin
(顎)
[名]
the lower part of a person's face below the mouth
work one's way
(戻る)
[動]
move or progress gradually
しかし、それは凝固して乾き、顎に達する前に彼は船首に戻り、木に寄りかかった。
He adjusted the sack and carefully worked the line so that it came across a new part of his shoulders and, holding it anchored with his shoulders, he carefully felt the pull of the fish and then felt with his hand the progress of the skiff through the water.
adjust
(調整する)
[動]
make minor changes in order to achieve accuracy or improve performance
carefully
(慎重に)
[副]
taking care to avoid damage or risk
work
(操作する)
[動]
move or cause to move in a specified way
come across
(かかる)
[動]
meet or find by chance
progress
(進む)
[動]
move forward or onward in space or time
彼は袋を調整し、慎重に肩の新しい部分にかかるようにラインを操作し、肩で固定して、魚の引っ張りを注意深く感じ、それから手で小舟が水の中を進むのを感じた。
I wonder what he made that lurch for, he thought.
lurch
(急に動く)
[動]
move suddenly and unsteadily
彼はなぜあんな急に動いたのかと思った。
The wire must have slipped on the great hill of his back.
ワイヤーが背中の大きな丘で滑ったに違いない。
Certainly his back cannot feel as badly as mine does.
certainly
(確かに)
[副]
without doubt; definitely
badly
(ひどく)
[副]
in a bad manner; poorly
確かに彼の背中は私のものほどひどく感じることはできない。
But he cannot pull this skiff forever, no matter how great he is.
しかし、どんなに大きくても、この小舟を永遠に引っ張ることはできない。
Now everything is cleared away that might make trouble and I have a big reserve of line;
clear away
(取り除く)
[動]
remove something
trouble
(問題)
[名]
difficulty or problems
これで問題を起こす可能性のあるものはすべて取り除かれ、私にはたくさんの予備のラインがある。
all that a man can ask.
ask
(求める)
[動]
say or write something in order to obtain an answer or some information
人が求めることができるすべてだ。
He'll stay with me too, I suppose, the old man thought and he waited for it to be light.
suppose
(思う)
[動]
think or believe
wait for
(待つ)
[動]
stay where one is or delay action until a particular time or event happens
彼も私と一緒にいてくれるだろう、と老人は考え、明るくなるのを待った。
It was cold now in the time before daylight and he pushed against the wood to be warm.
daylight
(夜明け)
[名]
the time of day when the sun is above the horizon
push against
(押し付ける)
[動]
to press or thrust against something
wood
(木)
[名]
the hard fibrous substance that forms the main part of the trunk or branches of a tree
夜明け前の今は寒く、彼は暖を取るために木に押し付けた。
I can do it as long as he can, he thought.
do
(行う)
[動]
perform or execute
彼ができる限り私もできる、と彼は思った。
And in the first light the line extended out and down into the water.
extend
(伸びる)
[動]
stretch out so as to reach farther
そして最初の光の中で、ラインは水の中へと伸びていった。
The boat moved steadily and when the first edge of the sun rose it was on the old man's right shoulder.
ボートは着実に進み、太陽の最初の端が昇ったとき、それは老人の右肩にあった。
When the sun had risen further the old man realized that the fish was not tiring.
further
(さらに)
[副]
to a greater extent or degree
realize
(気づく)
[動]
become fully aware of
太陽がさらに昇ったとき、老人は魚が疲れていないことに気づいた。
There was only one favorable sign.
only one
(1つしか)
[名]
a single thing
favorable
(好ましい)
[形]
giving approval to
好ましい兆候は1つしかなかった。
The slant of the line showed he was swimming at a lesser depth.
show
(示す)
[動]
to make known or clear
lesser
(より浅い)
[形]
smaller in size, amount, or value
ラインの傾きは、彼がより浅い深さで泳いでいることを示していた。
That did not necessarily mean that he would jump.
not necessarily
(必ずしも)
[副]
not always; not in all cases
だからといって、必ずしも彼がジャンプするわけではない。
But he might.
しかし、彼はそうするかもしれない。
He tried to increase the tension, but the line had been taut up to the very edge of the breaking point since he had hooked the fish and he felt the harshness as he leaned back to pull and knew he could put no more strain on it.
breaking point
(限界)
[名]
the point at which a person gives up or can take no more
harshness
(張り)
[名]
the quality of being rough or unpleasant
lean back
(後ろに寄りかかる)
[動]
move or cause to move into a sloping position
彼は張力を上げようとしたが、魚を引っ掛けてからラインは限界まで張り詰めていて、引っ張るために後ろに寄りかかったときにその張りを感じ、これ以上負荷をかけることはできないとわかった。
I must not jerk it ever, he thought.
jerk
(引っ張る)
[動]
pull or move suddenly or sharply
絶対に引っ張ってはいけない、と彼は思った。
Each jerk widens the cut the hook makes and then when he does jump he might throw it.
widen
(広がる)
[動]
become or make wider
cut
(切り口)
[名]
a break in the continuity of a surface
引っ張るたびにフックの切り口が広がり、ジャンプしたときにフックが外れてしまうかもしれない。
Anyway I feel better with the sun and for once I do not have to look into it.
feel better
(気分が良くなる)
[動]
to feel more comfortable or happy
for once
(一度は)
[副]
for the first time
look into
(見る)
[動]
to examine or investigate
とにかく、太陽が出ると気分が良くなるし、一度は太陽を見なくてもいい。
The old man would have liked to keep his hand in the salt water longer but he was afraid of another sudden lurch by the fish and he stood up and braced himself and held his hand up against the sun.
salt water
(塩水)
[名]
water that contains a high concentration of salt
longer
(もっと長く)
[副]
for a longer period of time
sudden
(突然)
[形]
happening or done quickly and without warning
lurch
(飛び跳ねる)
[動]
make a sudden unsteady movement
hold up
(かざす)
[動]
raise something to a higher position
老人は手を塩水にもっと長く浸しておきたかったが、魚がまた突然飛び跳ねるのを恐れて立ち上がり、身構えて、手を太陽にかざした。
It was only a line burn that had cut his flesh.
彼の肉を切ったのはただのライン焼けだった。
But it was in the working part of his hand.
be in
(にある)
[動]
be located in
working part
(働く部分)
[名]
the part of something that does the work
しかし、それは彼の手の働く部分だった。
He knew he would need his hands before this was over and he did not like to be cut before it started.
need
(必要とする)
[動]
require (something) because it is essential or very important rather than just desirable
彼はこれが終わるまでに自分の手が必要になることを知っていたし、それが始まる前に切られるのは好きではなかった。
He knelt down and found the tuna under the stern with the gaff and drew it toward him keeping it clear of the coiled lines.
kneel down
(跪く)
[動]
go down on one's knees
draw
(引き寄せる)
[動]
move or cause to move toward oneself or toward the origin of the action
clear
(離す)
[形]
free from obstruction or obstacles
彼は跪いて、ギャフで船尾の下にいるマグロを見つけ、巻いたロープから離して自分の方へ引き寄せた。
Holding the line with his left shoulder again, and bracing on his left hand and arm, he took the tuna off the gaff hook and put the gaff back in place.
take
(外す)
[動]
remove from a place or position
再び左肩でロープを支え、左手と腕で支えながら、彼はギャフからマグロを外し、ギャフを元の場所に戻した。
He put one knee on the fish and cut strips of dark red meat longitudinally from the back of the head to the tail.
one
(片方)
[形]
single; not two or more
strip
(切れ端)
[名]
a long, narrow piece of something
longitudinally
(縦に)
[副]
in the direction of the length of something
彼は片膝を魚にのせ、頭の後ろから尾まで縦に暗赤色の肉を切った。
They were wedge-shaped strips and he cut them from next to the back bone down to the edge of the belly.
wedge-shaped
(くさび形の)
[形]
having the shape of a wedge
back bone
(背骨)
[名]
the spine
それはくさび形の細長い肉で、彼はそれを背骨の横から腹の端まで切った。
When he had cut six strips he spread them out on the wood of the bow, wiped his knife on his trousers, and lifted the carcass of the bonito by the tail and dropped it overboard.
wipe
(拭く)
[動]
clean or dry by rubbing with a cloth or towel
trousers
(ズボン)
[名]
an outer garment covering the lower part of the body and having two holes for the legs
carcass
(死骸)
[名]
the dead body of an animal
overboard
(船外に)
[副]
from a ship into the water
6切れ切ると、彼はそれを船首の木の上に広げ、ズボンでナイフを拭き、カツオの死骸を尾で持ち上げて船外に落とした。
There is no sense in being anything but practical though, he thought.
there is no sense in
(意味がない)
[動]
be pointless or futile
anything but
(以外)
[副]
other than
practical
(現実的)
[形]
of or concerned with practice or action
though
(でも)
[接]
despite the fact that; although
でも現実的になる以外に意味はない、と彼は思った。
I wish I had some salt.
some
(いくらか)
[限]
an unspecified amount or number of
塩があればいいのに。
And I do not know whether the sun will rot or dry what is left, so I had better eat it all although I am not hungry.
rot
(腐らせる)
[動]
decompose or cause to decompose
hungry
(空腹)
[形]
feeling a need or desire to eat food
残った部分を太陽が腐らせるのか乾かすのかわからないから、空腹ではないが全部食べた方がいい。
The fish is calm and steady.
calm
(落ち着いた)
[形]
not agitated or excited
魚は落ち着いていて安定している。
I will eat it all and then I will be ready.
all
(全部)
[副]
completely; totally
be ready
(準備を整える)
[動]
be prepared or made ready
全部食べて準備を整えよう。
He rubbed the cramped hand against his trousers and tried to gentle the fingers.
rub
(こする)
[動]
move one's hand or an object over a surface with pressure
cramp
(つる)
[動]
have a sudden, painful, involuntary contraction of a muscle
gentle
(ほぐす)
[動]
make or become less severe, harsh, or violent
彼はつった手をズボンでこすり、指をほぐそうとした。
But it would not open.
しかし、それは開かなかった。
Maybe it will open with the sun, he thought.
もしかしたら日が昇れば開くかもしれない、と彼は思った。
Maybe it will open when the strong raw tuna is digested.
raw
(生の)
[形]
not cooked
tuna
(まぐろ)
[名]
a large, predatory, commercially important fish
digest
(消化する)
[動]
convert food into a form that can be absorbed into the body
もしかしたら、強い生のまぐろが消化されれば開くかもしれない。
If I have to have it, I will open it, cost whatever it costs.
cost
(犠牲)
[名]
an amount that has to be paid or spent to buy or obtain something
私がそれを手に入れなければならないなら、私はそれを開けるだろう、どんな犠牲を払っても。
But I do not want to open it now by force.
by force
(無理やり)
[副]
using force or violence
しかし、私は今それを無理やり開けたくない。
Let it open by itself and come back of its own accord.
by itself
(自分で)
[副]
without outside help
of one's own accord
(自分の意志で)
[副]
voluntarily
自分で開けて、自分の意志で戻ってくるようにしよう。
After all I abused it much in the night when it was necessary to free and unite the various lines.
after all
(結局)
[副]
in spite of everything; nevertheless
abuse
(酷使する)
[動]
use something to bad effect or for a bad purpose
necessary
(必要である)
[形]
being essential, indispensable, or requisite
free
(解放する)
[動]
release from captivity, confinement, or slavery
unite
(結びつける)
[動]
join or connect two or more things together
結局、夜に様々なラインを解放して結びつける必要があった時に、私はそれを酷使した。
He looked across the sea and knew how alone he was now.
look across
(見渡す)
[動]
look over or across
alone
(孤独)
[形]
having no one else present
彼は海を見渡し、今自分がどれほど孤独かを悟った。
But he could see the prisms in the deep dark water and the line stretching ahead and the strange undulation of the calm.
stretch
(伸びる)
[動]
be made or be able to be made longer or wider without tearing or breaking
calm
(穏やか)
[形]
not stormy or windy; quiet
undulation
(うねり)
[名]
a smooth, wavelike motion
しかし、彼は深く暗い水の中のプリズムと前方に伸びるラインと穏やかな波の奇妙なうねりを見ることができた。
The clouds were building up now for the trade wind and he looked ahead and saw a flight of wild ducks etching themselves against the sky over the water, then blurring, then etching again and he knew no man was ever alone on the sea.
build up
(集まってくる)
[動]
to increase in size, amount, or intensity
trade wind
(貿易風)
[名]
a wind that blows steadily toward the equator from the northeast in the northern hemisphere or from the southeast in the southern hemisphere
look ahead
(前方を見る)
[動]
to think about or plan for the future
flight
(群れ)
[名]
a group of birds flying together
wild duck
(野生の鴨)
[名]
a duck that is not domesticated
etch
(刻む)
[動]
to produce (a design) on a surface by the corrosive action of an acid
blur
(ぼやける)
[動]
to make or become unclear or less distinct
貿易風のために雲が集まってきて、彼は前方を見て、水の上の空に野生の鴨の群れが自分たちの姿を刻み、ぼやけ、また刻むのを見て、海で孤独な人はいないと知った。
I hate a cramp, he thought.
つるのは嫌いだ、と彼は思った。
It is a treachery of one's own body.
one's own
(自分の)
[代]
belonging to or connected with the person or thing mentioned
それは自分の体の裏切りだ。
It is humiliating before others to have a diarrhoea from ptomaine poisoning or to vomit from it.
have a diarrhoea
(下痢をする)
[動]
to pass liquid faeces
ptomaine poisoning
(食中毒)
[名]
food poisoning
vomit
(吐く)
[動]
to eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
before others
(他人の前で)
[副]
in front of other people
humiliating
(屈辱的な)
[形]
causing a severe loss in the dignity of and respect for oneself
食中毒で下痢をしたり、吐いたりするのは、他人の前では屈辱的だ。
But a cramp, he thought of it as a calambre, humiliates oneself especially when one is alone.
calambre
(カラムブレ)
[名]
a Spanish word for cramp
humiliate
(辱める)
[動]
cause a severe loss in the dignity of
oneself
(自分)
[代]
a person's self
しかし、つりは、彼はそれをカラムブレと考えていたが、特に一人でいるときに自分を辱める。
The line rose slowly and steadily and then the surface of the ocean bulged ahead of the boat and the fish came out.
bulge
(膨らむ)
[動]
swell or protrude
ラインはゆっくりと着実に上昇し、それから海面が船の前で膨らみ、魚が出てきた。
He came out unendingly and water poured from his sides.
unendingly
(際限なく)
[副]
without end or limit
pour
(流れ落ちる)
[動]
flow or cause to flow in a stream
魚は際限なく出てきて、水がその側面から流れ落ちた。
He was bright in the sun and his head and back were dark purple and in the sun the stripes on his sides showed wide and a light lavender.
wide
(広い)
[形]
having a specified distance from side to side
light
(薄い)
[形]
having little weight or force
魚は太陽の下で輝き、頭と背中は濃い紫色で、太陽の下で側面の縞模様は広く、薄いラベンダー色に見えた。
His sword was as long as a baseball bat and tapered like a rapier and he rose his full length from the water and then re-entered it, smoothly, like a diver and the old man saw the great scythe-blade of his tail go under and the line commenced to race out.
sword
(剣)
[名]
a weapon with a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
baseball bat
(野球のバット)
[名]
a club used to hit the ball in baseball
taper
(先細りになる)
[動]
become gradually narrower towards one end
full length
(全身)
[名]
the whole length
re-enter
(再び入る)
[動]
enter again
smoothly
(滑らかに)
[副]
in a smooth way
diver
(ダイバー)
[名]
a person who dives
scythe-blade
(鎌の刃)
[名]
the blade of a scythe
go under
(沈む)
[動]
sink below the surface
commence
(始まる)
[動]
begin
魚の剣は野球のバットと同じくらい長く、レイピアのように先細りになっていて、魚は水から全身を起こし、ダイバーのように滑らかに水に再び入り、老人は魚の尾の大きな鎌の刃が水面下に入るのを見て、ラインが走り始めた。
“He is two feet longer than the skiff,” the old man said.
two feet
(2フィート)
[名]
a unit of length equal to 12 inches
「魚は小舟より2フィート長い」と老人は言った。
The line was going out fast but steadily and the fish was not panicked.
panic
(パニックになる)
[動]
be overcome by extreme and unreasoning anxiety
ラインは速く、しかし着実に出て行き、魚はパニックにはならなかった。
The old man was trying with both hands to keep the line just inside of breaking strength.
both hands
(両手)
[名]
the two hands of a person
just inside
(範囲内に)
[副]
within a certain area
breaking strength
(破断強度)
[名]
the stress at which a material breaks
老人は両手でラインを破断強度の範囲内に保とうとしていた。
He knew that if he could not slow the fish with a steady pressure the fish could take out all the line and break it.
slow
(落とす)
[動]
make or become slower
老人は、一定の圧力で魚の速度を落とすことができなければ、魚がラインを全部引っ張り出して切ってしまうことを知っていた。
He is a great fish and I must convince him, he thought.
convince
(説得する)
[動]
persuade someone to do or believe something
老人は、これはすごい魚だ、説得しなければ、と思った。
I must never let him learn his strength nor what he could do if he made his run.
learn
(悟らせる)
[動]
get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
魚に自分の強さや、逃げたらどうなるかを悟らせてはいけない。
If I were him I would put in everything now and go until something broke.
if I were him
(私が魚なら)
[条]
if I were in his position
put in
(尽くす)
[動]
to exert or apply
私が魚なら、今全力を尽くして、何かが壊れるまで行くだろう。
But, thank God, they are not as intelligent as we who kill them;
thank God
(神に感謝すべきことに)
[間]
an expression of relief
intelligent
(賢い)
[形]
having or showing intelligence, especially of a high level
だが、神に感謝すべきことに、彼らは我々人間ほど賢くはない。
although they are more noble and more able.
although
(ではあるが)
[接]
in spite of the fact that
noble
(高貴な)
[形]
belonging to a hereditary class with high social or political status; aristocratic
able
(有能な)
[形]
having or showing an ability to do something well; competent
もっと高貴で、もっと有能ではあるが。
I wonder why he jumped, the old man thought.
jump
(飛び上がる)
[動]
move suddenly and quickly upwards or forwards
なぜ飛び上がったのだろう、と老人は思った。
He jumped almost as though to show me how big he was.
show
(見せびらかす)
[動]
cause or allow to be seen
まるで自分の大きさを見せびらかすように飛び上がった。
I know now, anyway, he thought.
anyway
(とにかく)
[副]
in any case; at any rate
とにかく、今は分かった、と彼は思った。
I wish I could show him what sort of man I am.
sort
(種類)
[名]
a category of things or people having similar characteristics
私がどんな人間かあいつに見せつけてやりたいものだ。
But then he would see the cramped hand.
だが、そうすれば、彼はつった手を目にするだろう。
Let him think I am more man than I am and I will be so.
more
(もっと)
[副]
to a greater extent
than
(よりも)
[接]
used to introduce the second element in a comparison
I am
(実際)
[名]
the real nature of something
私を実際よりももっと人間だと思わせてやろう。
I wish I was the fish, he thought, with everything he has against only my will and my intelligence.
will
(意志)
[名]
the faculty by which a person decides on and initiates action
intelligence
(知恵)
[名]
the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills
私が魚だったらな、と彼は思った。あいつの全てを私の意志と知恵だけで迎え撃つんだ。
“Hail Mary full of Grace the Lord is with thee.
full of
(あふれる)
[形]
having a lot of something
Grace
(恵み)
[名]
a short prayer before a meal
the Lord
(主)
[名]
God
「恵みあふれる聖マリア、主はあなたとともにおられます。
Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
blessed
(祝福された)
[形]
consecrated by a religious rite
art
(である)
[動]
be
thou
(あなた)
[代]
you
among
(の中で)
[前]
in the middle of
women
(女)
[名]
an adult human female
is
(である)
[動]
be
the
(その)
[冠]
used to refer to a particular thing previously mentioned or easily identified
fruit
(実)
[名]
the sweet and fleshy product of a tree or other plant that contains seed and can be eaten
of
(の)
[前]
belonging to or connected with
thy
(あなたの)
[代]
your
womb
(胎)
[名]
the organ in a woman's body in which a baby develops before it is born
Jesus
(イエス)
[名]
the central figure of Christianity, the world's largest religion
あなたは女の中で祝福され、あなたの胎の実、イエスは祝福されています。
Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death.
Holy Mary
(神の母聖マリア)
[名]
the mother of Jesus
Mother of God
(神の母)
[名]
the mother of Jesus
pray
(祈る)
[動]
address a prayer to God or another deity
sinner
(罪人)
[名]
a person who has committed a sin
death
(死)
[名]
the end of all biological functions that sustain a living organism
神の母聖マリア、罪深い私たちのために、今も臨終の時も祈ってください。
Amen.”
Amen
(アーメン)
[名]
a declaration of affirmation found in the Hebrew Bible and used in Christian worship
アーメン」
Then he added, “Blessed Virgin, pray for the death of this fish.
add
(付け加える)
[動]
say something further
Blessed Virgin
(聖母マリア)
[名]
the mother of Jesus Christ
それから彼は付け加えた、「聖母マリアよ、この魚の死を祈ってください。
Wonderful though he is.”
彼は素晴らしいが」
“I had better re-bait that little line out over the stern,” he said.
had better
(した方がいい)
[助]
would be wiser to
re-bait
(餌をつける)
[動]
put bait on again
little
(小さな)
[形]
small in size
over
(向こう側)
[前]
on the other side of
「船尾のあの小さな釣り糸に餌をつけた方がいいな」と彼は言った。
“If the fish decides to stay another night I will need to eat again and the water is low in the bottle.
「もし魚がもう一晩いることに決めたら、私はまた食べる必要があるし、水筒の水も少ない。
I don't think I can get anything but a dolphin here.
but
(以外)
[接]
except
ここではイルカ以外は何も捕まえられないと思う。
But if I eat him fresh enough he won't be bad.
でも、新鮮なうちに食べれば悪くない。
I wish a flying fish would come on board tonight.
come on board
(乗る)
[動]
get on or into a ship, train, or other vehicle
今夜はトビウオが船に乗ってくれたらいいのに。
But I have no light to attract them.
attract
(引き寄せる)
[動]
draw to oneself or itself
でも、彼らを引き寄せる光がない。
A flying fish is excellent to eat raw and I would not have to cut him up.
トビウオは生で食べると最高だし、切る必要もない。
I must save all my strength now.
save
(温存する)
[動]
keep for future use
今は力を温存しなくてはならない。
Christ, I did not know he was so big.”
なんてことだ、こんなに大きいとは知らなかった」
Now that he had seen him once, he could picture the fish swimming in the water with his purple pectoral fins set wide as wings and the great erect tail slicing through the dark.
now that
(今や)
[接]
since; because
picture
(目に浮かぶ)
[動]
form a mental image of
purple
(紫色の)
[形]
of a color intermediate between red and blue
pectoral
(胸の)
[形]
of or relating to the breast or chest
erect
(立てた)
[形]
rigidly upright or straight
slice
(切り裂く)
[動]
cut with a sharp blade
一度魚を見てしまった今、老人には、紫色の胸びれを翼のように広げ、大きな尾を立てて暗闇を切り裂きながら泳ぐ魚の姿が目に浮かんだ。
I wonder how much he sees at that depth, the old man thought.
wonder
(考える)
[動]
be curious or doubtful about
how much
(どれだけ)
[副]
to what extent or degree
あの深さでどれだけ見えるのか、老人は考えた。
His eye is huge and a horse, with much less eye, can see in the dark.
much less
(もっと小さい)
[形]
to a much smaller extent
あの魚の目は巨大で、馬はもっと小さい目で暗闇でも見える。
Once I could see quite well in the dark.
once
(昔は)
[副]
at some point in the past
昔は暗闇でもよく見えた。
Not in the absolute dark.
absolute
(真っ暗闇)
[形]
complete and total
真っ暗闇ではなかったが。
But almost as a cat sees.
cat
(猫)
[名]
a small domesticated carnivorous mammal with soft fur, a short snout, and retractile claws
でも猫くらいは見えた。
This is the second day now that I do not know the result of the juegos, he thought.
second day
(二日目)
[名]
the day after the first day
do not know
(知らない)
[動]
be not aware of
result
(結果)
[名]
the final consequence of a sequence of events
試合結果を知らないのは今日で二日目だ、と彼は思った。
But I must have confidence and I must be worthy of the great DiMaggio who does all things perfectly even with the pain of the bone spur in his heel.
worthy
(ふさわしい)
[形]
having qualities or abilities that merit recognition
pain
(痛み)
[名]
a highly unpleasant physical sensation caused by illness or injury
bone
(骨)
[名]
any of the hard parts inside the body of a person or animal that are covered with muscle, skin etc
heel
(かかと)
[名]
the end of a foot
しかし、私は自信を持たなければならないし、かかとの骨棘の痛みにもかかわらず、すべてを完璧にこなす偉大なディマジオにふさわしくなければならない。
What is a bone spur? he asked himself.
bone spur
(骨棘)
[名]
a small projection of bone
ask oneself
(自問する)
[動]
ask oneself a question
骨棘とは何か? と彼は自問した。
Un espuela de hueso.
espuela
(棘)
[名]
a sharp, pointed projection
hueso
(骨)
[名]
a hard, rigid, porous, calcified tissue that forms the skeleton of vertebrates
骨の棘。
We do not have them.
我々にはそんなものはない。
Can it be as painful as the spur of a fighting cock in one's heel?
as painful as
(同じくらい痛い)
[形]
causing as much pain as
fighting cock
(闘鶏)
[名]
a cock bred and trained for cockfighting
spur
(蹴爪)
[名]
a sharp horny projection on the leg of a bird
闘鶏の蹴爪が踵に刺さったくらい痛いのだろうか?
I do not think I could endure that or the loss of the eye and of both eyes and continue to fight as the fighting cocks do.
fight
(戦う)
[動]
take part in a violent confrontation
私にはそれに耐えられるとは思えないし、片目や両目を失って闘鶏のように戦い続けることもできないと思う。
Man is not much beside the great birds and beasts.
beast
(獣)
[名]
a wild animal
人間は大きな鳥や獣に比べれば大したことはない。
Still I would rather be that beast down there in the darkness of the sea.
still
(それでも)
[副]
nevertheless; yet; even so
down there
(あそこに)
[副]
in that place
それでも私は海の暗闇にいるあの獣になりたい。
As the sun set he remembered, to give himself more confidence, the time in the tavern at Casablanca when he had played the hand game with the great negro from Cienfuegos who was the strongest man on the docks.
as the sun set
(日が沈むにつれて)
[副]
when the sun was going down
give oneself more confidence
(自分にもっと自信を与える)
[動]
make oneself more confident
Casablanca
(カサブランカ)
[名]
a city in western Morocco
tavern
(居酒屋)
[名]
a place where people can buy and consume alcohol and food
Cienfuegos
(シエンフエゴス)
[名]
a city in Cuba
great negro
(偉大な黒人)
[名]
a black person who is great
hand game
(手遊び)
[名]
a game played with the hands
dock
(埠頭)
[名]
a platform where boats can be loaded or unloaded
日が沈むにつれて、彼は自分にもっと自信を与えるために、カサブランカの居酒屋で、埠頭で一番強い男だったシエンフエゴス出身の偉大な黒人と手遊びをした時のことを思い出した。
They had gone one day and one night with their elbows on a chalk line on the table and their forearms straight up and their hands gripped tight.
go
(過ごす)
[動]
pass
one day
(一日)
[名]
a period of 24 hours
one night
(一晩)
[名]
the period from sunset to sunrise
elbow
(肘)
[名]
the joint between the upper and lower arm
chalk line
(チョークライン)
[名]
a line made with chalk
straight up
(まっすぐ上に)
[副]
vertically
彼らは、肘をテーブルのチョークラインに置き、前腕をまっすぐ上に伸ばし、手をぎゅっと握りしめて、一日一晩を過ごした。
Each one was trying to force the other's hand down onto the table.
each one
(それぞれ)
[代]
every one of a group
force
(押し付ける)
[動]
make someone do something against their will
それぞれが相手の手をテーブルに押し付けようとしていた。
There was much betting and people went in and out of the room under the kerosene lights and he had looked at the arm and hand of the negro and at the negro's face.
There was
(あった)
[動]
to exist
much
(たくさんの)
[形]
a great deal of
betting
(賭け)
[名]
the act of placing a bet
go in and out
(出たり入ったり)
[動]
to move from inside to outside and back again
kerosene
(灯油)
[名]
a fuel oil obtained by distilling petroleum
light
(ランプ)
[名]
a device for producing light
たくさんの賭けがあり、人々は灯油ランプの下で部屋を出たり入ったりしていたが、彼は黒人の腕と手、そして黒人の顔を見ていた。
They changed the referees every four hours after the first eight so that the referees could sleep.
referee
(審判)
[名]
an official who watches a game or contest and makes sure that the rules are followed
every four hours
(4時間ごとに)
[副]
once every four hours
first eight
(最初の8時間)
[名]
the first eight hours
最初の8時間後には、審判が眠れるように4時間ごとに審判を交代させた。
Blood came out from under the fingernails of both his and the negro's hands and they looked each other in the eye and at their hands and forearms and the bettors went in and out of the room and sat on high chairs against the wall and watched.
fingernail
(爪)
[名]
the thin, horny plate on the upper end of each finger and toe
look
(見つめる)
[動]
direct one's gaze
bettor
(賭けをする人)
[名]
a person who bets
go in and out
(出たり入ったりする)
[動]
move from inside to outside and back again
彼と黒人の両方の手の爪の下から血が出てきて、彼らはお互いの目を見つめ、手と前腕を見つめ、賭けをする人々は部屋を出たり入ったり、壁際に置かれたハイチェアに座って見守っていた。
The walls were painted bright blue and were of wood and the lamps threw their shadows against them.
paint
(塗る)
[動]
cover the surface of (something) with paint or a similar substance
lamp
(ランプ)
[名]
a device for giving light, either one consisting of an electric bulb together with its holder and shade or cover, or one burning oil or gas
throw
(落とす)
[動]
move or cause to move forcefully through the air by a rapid and complex motion of the arm and hand
shadow
(影)
[名]
a dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface
壁は明るい青に塗られ、木製で、ランプが影を落としていた。
The negro's shadow was huge and it moved on the wall as the breeze moved the lamps.
negro
(黒人)
[名]
a member of a dark-skinned group of peoples originally native to Africa south of the Sahara
huge
(大きい)
[形]
very large in size
黒人の影は大きく、そよ風がランプを揺らすと壁に映った。
The odds would change back and forth all night and they fed the negro rum and lighted cigarettes for him.
odds
(オッズ)
[名]
the ratio of the probability of an event's occurrence to the probability of its nonoccurrence
change back and forth
(行き来する)
[動]
move from one place to another and back again
all night
(一晩中)
[副]
throughout the night
rum
(ラム酒)
[名]
an alcoholic liquor made from fermented molasses or juice of the sugar cane
light
(火をつける)
[動]
cause to burn or begin to burn
cigarette
(タバコ)
[名]
a small roll of finely cut tobacco leaves wrapped in thin paper for smoking
オッズは一晩中行き来し、彼らは黒人にラム酒を飲ませ、タバコに火をつけた。
Then the negro, after the rum, would try for a tremendous effort and once he had the old man, who was not an old man then but was Santiago El Campeon, nearly three inches off balance.
tremendous
(ものすごい)
[形]
extremely great in amount, scale, or intensity
Santiago El Campeon
(サンティアゴ・エル・カンペオン)
[名]
a character in the story
nearly
(近く)
[副]
very close to; almost
three inches
(3インチ)
[名]
a unit of length equal to 2.54 centimeters
off balance
(バランスを崩す)
[形]
not in a state of equilibrium
ラム酒を飲んだ黒人は、ものすごい力で攻めてきて、一度は老人を、当時は老人ではなくサンティアゴ・エル・カンペオンだったが、3インチ近くバランスを崩させた。
But the old man had raised his hand up to dead even again.
raise
(上げる)
[動]
move something to a higher position
up
(上)
[副]
to a higher position
even
(引き分け)
[名]
a situation in which two or more people or teams are equal
again
(再び)
[副]
once more; another time
しかし、老人は再び手を上げて、またもや引き分けに持ち込んだ。
He was sure then that he had the negro, who was a fine man and a great athlete, beaten.
be sure
(確信する)
[動]
be certain or confident about something
then
(その時)
[副]
at that time
have
(倒す)
[動]
defeat or beat
fine
(立派な)
[形]
of high quality
athlete
(アスリート)
[名]
a person who is proficient in sports and other forms of physical activity
彼はその時、立派な男であり、偉大なアスリートである黒人を倒したと確信していた。
And at daylight when the bettors were asking that it be called a draw and the referee was shaking his head, he had unleashed his effort and forced the hand of the negro down and down until it rested on the wood.
draw
(引き分け)
[名]
a game or contest in which neither side wins
shake
(横に振る)
[動]
to move or cause to move up and down or from side to side
force
(押し下げる)
[動]
to make someone or something do something or to make something happen
そして夜が明けて、賭けをしていた連中が引き分けにしてくれと頼み、審判が首を横に振ったとき、彼は力を解き放ち、黒人の手を木の上に置くまで下へ下へと押し下げた。
The match had started on a Sunday morning and ended on a Monday morning.
end
(終わる)
[動]
finish
試合は日曜日の朝に始まり、月曜日の朝に終わった。
Many of the bettors had asked for a draw because they had to go to work on the docks loading sacks of sugar or at the Havana Coal Company.
many of
(多くの)
[副]
a large number of
ask for
(求める)
[動]
request or demand
go to work
(働きに行く)
[動]
go to one's place of employment
load
(積み込む)
[動]
put a load on or in
sugar
(砂糖)
[名]
a sweet crystalline substance obtained from various plants
Havana Coal Company
(ハバナ石炭会社)
[名]
a company that produces coal in Havana
賭けをしていた連中の多くは、砂糖の袋を積み込む港やハバナ石炭会社で働かなければならなかったので、引き分けを求めていた。
Otherwise everyone would have wanted it to go to a finish.
otherwise
(そうでなければ)
[副]
in a different way
everyone
(誰もが)
[代]
every person
go to a finish
(決着がつく)
[動]
reach a conclusion
そうでなければ、誰もが決着がつくことを望んでいただろう。
But he had finished it anyway and before anyone had to go to work.
finish
(終わらせる)
[動]
bring to an end; come to an end
しかし、彼はとにかくそれを終わらせ、誰もが仕事に行かなければならない前に終わらせた。
For a long time after that everyone had called him The Champion and there had been a return match in the spring.
after that
(その後)
[副]
after that time
call
(呼ぶ)
[動]
give a name to
the Champion
(チャンピオン)
[名]
the winner of a competition
there be
(ある)
[動]
exist
return match
(再戦)
[名]
a second match between the same opponents
in the spring
(春に)
[副]
in the season of spring
それから長い間、誰もが彼をチャンピオンと呼び、春には再戦があった。
But not much money was bet and he had won it quite easily since he had broken the confidence of the negro from Cienfuegos in the first match.
not much
(あまりない)
[形]
not a large amount of
bet
(賭ける)
[動]
risk something, usually a sum of money, against someone else's on the basis of the outcome of a future event
match
(試合)
[名]
a contest in which people or teams compete against each other
しかし、あまりお金は賭けられず、最初の試合でシエンフエゴスの黒人の自信を打ち砕いていたので、彼はそれをかなり簡単に勝ち取った。
After that he had a few matches and then no more.
have a few matches
(数試合をする)
[動]
play a few games
no more
(それ以上はない)
[副]
not any more; no longer
その後、彼は数試合をしたが、それ以上は試合をしなかった。
He decided that he could beat anyone if he wanted to badly enough and he decided that it was bad for his right hand for fishing.
beat
(勝つ)
[動]
defeat or overcome in a contest
badly
(本当に)
[副]
very much
right
(右)
[形]
on or to the right side
彼は、もし自分が本当にそうしたいと思ったら誰にでも勝てると決心し、また、それは自分の右手にとって釣りに良くないと決心した。
He had tried a few practice matches with his left hand.
彼は左手で数回練習試合を試みた。
But his left hand had always been a traitor and would not do what he called on it to do and he did not trust it.
traitor
(裏切り者)
[名]
a person who betrays a friend, country, principle, etc.
do what
(~する)
[動]
perform an action
call on
(~に頼む)
[動]
ask for help or support from
trust
(信用する)
[動]
have confidence in the reliability, truth, or ability of
しかし、彼の左手はいつも裏切り者で、彼がやれと言ったことをせず、彼はそれを信用していなかった。
“With so much flying fish there should be dolphin,” he said, and leaned back on the line to see if it was possible to gain any on his fish.
lean back
(寄りかかる)
[動]
to be in or move into a position in which the upper body is at an angle to the lower body
gain
(捕まえる)
[動]
to obtain or win something
「こんなにトビウオがいるならイルカがいるはずだ」と彼は言い、魚を捕まえることができるかどうか確かめるためにラインに寄りかかった。
But he could not and it stayed at the hardness and water-drop shivering that preceded breaking.
could not
(できなかった)
[助]
be unable to
hardness
(硬さ)
[名]
the quality or state of being hard
water-drop
(水滴)
[名]
a small drop of water
break
(壊れる)
[動]
separate into pieces as a result of impact or stress
しかし、彼はそうすることができず、それは硬さと水滴の震えのままで、壊れる前兆だった。
The boat moved ahead slowly and he watched the airplane until he could no longer see it.
move ahead
(前進する)
[動]
move forward
ボートはゆっくりと前進し、彼は飛行機が見えなくなるまで見ていました。
It must be very strange in an airplane, he thought.
must
(だろう)
[助]
be obliged to; have to
飛行機の中はさぞかし奇妙だろう、と彼は思った。
I wonder what the sea looks like from that height?
height
(高さ)
[名]
the distance from the top to the bottom of something
あの高さから海はどのように見えるのだろうか?
They should be able to see the fish well if they do not fly too high.
be able to
(できる)
[助]
have the ability to
high
(高く)
[副]
at or to a great height
あまり高く飛ばなければ、魚がよく見えるはずだ。
I would like to fly very slowly at two hundred fathoms high and see the fish from above.
200ファゾムの高さをゆっくりと飛んで、上から魚を見たいものだ。
In the turtle boats I was in the cross-trees of the mast-head and even at that height I saw much.
turtle boat
(亀船)
[名]
a type of warship used by the Korean navy during the Joseon Dynasty
cross-tree
(クロスツリー)
[名]
a horizontal bar or platform fixed across the upper part of a ship's mast
mast-head
(マストヘッド)
[名]
the top of a ship's mast
亀船では、私はマストのクロスツリーにいて、その高さでも多くのものを見た。
The dolphin look greener from there and you can see their stripes and their purple spots and you can see all of the school as they swim.
look
(見える)
[動]
be visible
spot
(斑点)
[名]
a small round area of a different color from the surface around it
イルカはそこから見ると緑色に見え、縞模様や紫色の斑点が見え、泳いでいる群れ全体を見ることができる。
Why is it that all the fast-moving fish of the dark current have purple backs and usually purple stripes or spots?
dark current
(暗い海流)
[名]
a current of water that is dark
なぜ暗い海流の速く泳ぐ魚はみんな背中が紫色で、たいてい紫色の縞模様や斑点があるのだろうか?
The dolphin looks green of course because he is really golden.
because
(ので)
[接]
for the reason that
really
(実際には)
[副]
in fact; actually
golden
(金色)
[形]
of the color gold
イルカは実際には金色なので、もちろん緑色に見える。
But when he comes to feed, truly hungry, purple stripes show on his sides as on a marlin.
しかし、本当にお腹が空いて餌を食べに来ると、カジキのように横腹に紫色の縞模様が現れる。
Can it be anger, or the greater speed he makes that brings them out?
anger
(怒り)
[名]
a strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility
bring out
(現れる)
[動]
cause to appear or become manifest
それは怒りなのか、それともスピードを上げることで現れるのか?
Just before it was dark, as they passed a great island of Sargasso weed that heaved and swung in the light sea as though the ocean were making love with something under a yellow blanket, his small line was taken by a dolphin.
just before
(直前)
[副]
immediately preceding
pass
(通り過ぎる)
[動]
move or cause to move in a specified direction
island
(島)
[名]
a piece of land surrounded by water
Sargasso weed
(サルガッソの海藻)
[名]
a brown seaweed that floats in large masses in the Sargasso Sea
heave
(揺れ動く)
[動]
move or cause to move up and down or from side to side with a regular rhythm
make love
(愛し合う)
[動]
have sex
be taken
(引っ張られる)
[動]
be pulled
暗くなる直前、海が黄色い毛布の下で何かと愛し合っているかのように、明るい海の中で揺れ動く大きなサルガッソの海藻の島を通り過ぎたとき、彼の小さな釣り糸がイルカに引っ張られた。
He saw it first when it jumped in the air, true gold in the last of the sun and bending and flapping wildly in the air.
true
(真の)
[形]
being in accordance with fact or reality
bend
(身をくねらせる)
[動]
move or cause to move into a curved or sharply angled form
flap
(羽ばたく)
[動]
move or cause to move up and down or from side to side
彼はイルカが空中に飛び上がったとき、夕日の中で真の金色に輝き、空中で激しく身をくねらせて羽ばたくのを初めて見た。
It jumped again and again in the acrobatics of its fear and he worked his way back to the stern and crouching and holding the big line with his right hand and arm, he pulled the dolphin in with his left hand, stepping on the gained line each time with his bare left foot.
fear
(恐怖)
[名]
an unpleasant emotion caused by the threat of danger, pain, or harm
crouch
(しゃがむ)
[動]
be in or assume a position in which the knees are bent and the upper body is brought forward and down
step on
(踏みつける)
[動]
press or put one's foot on
イルカは恐怖のあまり何度も何度もジャンプし、彼は船尾に戻ってしゃがみ込み、右手と腕で大きな釣り糸を持ち、左手でイルカを引き寄せ、その都度素足の左足で釣り糸を踏みつけた。
When the fish was at the stern, plunging and cutting from side to side in desperation, the old man leaned over the stern and lifted the burnished gold fish with its purple spots over the stern.
plunge
(突っ込む)
[動]
move or cause to move suddenly and quickly
desperation
(必死)
[名]
a state of despair, hopelessness, or extreme need
burnish
(磨く)
[動]
polish by rubbing
gold
(金)
[名]
a yellow precious metal
魚が船尾に近づき、必死に左右に突っ込んだり切ったりしたとき、老人は船尾に寄りかかり、紫色の斑点のある金色の魚を船尾から持ち上げた。
Its jaws were working convulsively in quick bites against the hook and it pounded the bottom of the skiff with its long flat body, its tail and its head until he clubbed it across the shining golden head until it shivered and was still.
jaw
(顎)
[名]
the lower part of the face below the eyes
convulsively
(けいれんして)
[副]
in a convulsive manner
bite
(噛みつく)
[動]
cut or tear with the teeth
pound
(叩く)
[動]
strike or hit heavily and repeatedly
still
(動かなくなる)
[形]
not moving or making a sound
その顎はフックに対して素早く噛みつき、長く平らな体、尾、頭で小舟の底を叩き、彼が輝く金色の頭を殴り、震えて動かなくなるまで叩き続けた。
It would be better to gut the dolphin a little later to save the blood in the meat, he thought.
gut
(内臓処理する)
[動]
remove the internal organs of
a little later
(少し後で)
[副]
a short time after the present time
save
(保存する)
[動]
keep from harm, injury, or loss
肉の中の血を保存するために、少し後でイルカを内臓処理した方が良いだろう、と彼は思った。
I can do that a little later and lash the oars to make a drag at the same time.
at the same time
(同時に)
[副]
at one and the same time; concurrently
それを少し後でやって、同時にオールを縛って抵抗を作ろう。
I had better keep the fish quiet now and not disturb him too much at sunset.
keep quiet
(静かにしておく)
[動]
be silent or make no noise
disturb
(邪魔する)
[動]
interfere with
sunset
(日没)
[名]
the time when the sun goes below the horizon in the evening
今は魚を静かにしておいて、日没時にあまり邪魔しない方が良い。
The setting of the sun is a difficult time for all fish.
setting
(沈む)
[名]
the time when the sun goes below the horizon
日没はすべての魚にとって難しい時間だ。
I'm learning how to do it, he thought.
learn
(学ぶ)
[動]
gain knowledge or skills
how to do
(やり方)
[名]
the method of doing something
やり方を学んでいるんだ、と彼は思った。
This part of it anyway.
this part
(この部分)
[名]
this part
とにかくこの部分は。
Then too, remember he hasn't eaten since he took the bait and he is huge and needs much food.
then too
(それから)
[副]
in addition to that
それから、彼は餌をとってから何も食べていないし、巨大でたくさんの食べ物が必要だということを思い出せ。
I have eaten the whole bonito.
whole
(全部)
[形]
all of; the entire amount of
カツオを全部食べてしまった。
Tomorrow I will eat the dolphin.
明日はカジキを食べよう。
He called it dorado.
dorado
(ドラド)
[名]
a large edible fish
彼はそれをドラドと呼んだ。
Perhaps I should eat some of it when I clean it.
should
(すべきだろう)
[助]
ought to; must
clean
(掃除する)
[動]
make free of dirt, marks, or mess, especially by washing, wiping, or brushing
おそらく、それを掃除するときに少し食べるべきだろう。
It will be harder to eat than the bonito.
hard
(難しい)
[形]
not easy; requiring much effort
カツオよりも食べにくいだろう。
But, then, nothing is easy.
しかし、何も簡単ではない。
He did not truly feel good because the pain from the cord across his back had almost passed pain and gone into a dullness that he mistrusted.
pass
(通り越す)
[動]
go beyond
dullness
(鈍痛)
[名]
a lack of interest or excitement
mistrust
(疑う)
[動]
have no trust in
彼は本当に気分がいいわけではなく、背中を横切るロープからの痛みはほとんど痛みを通り越して、彼が疑う鈍痛に変わっていた。
But I have had worse things than that, he thought.
have
(遭ったことがある)
[動]
experience
worse
(もっとひどい)
[形]
of poorer quality or lower standard
だが、私はもっとひどい目に遭ったことがある、と彼は思った。
My hand is only cut a little and the cramp is gone from the other.
cut
(切れる)
[動]
break the continuity of
cramp
(痙攣)
[名]
a painful involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles
gone
(治まる)
[動]
no longer present or in existence
私の手は少し切れただけで、もう片方の手は痙攣が治まった。
My legs are all right.
leg
(足)
[名]
one of the two lower limbs of a human being
all right
(大丈夫)
[形]
satisfactory; in good condition
私の足は大丈夫だ。
Also now I have gained on him in the question of sustenance.
gain
(勝つ)
[動]
obtain or win something by effort
sustenance
(栄養補給)
[名]
the process of providing nourishment essential for life
それに、今や私は栄養補給という点で彼に勝った。
Then he was sorry for the great fish that had nothing to eat and his determination to kill him never relaxed in his sorrow for him.
determination
(決意)
[名]
firmness of purpose; resoluteness
sorrow
(悲しみ)
[名]
a feeling of deep distress caused by loss, disappointment, or other misfortune suffered by oneself or others
それから彼は何も食べるものがない大きな魚を気の毒に思った。しかし、彼を殺そうとする決意は、彼に対する悲しみの中で決して緩むことはなかった。
How many people will he feed, he thought.
how many
(何人)
[限]
what number of
彼は何人の人々を養うだろう、と彼は考えた。
But are they worthy to eat him?
worthy
(値する)
[形]
having worth or value
しかし、彼らは彼を食べるに値するだろうか?
No, of course not.
いいや、もちろん違う。
There is no one worthy of eating him from the manner of his behaviour and his great dignity.
manner
(態度)
[名]
a way of doing something
behaviour
(振る舞い)
[名]
the way in which one acts or conducts oneself
dignity
(威厳)
[名]
the state or quality of being worthy of honour or respect
彼の振る舞い方や偉大な威厳から、彼を食べるに値する者はいない。
Now, he thought, I must think about the drag.
今、私は抵抗について考えなければならない、と彼は考えた。
It has its perils and its merits.
peril
(危険)
[名]
a situation in which you are in danger
merit
(利点)
[名]
the quality of being good and deserving praise
それにはそれなりの危険と利点がある。
I may lose so much line that I will lose him, if he makes his effort and the drag made by the oars is in place and the boat loses all her lightness.
lightness
(軽さ)
[名]
the property of being light in weight
もし彼が努力し、オールによる抵抗が適切な位置にあり、ボートが軽さを失ったら、私は彼を失うほど多くのラインを失うかもしれない。
Her lightness prolongs both our suffering but it is my safety since he has great speed that he has never yet employed.
prolong
(長引かせる)
[動]
cause to be longer
safety
(安全)
[名]
the condition of being protected from or unlikely to cause danger, risk, or injury
彼女の軽さは私たち二人の苦しみを長引かせるが、彼がまだ使ったことのない素晴らしいスピードを持っているので、それは私の安全だ。
No matter what passes I must gut the dolphin so he does not spoil and eat some of him to be strong.
no matter what
(何が起ころうとも)
[副]
regardless of what happens
pass
(起こる)
[動]
happen
何が起ころうとも、私はイルカを内臓を抜いて腐らないようにし、強くなるためにその一部を食べなければならない。
Now I will rest an hour more and feel that he is solid and steady before I move back to the stern to do the work and make the decision.
solid
(しっかりした)
[形]
firm or strong in structure
さあ、あと一時間休んで、彼がしっかりして安定しているのを感じてから、船尾に戻って仕事をして決断を下そう。
In the meantime I can see how he acts and if he shows any changes.
in the meantime
(その間に)
[副]
during the intervening period of time
その間に彼がどう行動するか、何か変化があるかを見ることができる。
The oars are a good trick; but it has reached the time to play for safety.
オールを使うのは良い手だが、安全のために戦う時が来た。
He is much fish still and I saw that the hook was in the corner of his mouth and he has kept his mouth tight shut.
much
(かなりの)
[形]
great in quantity, amount, or extent
keep
(閉じる)
[動]
continue or maintain in a certain state, position, or course
彼はまだかなりの魚で、私は針が彼の口の隅にあるのを見たし、彼は口を固く閉じていた。
The punishment of the hook is nothing.
punishment
(罰)
[名]
a penalty imposed for a crime or other offense
針の罰など何でもない。
The punishment of hunger, and that he is against something that he does not comprehend, is everything.
hunger
(飢え)
[名]
a state of having a strong desire or need for food
comprehend
(理解する)
[動]
understand something completely
飢えの罰、そして彼が理解できない何かに立ち向かっていることが全てだ。
Rest now, old man, and let him work until your next duty comes.
さあ休め、老人よ、そしてあなたの次の任務が来るまで彼に働かせろ。
He rested for what he believed to be two hours.
believe
(思う)
[動]
accept that (something) is true, especially without proof
彼は2時間ほど休んだ。
The moon did not rise now until late and he had no way of judging the time.
late
(遅く)
[副]
after the usual or expected time
have no way of
(方法がない)
[動]
be unable to
judging
(判断する)
[動]
form an opinion about
月は遅くまで昇らず、彼には時間を判断する方法がなかった。
Nor was he really resting except comparatively.
nor
(~もまた)
[接]
and not; also not
comparatively
(比較的)
[副]
in a way that can be compared
彼は比較的休んでいるだけで、本当に休んでいるわけではなかった。
He was still bearing the pull of the fish across his shoulders but he placed his left hand on the gunwale of the bow and confided more and more of the resistance to the fish to the skiff itself.
bear
(受ける)
[動]
carry or support
place
(置く)
[動]
put something in a particular position
confide
(委ねる)
[動]
tell someone about a secret or private matter
resistance
(抵抗)
[名]
the refusal to accept or consider something new
彼は肩に魚の引っ張る力をまだ受けていたが、左手を船首のガンネルに置き、魚に対する抵抗をますます小舟に委ねた。
Back in the stern he turned so that his left hand held the strain of the line across his shoulders and drew his knife from its sheath with his right hand.
back
(戻る)
[動]
go back to a previous place or state
draw
(抜く)
[動]
pull out
sheath
(鞘)
[名]
a cover for the blade of a knife or sword
船尾に戻ると、彼は左手で肩越しにラインの張りを取り、右手で鞘からナイフを抜いた。
The stars were bright now and he saw the dolphin clearly and he pushed the blade of his knife into his head and drew him out from under the stern.
blade
(刃)
[名]
the flat cutting edge of a knife or other tool
星は今や明るく、彼はイルカをはっきりと見、ナイフの刃を頭に突き刺し、船尾の下から引き出した。
He put one of his feet on the fish and slit him quickly from the vent up to the tip of his lower jaw.
slit
(切り裂く)
[動]
make a long, narrow cut in
vent
(肛門)
[名]
an opening allowing the passage of air or other gas
tip
(先)
[名]
the pointed or rounded end of something
lower jaw
(下顎)
[名]
the lower of the two bones that form the jaw
彼は片足を魚に乗せ、肛門から下顎の先まで素早く切り裂いた。
Then he put his knife down and gutted him with his right hand, scooping him clean and pulling the gills clear.
put down
(置く)
[動]
place something in a lower position
scoop
(すくい取る)
[動]
lift or gather with or as if with a scoop
gill
(えら)
[名]
the respiratory organ of most aquatic animals
それから彼はナイフを置き、右手で内臓を取り出し、きれいにすくい取り、えらをきれいに引っ張った。
He felt the maw heavy and slippery in his hands and he slit it open.
maw
(胃袋)
[名]
the stomach of an animal
slippery
(滑る)
[形]
having a smooth or wet surface that is difficult to walk, climb, or hold on to
彼は胃袋が重く、手の中で滑るのを感じ、それを切り開いた。
There were two flying fish inside.
中にはトビウオが2匹いた。
They were fresh and hard and he laid them side by side and dropped the guts and the gills over the stern.
lay
(置く)
[動]
put or set down
side by side
(並べて)
[副]
next to each other
guts
(内臓)
[名]
the internal organs of a person or an animal
gills
(えら)
[名]
the respiratory organ of most aquatic animals
新鮮で硬く、彼はそれらを並べて置き、内臓とえらを船尾から落とした。
They sank leaving a trail of phosphorescence in the water.
trail
(跡)
[名]
a mark left by something that has passed
それらは水中に燐光の跡を残して沈んだ。
The dolphin was cold and a leprous gray-white now in the starlight and the old man skinned one side of him while he held his right foot on the fish's head.
leprous
(らい病のような)
[形]
of or relating to leprosy
gray-white
(灰白色)
[形]
of a color intermediate between gray and white
starlight
(星明かり)
[名]
the light of the stars
skin
(皮を剥ぐ)
[動]
remove the skin from
one side
(片側)
[名]
one of the two parts of something that are on opposite sides of it
right foot
(右足)
[名]
the foot on the right side of the body
イルカは冷たく、星明かりの下で今やらい病のような灰白色で、老人は右足を魚の頭に載せながら片側の皮を剥いだ。
Then he turned him over and skinned the other side and cut each side off from the head down to the tail.
turn over
(ひっくり返す)
[動]
change from one position to another
それから彼はそれをひっくり返して反対側の皮を剥ぎ、頭から尾まで両側を切り取った。
Back in the bow he laid the two fillets of fish out on the wood with the flying fish beside them.
fly
(トビウオ)
[名]
a fish with wing-like pectoral fins that can glide for considerable distances
船首に戻ると、彼は2枚の魚の切り身を木の上に置き、その横にトビウオを置いた。
After that he settled the line across his shoulders in a new place and held it again with his left hand resting on the gunwale.
settle
(掛ける)
[動]
put into a certain place or position
rest
(乗せる)
[動]
be supported by and not move
その後、彼は新しい場所で肩にラインを掛け、左手をガンネルに乗せて再びそれを握った。
Then he leaned over the side and washed the flying fish in the water, noting the speed of the water against his hand.
lean over
(寄りかかる)
[動]
be in or move into a sloping position
それから彼は横に寄りかかり、トビウオを水で洗い、手に対する水の速度に注意した。
His hand was phosphorescent from skinning the fish and he watched the flow of the water against it.
be phosphorescent
(燐光を発する)
[動]
emit light without heat
彼の手は魚の皮を剥いだことで燐光を発しており、彼はそれに当たる水の流れを見た。
The flow was less strong and as he rubbed the side of his hand against the planking of the skiff, particles of phosphorus floated off and drifted slowly astern.
flow
(流れ)
[名]
the action or fact of moving along in a steady and continuous stream
less
(それほど)
[副]
to a smaller extent
rub
(擦り付ける)
[動]
move or cause to move against something with firm pressure
particle
(粒子)
[名]
a minute portion of matter
phosphorus
(燐光)
[名]
a nonmetallic element of the nitrogen group, used especially in matches, fertilizers, and incendiary bombs
流れはそれほど強くなく、彼が手の側面を小舟の板に擦り付けると、燐光の粒子が浮かび、ゆっくりと後方に漂った。
My right hand can hold it as long as it is braced, he thought.
brace
(支え)
[名]
a device that provides support
支えがある限り、右手で握り続けられる、と彼は思った。
If it relaxes in sleep my left hand will wake me as the line goes out.
relax
(緩む)
[動]
make or become less tense or anxious
眠っている間に緩んだら、糸が出るときに左手が私を起こしてくれるだろう。
It is hard on the right hand.
右手はつらい。
But he is used to punishment.
be used to
(慣れている)
[動]
be familiar with something through repeated exposure or experience
しかし、彼は罰に慣れている。
Even if I sleep twenty minutes or a half an hour it is good.
even if
(たとえ)
[接]
although; even though
twenty minutes
(20分)
[名]
a period of time equal to twenty minutes
half an hour
(30分)
[名]
a period of time equal to thirty minutes
it is good
(良い)
[形]
to be desired or approved of
20分でも30分でも眠れれば良い。
He lay forward cramping himself against the line with all of his body, putting all his weight onto his right hand, and he was asleep.
lie forward
(前かがみになる)
[動]
to be in a position with the front of your body facing down
cramp
(押し付ける)
[動]
to cause to be confined or restricted
彼は前かがみになって、全身で糸に押し付け、体重をすべて右手にかけて眠った。
He woke with the jerk of his right fist coming up against his face and the line burning out through his right hand.
fist
(拳)
[名]
a hand with the fingers closed tightly into the palm, typically in order to strike a blow
burn out
(燃え尽きる)
[動]
become exhausted through overwork
彼は右の拳が顔に当たって跳ね上がり、右手からラインが燃え尽きる音で目を覚ました。
He had no feeling of his left hand but he braked all he could with his right and the line rushed out.
have no feeling
(感覚がない)
[動]
be unable to feel
brake
(ブレーキをかける)
[動]
slow or stop a vehicle or machine by using a brake
彼は左手の感覚がなかったが、右手でできる限りブレーキをかけ、ラインが飛び出した。
Finally his left hand found the line and he leaned back against the line and now it burned his back and his left hand, and his left hand was taking all the strain and cutting badly.
finally
(やっと)
[副]
after a long time, or at the end of a process
burn
(焼かれる)
[動]
be on fire
take
(受ける)
[動]
receive or accept
やっと左手がラインを見つけ、彼はラインに寄りかかり、今度は背中と左手を焼かれ、左手はすべての負担を受け、ひどく切れていた。
He looked back at the coils of line and they were feeding smoothly.
look back
(振り返る)
[動]
turn one's head and body to look behind oneself
feed
(供給する)
[動]
supply with food or other necessities
彼はラインのコイルを振り返ると、それらはスムーズに供給されていた。
Just then the fish jumped making a great bursting of the ocean and then a heavy fall.
jump
(跳び上がる)
[動]
move upwards suddenly
burst
(破裂させる)
[動]
break or cause to break suddenly and violently
ちょうどその時、魚が跳び上がり、海を大きく破裂させ、それから重く落ちた。
Then he jumped again and again and the boat was going fast although line was still racing out and the old man was raising the strain to breaking point and raising it to breaking point again and again.
go fast
(速く進む)
[動]
move quickly
race
(出る)
[動]
move or go quickly
それから魚は何度も跳び上がり、ラインがまだ出ているにもかかわらずボートは速く進み、老人は負担を限界まで上げ、何度も限界まで上げていた。
He had been pulled down tight onto the bow and his face was in the cut slice of dolphin and he could not move.
pull down
(引き寄せる)
[動]
move something to a lower position
slice
(切り身)
[名]
a thin, broad piece of food cut from a larger portion
彼は船首に強く引き寄せられ、顔はイルカの切り身の中にあり、動くことができなかった。
The line went out and out and out but it was slowing now and he was making the fish earn each inch of it.
earn
(稼ぐ)
[動]
gain or make money by working
ラインはどんどん出て行ったが、今は速度が落ち、彼は魚に1インチずつ稼がせていた。
Now he got his head up from the wood and out of the slice of fish that his cheek had crushed.
get one's head up
(頭を上げる)
[動]
raise one's head
out of
(から)
[前]
from inside
crush
(押しつぶす)
[動]
press or squeeze with a lot of force
彼は頭を木から上げ、頬が押しつぶした魚の切り身から出した。
Then he was on his knees and then he rose slowly to his feet.
on one's knees
(膝をつく)
[動]
to be in a position in which your knees are on the ground
それから彼は膝をつき、ゆっくりと立ち上がった。
He was ceding line but more slowly all the time.
cede
(譲る)
[動]
give up or surrender
彼はラインを譲っていたが、ずっとゆっくりとしていた。
He worked back to where he could feel with his foot the coils of line that he could not see.
彼は、見えないラインのコイルを足で感じることができる場所まで戻った。
There was plenty of line still and now the fish had to pull the friction of all that new line through the water.
friction
(摩擦)
[名]
the resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another
まだたくさんのラインがあり、魚は水の中を新しいラインの摩擦で引っ張らなければならなかった。
Yes, he thought. And now he has jumped more than a dozen times and filled the sacks along his back with air and he cannot go down deep to die where I cannot bring him up.
dozen
(十数)
[名]
a group of twelve
bring up
(連れて来る)
[動]
take or carry to a higher place
そうだ、と彼は思った。そして今、彼は十数回以上もジャンプして、背中の袋を空気で満たした。そして、彼は私が彼を連れて来ることができない深いところで死ぬことはできない。
He will start circling soon and then I must work on him.
circle
(旋回)
[名]
a round or circular movement
work on
(働きかける)
[動]
try to influence or persuade
彼はすぐに旋回を始めるだろうし、それから私は彼に働きかけなければならない。
I wonder what started him so suddenly?
何が彼をそんなに突然走らせたのだろうか?
Could it have been hunger that made him desperate, or was he frightened by something in the night?
desperate
(自暴自棄な)
[形]
having lost all hope
彼を自暴自棄にさせたのは空腹だったのか、それとも夜に何かに怯えたのか?
Maybe he suddenly felt fear.
もしかしたら彼は突然恐怖を感じたのかもしれない。
But he was such a calm, strong fish and he seemed so fearless and so confident.
fearless
(恐れ知らずの)
[形]
not afraid of anything
しかし、彼はとても穏やかで強い魚で、とても恐れ知らずで自信に満ちているようだった。
The old man held him with his left hand and his shoulders now and stooped down and scooped up water in his right hand to get the crushed dolphin flesh off of his face.
hold
(抱く)
[動]
grasp or carry in one's arms
stoop
(かがむ)
[動]
bend one's head and body forward and down
scoop up
(すくう)
[動]
lift or gather with or as if with a scoop
get off
(取り除く)
[動]
remove
crushed
(押しつぶされた)
[形]
broken or flattened by pressure
老人は左手と肩で彼を抱き、かがんで右手で水をすくい、顔から押しつぶされたイルカの肉を取り除いた。
He was afraid that it might nauseate him and he would vomit and lose his strength.
be afraid
(恐れる)
[動]
be scared or frightened
彼はそれが吐き気を催すのではないかと恐れ、吐いて力を失ってしまうのではないかと恐れた。
When his face was cleaned he washed his right hand in the water over the side and then let it stay in the salt water while he watched the first light come before the sunrise.
side
(船べり)
[名]
the part of a ship's hull between the waterline and the rail
顔を洗い終えると、右手を船べりから水で洗い、日の出前の最初の光を見ながら塩水に浸した。
He's headed almost east, he thought.
彼はほとんど東に向かっている、と彼は思った。
That means he is tired and going with the current.
それは彼が疲れていて、流れに乗っているということを意味する。
Soon he will have to circle.
すぐに彼は旋回しなければならないだろう。
Then our true work begins.
それから私たちの本当の仕事が始まる。
Why was I not born with two good hands?
なぜ私は二本の良い手を持って生まれなかったのか?
Perhaps it was my fault in not training that one properly.
train
(訓練する)
[動]
teach a particular skill to
properly
(適切に)
[副]
in a correct manner
おそらく、それを適切に訓練しなかった私の責任だ。
But God knows he has had enough chances to learn.
しかし、神は彼が学ぶ機会を十分に持っていることを知っている。
He did not do so badly in the night, though, and he has only cramped once.
do badly
(ひどいことをする)
[動]
perform poorly
only
(一度しか)
[副]
and no more; and nothing else
cramp
(けいれんする)
[動]
have a sudden, involuntary, and painful contraction of a muscle
彼は夜にそれほどひどいことはしなかったし、一度しかけいれんしなかった。
If he cramps again let the line cut him off.
cut off
(切断する)
[動]
to separate or disconnect something
もし彼が再びけいれんしたら、ラインが彼を切断する。
When he thought that he knew that he was not being clear-headed and he thought he should chew some more of the dolphin.
clear-headed
(頭がはっきりしている)
[形]
thinking clearly
彼がそう思った時、彼は頭がはっきりしていないことを知っていて、イルカをもう少し噛むべきだと思った。
But I can't, he told himself.
しかし、できない、と彼は自分に言い聞かせた。
It is better to be light-headed than to lose your strength from nausea.
light-headed
(頭が軽い)
[形]
dizzy or faint
nausea
(吐き気)
[名]
a feeling of sickness with an inclination to vomit
吐き気で力を失うよりは、頭が軽い方がいい。
And I know I cannot keep it if I eat it since my face was in it.
keep
(吐いてしまう)
[動]
not lose or give up
in
(突っ込んだ)
[前]
inside
そして、顔を突っ込んだので、食べたら吐いてしまうだろう。
I will keep it for an emergency until it goes bad.
keep
(取っておく)
[動]
to continue to have or do something
emergency
(非常時)
[名]
a serious, unexpected, and often dangerous situation requiring immediate action
go bad
(腐る)
[動]
to become rotten or spoiled
腐るまでは、非常時のために取っておく。
But it is too late to try for strength now through nourishment.
nourishment
(栄養)
[名]
the food or other substances that a living thing needs to grow and be healthy
しかし、栄養を摂って体力をつけようとしても、もう遅い。
You're stupid, he told himself.
自分は愚かだと彼は思った。
Eat the other flying fish.
他のトビウオを食べろ。
He could not see by the slant of the line that the fish was circling.
彼は魚が旋回していることをラインの傾きから見ることができなかった。
It was too early for that.
for that
(それには)
[前]
for that purpose; for that reason
それにはまだ早かった。
He just felt a faint slackening of the pressure of the line and he commenced to pull on it gently with his right hand.
faint
(わずかな)
[形]
slight or indistinct
slackening
(緩む)
[名]
the action of becoming less tight or less tense
彼はラインの張りがわずかに緩むのを感じ、右手でそっと引っ張り始めた。
It tightened, as always, but just when he reached the point where it would break, line began to come in.
tighten
(張り詰める)
[動]
become or make tighter
as always
(いつものように)
[副]
in the usual way
いつものように張り詰めたが、切れそうなところまで来ると、ラインが巻き取られ始めた。
He slipped his shoulders and head from under the line and began to pull in line steadily and gently.
彼は肩と頭をラインの下から滑らせ、ラインを着実に、そして優しく引き込み始めた。
He used both of his hands in a swinging motion and tried to do the pulling as much as he could with his body and his legs.
swinging motion
(振り回す)
[名]
a movement in which something moves from one side to the other
as much as
(できる限り)
[副]
to the greatest extent or degree possible
彼は両手を振り回すように使い、体と足でできる限り引っ張ろうとした。
His old legs and shoulders pivoted with the swinging of the pulling.
pivot
(回転する)
[動]
turn on or as if on a pivot
swinging
(動き)
[名]
the action of swinging
彼の老いた足と肩は、引っ張る動きに合わせて回転した。
For an hour the old man had been seeing black spots before his eyes and the sweat salted his eyes and salted the cut over his eye and on his forehead.
for an hour
(一時間もの間)
[副]
for a period of sixty minutes
black spot
(黒い点)
[名]
a dark area on a surface
salt
(塩を塗る)
[動]
season or preserve with salt
cut
(切り傷)
[名]
a wound made by a sharp edge
forehead
(額)
[名]
the part of the face above the eyes
一時間もの間、老人は目の前に黒い点が見え、汗が目に入り、目の上の切り傷や額に塩を塗った。
He was not afraid of the black spots.
be afraid of
(恐れる)
[動]
be scared of; be frightened of
彼は黒い点々を恐れてはいなかった。
They were normal at the tension that he was pulling on the line.
彼がラインを引っ張っている時の緊張感は普通だった。
Twice, though, he had felt faint and dizzy and that had worried him.
feel faint
(気絶しそうになる)
[動]
feel as if one is about to lose consciousness
dizzy
(めまいがする)
[形]
having a sensation of spinning around and losing one's balance
worry
(心配する)
[動]
feel or show concern or anxiety
しかし、二度、彼は気絶しそうになり、めまいがして、それが心配だった。
He is hitting the wire leader with his spear, he thought.
leader
(リーダー)
[名]
a person who leads or commands a group, organization, or country
spear
(槍)
[名]
a long, pointed weapon with a sharp head and a long shaft
彼は槍でワイヤーリーダーを打っている、と彼は思った。
That was bound to come.
be bound to
(そうなる)
[動]
be certain to happen
そうなることはわかっていた。
He had to do that.
彼はそうしなければならなかった。
It may make him jump though and I would rather he stayed circling now.
でも、それでは彼が飛び跳ねるかもしれないし、今は旋回したままでいてほしい。
The jumps were necessary for him to take air.
take air
(空気を吸う)
[動]
breathe
彼が空気を吸うにはジャンプが必要だった。
But after that each one can widen the opening of the hook wound and he can throw the hook.
widen
(広げる)
[動]
make or become wider
opening
(傷口)
[名]
a gap or break
しかし、その後は、それぞれがフックの傷口を広げることができ、フックを投げることができる。
But he was that big and at the end of this circle he came to the surface only thirty yards away and the man saw his tail out of water.
only
(わずか)
[副]
no more than
しかし、それはそれほど大きく、この円の終わりに、それはわずか30ヤード離れたところに浮上し、男は水から出た尾を見た。
It was higher than a big scythe blade and a very pale lavender above the dark blue water.
pale
(薄い)
[形]
light in color or having little color
それは大きな鎌の刃よりも高く、濃い青い水の上の非常に薄いラベンダーだった。
It raked back and as the fish swam just below the surface the old man could see his huge bulk and the purple stripes that banded him.
rake
(かき集める)
[動]
move with a sweeping motion
bulk
(塊)
[名]
the main mass or majority of something
それは後ろにかき集められ、魚が水面のすぐ下を泳ぐと、老人はその巨大な塊と彼を帯状にした紫色の縞模様を見ることができた。
His dorsal fin was down and his huge pectorals were spread wide.
dorsal fin
(背びれ)
[名]
a fin on the back of a fish or other aquatic animal
be down
(下がる)
[動]
to move or be moved to a lower position
pectoral
(胸びれ)
[名]
a fin on the chest of a fish or other aquatic animal
背びれは下がり、巨大な胸びれは大きく広がっていた。
On this circle the old man could see the fish's eye and the two gray sucking fish that swam around him.
on this circle
(この円で)
[名]
on this circle
could see
(見ることができた)
[動]
be able to see
suck
(吸い付く)
[動]
draw into the mouth by creating a partial vacuum
この円で老人は魚の目と彼の周りを泳ぐ2匹の灰色の吸い付く魚を見ることができた。
Sometimes they attached themselves to him.
attach
(張り付く)
[動]
fasten or join
themselves
(彼ら)
[代]
the reflexive form of they
to
(に)
[前]
used to indicate a direction toward a place, person, or thing
時々彼らは彼に張り付いた。
Sometimes they darted off.
dart
(飛び去る)
[動]
move suddenly and quickly
時々彼らは飛び去った。
Sometimes they would swim easily in his shadow.
easily
(楽に)
[副]
without difficulty or effort
時々彼らは彼の影で楽に泳いだ。
They were each over three feet long and when they swam fast they lashed their whole bodies like eels.
over three feet
(3フィート以上)
[名]
a unit of length equal to 12 inches
eel
(ウナギ)
[名]
a long, thin fish with a smooth, slimy skin
彼らはそれぞれ3フィート以上あり、速く泳ぐとウナギのように全身を打ち付けた。
That way nothing is accomplished, he thought.
that way
(その方法では)
[副]
in that manner
accomplish
(達成する)
[動]
successfully complete something
その方法では何も達成されない、と彼は思った。
His mouth was too dry to speak but he could not reach for the water now.
口が乾きすぎて話せなかったが、今は水に手が届かなかった。
I must get him alongside this time, he thought.
alongside
(船に)
[副]
next to the side of a ship
今度こそ船に引き寄せねば、と彼は思った。
I am not good for many more turns.
not good for
(無理だ)
[形]
not able to do something
私ももう何度も回転するのは無理だ。
Yes you are, he told himself.
yes
(できる)
[副]
an affirmative answer
できるさ、と彼は自分に言い聞かせた。
You're good for ever.
good
(できる)
[形]
having the qualities required for success
for ever
(いつまでも)
[副]
for all time; eternally
いつまでもできるさ。
Then the fish came alive, with his death in him, and rose high out of the water showing all his great length and width and all his power and his beauty.
come alive
(生き返る)
[動]
become more interesting, exciting, or lively
width
(幅)
[名]
the measurement of something from side to side
power
(力)
[名]
the ability or capacity to perform or act effectively
beauty
(美しさ)
[名]
a combination of qualities, such as shape, color, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially the sight
すると魚は死を内に秘めながら生き返り、水面から高く飛び上がり、その長さと幅、力と美しさのすべてを見せつけた。
He seemed to hang in the air above the old man in the skiff.
hang
(ぶら下がる)
[動]
be suspended or held up
above
(上)
[前]
in or to a higher place or position
彼は小舟の老人の上の空中にぶら下がっているようだった。
Then he fell into the water with a crash that sent spray over the old man and over all of the skiff.
fall into
(落ちる)
[動]
move or be moved from a higher to a lower position
crash
(衝突)
[名]
a violent collision or smash
spray
(水しぶき)
[名]
a liquid moving in a mass of small drops
over
(全体に)
[前]
above and across
それから彼は水に落ち、老人と小舟全体に水しぶきを浴びせた。
The old man felt faint and sick and he could not see well.
sick
(気分が悪い)
[形]
affected by illness
see well
(よく見える)
[動]
have good eyesight
老人は気絶しそうで気分が悪く、よく見えなかった。
But he cleared the harpoon line and let it run slowly through his raw hands and, when he could see, he saw the fish was on his back with his silver belly up.
harpoon line
(銛の索)
[名]
a rope attached to a harpoon
しかし、彼は銛の索を解き、それを傷ついた手でゆっくりと走らせ、目が見えるようになると、魚が銀色の腹を上にして仰向けになっているのが見えた。
The shaft of the harpoon was projecting at an angle from the fish's shoulder and the sea was discolouring with the red of the blood from his heart.
angle
(斜め)
[名]
the space between two lines or surfaces that intersect
discolour
(変色する)
[動]
change from one colour to another
銛の柄が魚の肩から斜めに突き出ていて、海は彼の心臓から出た血の赤で変色していた。
First it was dark as a shoal in the blue water that was more than a mile deep.
shoal
(浅瀬)
[名]
a shallow place in a body of water
最初は、1マイル以上も深い青い海の中の浅瀬のように暗かった。
Then it spread like a cloud.
それから雲のように広がった。
The fish was silvery and still and floated with the waves.
silvery
(銀色)
[形]
having a color or luster like that of silver
still
(静か)
[形]
making little or no noise
wave
(波)
[名]
a wall of water that moves towards the shore
魚は銀色で静かで、波に浮かんでいた。
Now I must prepare the nooses and the rope to lash him alongside, he thought.
noose
(縄)
[名]
a loop with a running knot that tightens as the rope or line is pulled
alongside
(横に)
[副]
at the side of
さあ、彼を横に縛り付けるための縄とロープを用意しなくては、と彼は思った。
Even if we were two and swamped her to load him and bailed her out, this skiff would never hold him.
swamp
(水浸しにする)
[動]
to fill with water
bail
(水を汲み出す)
[動]
to remove water from
hold
(支えきれない)
[動]
to keep in a certain place or position
二人で彼を積み込んで水を汲み出しても、この小舟は彼を支えきれない。
I must prepare everything, then bring him in and lash him well and step the mast and set sail for home.
bring in
(乗せる)
[動]
take or carry inside
step
(立てる)
[動]
put or set upright
set sail
(出航する)
[動]
begin a voyage
全ての準備を整えてから、彼を乗せて、しっかり縛り付け、マストを立てて、家に向けて出航しよう。
He started to pull the fish in to have him alongside so that he could pass a line through his gills and out his mouth and make his head fast alongside the bow.
彼は魚を横に引き寄せ、えらから口にロープを通し、頭を船首の横に固定しようとした。
I want to see him, he thought, and to touch and to feel him.
feel
(感じてみたい)
[動]
experience through one of the senses
彼を見たい、触れてみたい、感じてみたい、と彼は思った。
He is my fortune, he thought.
fortune
(幸運)
[名]
a large amount of money or assets
彼は私の幸運だ、と彼は思った。
But that is not why I wish to feel him.
だが、だから彼を感じたいわけではない。
I think I felt his heart, he thought.
彼の心臓を感じたと思う、と彼は思った。
When I pushed on the harpoon shaft the second time.
second
(二度目)
[形]
coming after the first in time or order; 2nd
私が銛の柄を二度目に押し込んだ時だ。
Bring him in now and make him fast and get the noose around his tail and another around his middle to bind him to the skiff.
bring in
(引き寄せる)
[動]
to cause to come or go in
get
(巻く)
[動]
to receive or obtain
another
(もう一つ)
[名]
an additional one
middle
(真ん中)
[名]
the part of something that is equally distant from all of its sides, ends, or surfaces
bind
(縛り付ける)
[動]
to tie or fasten together
彼を今引き寄せて、彼を固定して、彼の尾に輪縄を巻き、もう一つを彼の真ん中に巻いて、彼を小舟に縛り付けろ。
When he was even with him and had the fish's head against the bow he could not believe his size.
be even with
(並ぶ)
[動]
be level with
have
(当てる)
[動]
cause to come into contact with
魚と並び、魚の頭を船首に当てたとき、彼はその大きさを信じることができなかった。
But he untied the harpoon rope from the bitt, passed it through the fish's gills and out his jaws, made a turn around his sword then passed the rope through the other gill, made another turn around the bill and knotted the double rope and made it fast to the bitt in the bow.
untie
(ほどく)
[動]
undo the fastening of
jaw
(口)
[名]
either of the two bones that form the framework of the mouth and hold the teeth in position
turn
(巻き付ける)
[動]
move or cause to move in a circular direction
knot
(結ぶ)
[動]
fasten or join together with a knot
しかし彼は、銛のロープをビットからほどき、魚のえらから通して口から出し、剣の周りに巻き付け、ロープをもう一方のえらから通し、くちばしの周りにもう一度巻き付け、二重のロープを結び、船首のビットに固定した。
He cut the rope then and went astern to noose the tail.
astern
(船尾)
[名]
the rear part of a ship
noose
(縄をかける)
[動]
make a loop with a running knot in a piece of rope
それから彼はロープを切り、船尾に行って尾に縄をかけた。
The fish had turned silver from his original purple and silver, and the stripes showed the same pale violet colour as his tail.
turn
(変わる)
[動]
change in nature, condition, or form
original
(元の)
[形]
existing from the beginning
pale
(淡い)
[形]
light in colour or shade
violet
(紫色)
[名]
a colour intermediate between red and blue
魚は元の紫と銀色から銀色に変わり、縞模様は尾と同じ淡い紫色をしていた。
They were wider than a man's hand with his fingers spread and the fish's eye looked as detached as the mirrors in a periscope or as a saint in a procession.
detached
(離れている)
[形]
not connected or joined
periscope
(潜望鏡)
[名]
an optical instrument that uses a system of prisms, lenses, or mirrors to reflect images through an angle
procession
(行列)
[名]
a number of people or vehicles moving forward in an orderly fashion
それは指を広げた人間の手よりも広く、魚の目は潜望鏡の鏡や行列の聖人のように離れているように見えた。
“It was the only way to kill him,” the old man said.
only
(唯一の)
[形]
being the only one
「それがあいつを殺す唯一の方法だった」と老人は言った。
He was feeling better since the water and he knew he would not go away and his head was clear.
go away
(逃げる)
[動]
to leave a place
水を飲んでから気分が良くなり、彼は逃げないことを悟り、頭がはっきりしていた。
He's over fifteen hundred pounds the way he is, he thought.
over
(以上)
[前]
more than
fifteen hundred
(1500)
[数]
the number 1500
pounds
(ポンド)
[名]
the basic unit of money in the United Kingdom
the way he is
(今の状態でも)
[名]
in his current state
今の状態でも1500ポンド以上あるな、と彼は思った。
Maybe much more.
much
(もっと)
[副]
to a great extent or degree
もっとあるかもしれない。
If he dresses out two-thirds of that at thirty cents a pound?
two-thirds
(三分の二)
[名]
a fraction equal to two divided by three
thirty cents
(三十セント)
[名]
an amount of money equal to thirty hundredths of a dollar
三分の二を三十セントで売ったら?
He made the fish fast to bow and stern and to the middle thwart.
middle
(中央)
[名]
the point or part that is equally distant from all sides, ends, or surfaces of something
彼は魚を船首と船尾と中央の横木に固定した。
He was so big it was like lashing a much bigger skiff alongside.
so big
(とても大きい)
[形]
very large
like
(まるで)
[前]
similar to
lashing
(縛り付ける)
[動]
tie or fasten with a rope or cord
魚があまりに大きかったので、まるでもっと大きな小舟を横に縛り付けているようだった。
He cut a piece of line and tied the fish's lower jaw against his bill so his mouth would not open and they would sail as cleanly as possible.
sail
(帆走する)
[動]
travel by water using sails
cleanly
(きれいに)
[副]
in a clean manner
possible
(できるだけ)
[形]
that may be done or achieved
彼は釣り糸を切って、魚の下顎をくちばしに縛り付け、口が開かないようにし、できるだけきれいに帆走できるようにした。
Then he stepped the mast and, with the stick that was his gaff and with his boom rigged, the patched sail drew, the boat began to move, and half lying in the stern he sailed south-west.
gaff
(ガフ)
[名]
a stick with a hook at the end
boom
(ブーム)
[名]
a long pole used to extend the foot of a sail
sail
(航海する)
[動]
travel by ship
それから彼はマストを立て、ガフである棒とブームを装備して、つぎはぎの帆が張られ、船は動き始め、船尾に半分横たわって南西に向かって航海した。
He did not need a compass to tell him where south-west was.
compass
(コンパス)
[名]
an instrument containing a magnetic needle that points to the magnetic north, used for navigation and orientation
彼は南西がどこにあるかを知るのにコンパスを必要としなかった。
He only needed the feel of the trade wind and the drawing of the sail.
feel
(感触)
[名]
the way something feels
drawing
(張り具合)
[名]
the action of pulling or moving something toward oneself
彼に必要なのは貿易風の感触と帆の張り具合だけだった。
I better put a small line out with a spoon on it and try and get something to eat and drink for the moisture.
put out
(垂らす)
[動]
extend or stretch out
moisture
(水分)
[名]
water or other liquid diffused or condensed in small quantity
スプーンを付けた小さな釣り糸を垂らして、水分補給のために何か食べたり飲んだりできるものを手に入れた方がいい。
But he could not find a spoon and his sardines were rotten.
rotten
(腐った)
[形]
decayed or decomposed
しかし、スプーンは見つからず、イワシは腐っていた。
So he hooked a patch of yellow gulf weed with the gaff as they passed and shook it so that the small shrimps that were in it fell onto the planking of the skiff.
patch
(塊)
[名]
a piece of material used to mend or cover a hole
gulf weed
(海藻)
[名]
a seaweed of the genus Sargassum
そこで彼は、通り過ぎる黄色い海藻の塊をギャフで引っ掛けて振り、その中にいる小さなエビを小舟の板張りの上に落とした。
There were more than a dozen of them and they jumped and kicked like sand fleas.
more than a dozen
(十数匹)
[名]
more than twelve
十数匹もいて、砂ノミのように跳ねたり蹴ったりしていた。
The old man pinched their heads off with his thumb and forefinger and ate them chewing up the shells and the tails.
pinch
(つまみ取る)
[動]
squeeze or compress sharply
shell
(殻)
[名]
the hard protective outer case of a mollusk or crustacean
老人は親指と人差し指で頭をつまみ取り、殻と尾を噛み砕いて食べた。
They were very tiny but he knew they were nourishing and they tasted good.
nourishing
(栄養価が高い)
[形]
providing nourishment
とても小さかったが、栄養価が高く、味も良いことを知っていた。
The old man still had two drinks of water in the bottle and he used half of one after he had eaten the shrimps.
drink
(飲み物)
[名]
a liquid that can be swallowed
老人は瓶にまだ二口分の水を持っていて、エビを食べた後にその半分を飲んだ。
The skiff was sailing well considering the handicaps and he steered with the tiller under his arm.
handicap
(ハンディキャップ)
[名]
a disadvantage imposed on a superior competitor in order to make the chances more equal
steer
(操船する)
[動]
control the course of a ship or boat
小舟はハンディキャップを考えればよく走り、老人は舵柄を腕の下に挟んで操船した。
He could see the fish and he had only to look at his hands and feel his back against the stern to know that this had truly happened and was not a dream.
魚を見ることができ、自分の手を見て、船尾に背中を当てていれば、これが本当に起こったことであり、夢ではないことが分かった。
At one time when he was feeling so badly toward the end, he had thought perhaps it was a dream.
at one time
(ある時)
[副]
at some time in the past
feel badly
(気分が悪くなる)
[動]
feel sick
toward the end
(終わりに近づく)
[副]
near the end
終わりに近づき、とても気分が悪くなった時、これは夢かもしれないと思ったことがあった。
Then when he had seen the fish come out of the water and hang motionless in the sky before he fell, he was sure there was some great strangeness and he could not believe it.
come out of
(出てくる)
[動]
move or travel from the inside of something to the outside
sure
(確信する)
[形]
having or showing confidence and certainty
strangeness
(奇妙なこと)
[名]
the quality of being strange
そして、魚が水から出てきて、落ちる前に空中に動かずにぶら下がっているのを見た時、何かとても奇妙なことが起こっていると確信し、信じることができなかった。
Then he could not see well, although now he saw as well as ever.
not
(よく)
[副]
in a good or satisfactory manner
as well as
(いつも通り)
[副]
in addition to
ever
(いつも)
[副]
at all times; always
その時はよく見えなかったが、今はいつも通りよく見えた。
Now he knew there was the fish and his hands and back were no dream.
今は魚がいることを知っており、自分の手と背中が夢ではないことを知っていた。
The hands cure quickly, he thought.
cure
(治る)
[動]
restore to health
手はすぐに治る、と彼は思った。
I bled them clean and the salt water will heal them.
heal
(治す)
[動]
make or become sound or healthy again
血を流してきれいにしたし、塩水が治してくれるだろう。
The dark water of the true gulf is the greatest healer that there is.
gulf
(湾)
[名]
a large area of sea that is almost surrounded by land
greatest
(最も偉大な)
[形]
of major significance or importance
healer
(治療者)
[名]
a person who treats sick or injured people
真の湾の暗い水は、この世で最も偉大な治療者だ。
All I must do is keep the head clear.
私がしなければならないことは、頭をはっきりさせることだけだ。
The hands have done their work and we sail well.
do
(終える)
[動]
perform or complete
手は仕事を終え、船は順調に進んでいる。
With his mouth shut and his tail straight up and down we sail like brothers.
口を閉じ、尾を真っ直ぐに上下させながら、私たちは兄弟のように航海する。
Then his head started to become a little unclear and he thought, is he bringing me in or am I bringing him in?
become
(なる)
[動]
come to be
unclear
(ぼんやりする)
[形]
not clear or easy to understand
それから彼の頭は少しぼんやりし始め、彼は考えた、彼は私を連れて来ているのか、私が彼を連れて来ているのか?
If I were towing him behind there would be no question.
question
(疑問)
[名]
a statement asking for something and expecting an answer
もし私が彼を後ろに引っ張っていたら、疑問の余地はないだろう。
Nor if the fish were in the skiff, with all dignity gone, there would be no question either.
魚が小舟の中にいて、威厳がなくなっていたら、疑問の余地はないだろう。
But they were sailing together lashed side by side and the old man thought, let him bring me in if it pleases him.
please
(喜ぶ)
[動]
make someone happy or satisfied
しかし、彼らは並んで縛られて一緒に航海していたので、老人は、彼が喜ぶなら私を連れて来させてやろうと思った。
I am only better than him through trickery and he meant me no harm.
be better than
(優れている)
[動]
be of a higher quality than
trickery
(策略)
[名]
the use of tricks to deceive someone
mean
(つもり)
[動]
intend to convey or indicate
harm
(害)
[名]
physical or mental damage or injury
私はただ策略で彼より優れているだけで、彼は私に害を与えるつもりはなかった。
They sailed well and the old man soaked his hands in the salt water and tried to keep his head clear.
well
(順調に)
[副]
in a good or satisfactory manner
soak
(浸す)
[動]
cause to become thoroughly wet
彼らは順調に航海し、老人は手を塩水に浸して頭をすっきりさせようとした。
There were high cumulus clouds and enough cirrus above them so that the old man knew the breeze would last all night.
cumulus cloud
(積雲)
[名]
a type of cloud with a flat base and rounded top
cirrus
(巻雲)
[名]
a type of cloud with a thin, wispy appearance
last
(続く)
[動]
continue or be prolonged
高い積雲とその上に十分な巻雲があったので、老人はそよ風が一晩中続くことを知っていた。
The old man looked at the fish constantly to make sure it was true.
constantly
(じっと)
[副]
continuously over a period of time; always
make sure
(確かめる)
[動]
find out or check that something is correct or in the right condition
老人はそれが本当かどうか確かめるために魚をじっと見つめていた。
It was an hour before the first shark hit him.
最初の鮫が襲ってくるまで1時間かかった。
The shark was not an accident.
accident
(偶然)
[名]
an unfortunate event that happens unexpectedly and usually results in harm or damage
鮫は偶然ではなかった。
He had come up from deep down in the water as the dark cloud of blood had settled and dispersed in the mile deep sea.
deep down
(深いところ)
[副]
far below the surface
dark cloud
(暗い雲)
[名]
a cloud that is dark in color
settle
(沈む)
[動]
move or come to rest in a lower position
disperse
(分散する)
[動]
distribute or spread about
deep sea
(深海)
[名]
the sea at a great depth
血の暗い雲が1マイルもの深海に沈み、分散したときに、彼は水の深いところから上がってきた。
He had come up so fast and absolutely without caution that he broke the surface of the blue water and was in the sun.
absolutely
(全く)
[副]
completely
caution
(注意)
[名]
care taken to avoid danger or mistakes
break
(突き破る)
[動]
cause to come apart by force
彼は非常に速く、全く注意せずに上がってきたので、青い水面を突き破り、太陽の下に出た。
Then he fell back into the sea and picked up the scent and started swimming on the course the skiff and the fish had taken.
fall back
(落ちる)
[動]
move or be moved to a lower position
pick up
(嗅ぐ)
[動]
to take or carry something
それから彼は海に落ち、匂いを嗅ぎ、小舟と魚が通ったコースを泳ぎ始めた。
His back was as blue as a sword fish's and his belly was silver and his hide was smooth and handsome.
sword fish
(カジキ)
[名]
a large, highly migratory fish with a long, swordlike upper jaw
smooth
(滑らか)
[形]
having a continuous even surface
handsome
(美しい)
[形]
pleasing to the eye or the ear
彼の背中はカジキのように青く、腹は銀色で、皮は滑らかで美しかった。
He was built as a sword fish except for his huge jaws which were tight shut now as he swam fast, just under the surface with his high dorsal fin knifing through the water without wavering.
be built as
(作られている)
[動]
be constructed as
just
(ちょうど)
[副]
exactly
dorsal
(背中の)
[形]
relating to or on the back
through
(通して)
[前]
moving in one side and out of the other side of (an opening, channel, or location)
waver
(揺れる)
[動]
move or cause to move unsteadily
彼はカジキのように作られており、巨大な顎を除いて、今は速く泳いでいるとき、水面のすぐ下で、高い背びれが揺れることなく水の中をナイフで切っているように閉じていた。
Inside the closed double lip of his jaws all of his eight rows of teeth were slanted inwards.
double
(二重)
[形]
having two parts, elements, or layers
lip
(唇)
[名]
either of the two fleshy parts that form the upper and lower edges of the opening to the mouth
tooth
(歯)
[名]
one of the hard, white structures in the mouth that are used for biting and chewing
彼の顎の閉じた二重唇の内側には、8列の歯がすべて内側に傾いていた。
They were not the ordinary pyramid-shaped teeth of most sharks.
ordinary
(普通の)
[形]
normal or usual
pyramid-shaped
(ピラミッド型の)
[形]
having the shape of a pyramid
それらはほとんどの鮫の普通のピラミッド型の歯ではなかった。
They were shaped like a man's fingers when they are crisped like claws.
crisp
(縮れる)
[動]
make or become crisp
それらは爪のように縮れた人間の指のような形をしていた。
They were nearly as long as the fingers of the old man and they had razor-sharp cutting edges on both sides.
razor-sharp
(カミソリのように鋭い)
[形]
very sharp
cutting edge
(刃先)
[名]
the sharp or serrated edge of a blade
それらは老人の指と同じくらい長く、両側にカミソリのように鋭い刃先があった。
This was a fish built to feed on all the fishes in the sea, that were so fast and strong and well armed that they had no other enemy.
feed on
(餌にする)
[動]
eat or consume
armed
(武装した)
[形]
having or carrying a weapon
これは海の中のすべての魚を餌にするために作られた魚で、とても速くて強く、よく武装しているので、他に敵はいない。
Now he speeded up as he smelled the fresher scent and his blue dorsal fin cut the water.
speed up
(スピードを上げる)
[動]
increase the speed of
scent
(匂い)
[名]
a distinctive, typically pleasant smell
新鮮な匂いを嗅ぐとスピードを上げ、青い背びれが水を切った。
The old man's head was clear and good now and he was full of resolution but he had little hope.
clear
(すっきりしている)
[形]
free of obstructions
full
(満ちている)
[形]
having a great deal or many
little
(ほとんどない)
[形]
small in size or amount
老人の頭は今はすっきりしていて、決意に満ちていたが、ほとんど希望はなかった。
It was too good to last, he thought.
too good
(良すぎる)
[形]
very good
長続きするには良すぎる、と彼は思った。
He took one look at the great fish as he watched the shark close in.
take a look
(一目見る)
[動]
to look at something briefly
close in
(近づく)
[動]
to move nearer in space or time
彼は鮫が近づいてくるのを見ながら、大きな魚を一目見た。
It might as well have been a dream, he thought.
might as well
(かもしれない)
[助]
it would be equally good or bad if
夢だったかもしれない、と彼は思った。
I cannot keep him from hitting me but maybe I can get him.
keep
(防ぐ)
[動]
prevent from happening
彼が私を襲うのを防ぐことはできないが、多分彼を捕まえることができる。
Dentuso, he thought.
Dentuso
(デンツォ)
[名]
a type of shark
デンツォ、と彼は思った。
Bad luck to your mother.
bad luck
(不運)
[名]
an unfortunate event
あなたの母親には不運だったな。
The shark closed fast astern and when he hit the fish the old man saw his mouth open and his strange eyes and the clicking chop of the teeth as he drove forward in the meat just above the tail.
close
(近づく)
[動]
move or bring together
hit
(襲いかかる)
[動]
strike with force
鮫は船尾に素早く近づき、魚に襲いかかると、老人は鮫の口が開き、奇妙な目と、尾のすぐ上の肉に突き刺さる歯の音を見た。
The shark's head was out of water and his back was coming out and the old man could hear the noise of skin and flesh ripping on the big fish when he rammed the harpoon down onto the shark's head at a spot where the line between his eyes intersected with the line that ran straight back from his nose.
skin
(皮膚)
[名]
the natural outer covering of the body of a person or animal
rip
(裂ける)
[動]
tear or be torn apart or to pieces with violence
spot
(場所)
[名]
a particular place, area, or location
intersect
(交差する)
[動]
divide (something) by passing or lying across it
nose
(鼻)
[名]
the part of the face that projects above the mouth and contains the nostrils and olfactory organs
鮫の頭は水から出ていて、背中も出てきて、老人は鮫の頭に銛を突き刺したとき、大きな魚の皮膚と肉が裂ける音を聞くことができた。
There were no such lines.
such
(そのような)
[形]
of that kind
そのような線はなかった。
There was only the heavy sharp blue head and the big eyes and the clicking, thrusting all-swallowing jaws.
click
(カチカチと音を立てる)
[動]
make a short, sharp sound
thrust
(突き刺さる)
[動]
push or drive suddenly or violently
重く鋭い青い頭と大きな目と、カチカチと音を立てて突き刺さる、すべてを飲み込む顎だけがあった。
But that was the location of the brain and the old man hit it.
location
(位置)
[名]
the place or position where something is located
しかし、そこは脳の位置であり、老人はそこを突いた。
He hit it with his blood mushed hands driving a good harpoon with all his strength.
mush
(ぐちゃぐちゃにする)
[動]
crush or pound into a soft, pulpy mass
彼は血まみれの手でそれを突き、全力で良い銛を打ち込んだ。
He hit it without hope but with resolution and complete malignancy.
malignancy
(悪意)
[名]
the state or quality of being harmful or evil
彼は希望もなく、しかし決意と完全な悪意をもってそれを突いた。
The shark swung over and the old man saw his eye was not alive and then he swung over once again, wrapping himself in two loops of the rope.
swing over
(ひっくり返る)
[動]
change from one opinion, mood, or situation to another
once again
(再び)
[副]
another time; once more
wrap
(巻きつける)
[動]
wind or fold around something
鮫はひっくり返り、老人は鮫の目が死んでいるのを見て、それから鮫は再びひっくり返り、ロープを二回巻きつけた。
The old man knew that he was dead but the shark would not accept it.
accept
(受け入れる)
[動]
take or receive something offered
老人は鮫が死んでいることを知っていたが、鮫はそれを受け入れようとしなかった。
Then, on his back, with his tail lashing and his jaws clicking, the shark plowed over the water as a speed-boat does.
on one's back
(背を向ける)
[副]
lying with one's back on the ground
lash
(振る)
[動]
move or cause to move quickly and violently
plow
(耕す)
[動]
turn up the soil with a plow
それから、鮫は背を向け、尾を振り、顎を鳴らしながら、スピードボートのように水面を耕した。
The water was white where his tail beat it and three-quarters of his body was clear above the water when the rope came taut, shivered, and then snapped.
three-quarters
(4分の3)
[名]
a quantity that is three of the four equal parts into which something is or can be divided
clear
(出る)
[動]
move or cause to move out of the way
snap
(切れる)
[動]
break or cause to break with a sharp cracking sound
尾が打つ水は白く、ロープが張り、震え、そして切れたとき、体の4分の3が水面から出ていた。
The shark lay quietly for a little while on the surface and the old man watched him.
鮫はしばらく水面に静かに横たわり、老人は鮫を見た。
Then he went down very slowly.
それから鮫はゆっくりと沈んでいった。
“But man is not made for defeat,” he said.
「しかし、人間は負けるようには作られていない」と老人は言った。
“A man can be destroyed but not defeated.”
destroy
(破壊する)
[動]
cause (something) to cease to exist or to be in a usable condition
defeat
(負かす)
[動]
win a victory over (someone) in a battle, game, or other competition
「人間は破壊されることはあっても、負かされることはない」
I am sorry that I killed the fish though, he thought.
でも魚を殺してしまったのは残念だ、と老人は考えた。
Now the bad time is coming and I do not even have the harpoon.
bad time
(正念場)
[名]
a difficult or unpleasant situation
これからが正念場だ、しかも銛もない。
The dentuso is cruel and able and strong and intelligent.
カジキは残酷で有能で強く賢い。
But I was more intelligent that he was.
だが、私は彼よりも賢かった。
Perhaps not, he thought.
not
(そうではないだろう)
[副]
a word used to express negation, denial, refusal, or prohibition
おそらくそうではないだろう、と老人は考えた。
Perhaps I was only better armed.
おそらく私はただより良い武器を持っていただけだ。
But I must think, he thought.
しかし、考えなくてはならない、と彼は考えた。
Because it is all I have left.
be all
(すべてである)
[動]
be the only thing
have left
(残されている)
[動]
remain
それが私に残されたすべてだからだ。
That and baseball.
それと野球だ。
I wonder how the great DiMaggio would have liked the way I hit him in the brain?
偉大なディマジオは私が脳天を殴った方法をどう思っただろうか?
It was no great thing, he thought.
no great thing
(大したことではない)
[名]
not a big deal
大したことではない、と彼は思った。
Any man could do it.
誰にでもできることだ。
But do you think my hands were as great a handicap as the bone spurs?
handicap
(障害)
[名]
a disadvantage or disability that makes achievement or success more difficult
しかし、私の手が骨棘と同じくらい大きな障害だったと思うか?
I cannot know.
cannot
(できない)
[助]
be unable to
私にはわからない。
I never had anything wrong with my heel except the time the sting ray stung it when I stepped on him when swimming and paralyzed the lower leg and made the unbearable pain.
sting ray
(エイ)
[名]
a type of fish with a flat body and a long tail with a sharp point
sting
(刺す)
[動]
to cause a sharp pain by piercing the skin
step on
(踏む)
[動]
to put your foot on something
paralyze
(麻痺させる)
[動]
to make unable to move or feel
lower leg
(下腿)
[名]
the part of the leg between the knee and the ankle
unbearable
(耐え難い)
[形]
too much to bear or endure
泳いでいた時にエイを踏んでしまい、下腿が麻痺して耐え難い痛みを感じた時以外は、かかとに異常を感じたことは一度もなかった。
I have no understanding of it and I am not sure that I believe in it.
be not sure that
(わからない)
[動]
be uncertain about
believe in
(信じる)
[動]
have faith in the truth or existence of
私はそれを理解していないし、それを信じているかどうかもわからない。
Perhaps it was a sin to kill the fish.
おそらく魚を殺すのは罪だった。
I suppose it was even though I did it to keep me alive and feed many people.
keep alive
(生き続ける)
[動]
to continue to live
私が生き続け、多くの人々を養うためにそれをしたとしても、それは罪だったと思う。
But then everything is a sin.
しかし、そうすると全てが罪だ。
Do not think about sin.
罪については考えるな。
It is much too late for that and there are people who are paid to do it.
too late
(遅すぎる)
[形]
after the proper or usual time
pay
(もらう)
[動]
give money to in return for work or a service
それをするには遅すぎるし、それをするためにお金をもらっている人々がいる。
Let them think about it.
彼らに考えさせろ。
You were born to be a fisherman as the fish was born to be a fish.
魚が魚として生まれたように、あなたは漁師として生まれた。
San Pedro was a fisherman as was the father of the great DiMaggio.
San Pedro
(サン・ペドロ)
[名]
a city in the U.S. state of California
サン・ペドロは漁師だったし、偉大なディマジオの父もそうだった。
But you enjoyed killing the dentuso, he thought.
enjoy
(楽しむ)
[動]
take delight or pleasure in
dentuso
(カジキ)
[名]
a large, predatory fish with a long, pointed snout and a high, triangular dorsal fin
しかし、あなたはカジキを殺すことを楽しんだ、と彼は思った。
He lives on the live fish as you do.
live on
(食べて生きている)
[動]
to continue to live by eating
live fish
(生きた魚)
[名]
a fish that is still alive
彼はあなたと同じように生きた魚を食べて生きている。
He is not a scavenger nor just a moving appetite as some sharks are.
scavenger
(腐肉を漁る動物)
[名]
an animal that feeds on dead carcasses
appetite
(食欲)
[名]
a natural desire to satisfy a bodily need, especially for food
彼は腐肉を漁る動物でもなければ、他の鮫のようにただ動く食欲でもない。
He is beautiful and noble and knows no fear of anything.
彼は美しく、気高く、何も恐れない。
Besides, he thought, everything kills everything else in some way.
everything
(全てのもの)
[名]
all things; all the things
else
(他の)
[形]
other than the one or ones already mentioned
some way
(何らかの方法)
[名]
a method or manner that is not specified or known
それに、彼は考えた、全てのものが何らかの方法で他の全てのものを殺す。
Fishing kills me exactly as it keeps me alive.
fishing
(漁)
[名]
the activity of trying to catch fish
exactly
(全く)
[副]
in every way; completely
keep
(生かす)
[動]
cause to continue; maintain
漁は私を生かすのと同じように私を殺す。
The boy keeps me alive, he thought.
少年は私を生かす、と彼は考えた。
I must not deceive myself too much.
deceive
(欺く)
[動]
cause to believe something that is not true
too much
(あまり)
[副]
to a very great degree
私は自分をあまり欺いてはいけない。
He leaned over the side and pulled loose a piece of the meat of the fish where the shark had cut him.
lean over
(身を乗り出す)
[動]
bend or move your body forward and downward
pull loose
(剥ぎ取る)
[動]
pull something off or away from something else
cut
(切り取る)
[動]
make an opening, incision, or wound in (something) with a sharp-edged tool or object
彼は船べりから身を乗り出し、鮫が切り取った魚の肉の一部を剥ぎ取った。
He chewed it and noted its quality and its good taste.
quality
(品質)
[名]
the standard of something as measured against other things of a similar kind; the degree of excellence of something
彼はそれを噛み、その品質と良い味に気づいた。
It was firm and juicy, like meat, but it was not red.
firm
(固い)
[形]
having a solid, almost hard, texture
juicy
(ジューシー)
[形]
full of juice
それは肉のように固くてジューシーだったが、赤くはなかった。
There was no stringiness in it and he knew that it would bring the highest price in the market.
stringiness
(筋っぽさ)
[名]
the quality of being stringy
そこには筋っぽさはなく、彼はそれが市場で最高の値段をもたらすことを知っていた。
But there was no way to keep its scent out of the water and the old man knew that a very bad time was coming.
しかし、その匂いを水から遠ざける方法はなく、老人は非常に悪い時が来ることを知っていた。
The breeze was steady.
そよ風は安定していた。
It had backed a little further into the north-east and he knew that meant that it would not fall off.
back
(後退する)
[動]
move backwards
fall off
(落ちる)
[動]
move or come down freely under the influence of gravity
それは北東に少し後退していたが、彼はそれが落ちないことを意味していることを知っていた。
The old man looked ahead of him but he could see no sails nor could he see the hull nor the smoke of any ship.
hull
(船体)
[名]
the main body of a ship or other vessel
smoke
(煙)
[名]
a cloud of particles suspended in the air
老人は前方を見たが、帆も船体も船の煙も見えなかった。
There were only the flying fish that went up from his bow sailing away to either side and the yellow patches of gulf-weed.
go up
(飛び上がる)
[動]
move upwards
sail away
(飛び去る)
[動]
leave by ship
either side
(左右)
[名]
the left or right side
船首から飛び上がったトビウオが左右に飛び去っていくのと、黄色いサルガッサムだけだった。
He could not even see a bird.
鳥さえ見えなかった。
“Galanos,” he said aloud.
「ガラノス」と彼は声を出した。
He had seen the second fin now coming up behind the first and had identified them as shovel-nosed sharks by the brown, triangular fin and the sweeping movements of the tail.
triangular
(三角形の)
[形]
having three sides and three angles
彼は2枚目のひれが1枚目の後ろに上がってくるのを見、茶色の三角形のひれと尾の掃くような動きから、それらがシャベルノーズシャークだと確認した。
They had the scent and were excited and in the stupidity of their great hunger they were losing and finding the scent in their excitement.
have the scent
(匂いを嗅ぎつける)
[動]
to detect the smell of something
be excited
(興奮する)
[動]
to be in a state of great emotional or mental activity
stupidity
(愚かさ)
[名]
the quality of being stupid
great hunger
(ひどい空腹)
[名]
a very strong desire or need for food
彼らは匂いを嗅ぎつけて興奮し、ひどい空腹の愚かさで、興奮のあまり匂いを失ったり見つけたりしていた。
But they were closing all the time.
all the time
(常に)
[副]
always; on every occasion
しかし、彼らは常に近づいてきた。
The old man made the sheet fast and jammed the tiller.
sheet
(シート)
[名]
a large piece of cloth used as a bed covering
jam
(固定する)
[動]
to squeeze or pack tightly
老人はシートを固定し、舵柄を固定した。
Then he took up the oar with the knife lashed to it.
take up
(手に取る)
[動]
to start doing or studying something
それから彼はナイフを縛り付けたオールを手にした。
He lifted it as lightly as he could because his hands rebelled at the pain.
rebel
(反抗する)
[動]
refuse to obey or conform
彼はできる限り軽くそれを持ち上げた。なぜなら彼の手は痛みに反抗したからだ。
Then he opened and closed them on it lightly to loosen them.
それから彼はそれを軽く開いたり閉じたりしながら緩めた。
He closed them firmly so they would take the pain now and would not flinch and watched the sharks come.
firmly
(しっかりと)
[副]
in a firm manner
flinch
(ひるむ)
[動]
make a quick, nervous movement
彼はそれをしっかりと閉じたので、今は痛みを受け入れ、ひるむことなくサメがやってくるのを見守った。
He could see their wide, flattened, shovel-pointed heads now and their white-tipped wide pectoral fins.
shovel-pointed
(シャベルのような)
[形]
having a shape like a shovel
white-tipped
(先端が白い)
[形]
having a white tip
彼は今や彼らの広く平らでシャベルのような頭と先端が白い広い胸びれを見ることができた。
They were hateful sharks, bad smelling, scavengers as well as killers, and when they were hungry they would bite at an oar or the rudder of a boat.
hateful
(憎しみに満ちた)
[形]
deserving of hatred
bad
(悪臭を放つ)
[形]
not good
smelling
(放つ)
[動]
give off a smell
killer
(殺し屋)
[名]
a person who kills
彼らは憎しみに満ちたサメで、悪臭を放ち、殺し屋であると同時にスカベンジャーでもあり、空腹になるとボートのオールや舵を噛み砕く。
It was these sharks that would cut the turtles' legs and flippers off when the turtles were asleep on the surface, and they would hit a man in the water, if they were hungry, even if the man had no smell of fish blood nor of fish slime on him.
cut off
(切り落とす)
[動]
remove by cutting
slime
(ぬめり)
[名]
a sticky, slippery substance
カメが水面で眠っている時にカメの足やひれを切り落とすのはこれらのサメであり、空腹であれば、たとえ魚の血や魚のぬめりの匂いがなくても、水中の人間を襲う。
They came. But they did not come as the Mako had come.
Mako
(マコザメ)
[名]
a large, fast-swimming shark of warm seas
サメは来た。しかし、マコザメが来たようには来なかった。
One turned and went out of sight under the skiff and the old man could feel the skiff shake as he jerked and pulled on the fish.
go out of sight
(姿を消す)
[動]
become invisible
一匹は向きを変えて小舟の下へ姿を消し、老人は魚をぐいと引っ張ったときに小舟が揺れるのを感じた。
The other watched the old man with his slitted yellow eyes and then came in fast with his half circle of jaws wide to hit the fish where he had already been bitten.
come in
(襲い掛かる)
[動]
enter or come into
もう一匹は細い黄色い目で老人を見つめ、それから半円形の顎を大きく開けて、すでに噛みつかれた魚に襲い掛かってきた。
The line showed clearly on the top of his brown head and back where the brain joined the spinal cord and the old man drove the knife on the oar into the juncture, withdrew it, and drove it in again into the shark's yellow cat-like eyes.
join
(つながる)
[動]
connect or fasten together
spinal cord
(脊髄)
[名]
a cylindrical bundle of nerve fibers and associated tissue that extends from the brain stem to the lumbar region of the vertebral canal
juncture
(接合部)
[名]
a point at which two things are joined
withdraw
(引き抜く)
[動]
pull or take out
脳が脊髄とつながる部分が茶色い頭のてっぺんと背中にくっきりと見え、老人はオールにつけたナイフをその接合部に突き刺し、引き抜いて、再びサメの黄色い猫のような目に突き刺した。
The shark let go of the fish and slid down, swallowing what he had taken as he died.
let go of
(放す)
[動]
release one's hold on
slide down
(滑り落ちる)
[動]
move downward smoothly
サメは魚を放して滑り落ち、死ぬ間際に食べたものを飲み込んだ。
The skiff was still shaking with the destruction the other shark was doing to the fish and the old man let go the sheet so that the skiff would swing broadside and bring the shark out from under.
destruction
(破壊)
[名]
the action or process of causing so much damage to something that it no longer exists or cannot be repaired
broadside
(横)
[名]
the side of a ship
小舟はもう一匹のサメが魚に与えた破壊でまだ揺れていて、老人は小舟が横に揺れてサメを下から引きずり出すようにシートを放した。
When he saw the shark he leaned over the side and punched at him.
punch
(殴りつける)
[動]
hit with the fist
サメを見ると、老人は横に寄りかかって殴りつけた。
He hit only meat and the hide was set hard and he barely got the knife in.
set
(硬い)
[形]
not easily changed
barely
(ほとんど)
[副]
only just; almost not
get
(刺さる)
[動]
come to have or hold
肉にしか当たらず、皮は硬く、ナイフはほとんど刺さらなかった。
The blow hurt not only his hands but his shoulder too.
blow
(一撃)
[名]
a powerful or violent stroke with a hand or weapon
not only
(だけでなく)
[接]
and also; as well as
その一撃で手だけでなく肩も痛めた。
But the shark came up fast with his head out and the old man hit him squarely in the center of his flat-topped head as his nose came out of water and lay against the fish.
squarely
(まともに)
[副]
directly
center
(真ん中)
[名]
the middle point of something
come out
(出る)
[動]
move or come from inside to outside
しかし、サメは頭を出して素早く上がってきて、老人はサメの鼻が水から出て魚に寄りかかった時に、平らな頭の真ん中をまともに殴った。
The old man withdrew the blade and punched the shark exactly in the same spot again.
punch
(殴る)
[動]
hit with a closed fist
老人は刃を引き抜き、再び全く同じ場所を殴った。
He still hung to the fish with his jaws hooked and the old man stabbed him in his left eye.
stab
(刺す)
[動]
pierce or wound with a sharp or pointed instrument
サメは顎をかけて魚にぶら下がったままだったので、老人は左目を刺した。
The shark still hung there.
サメはそこにぶら下がったままだった。
“No?” the old man said and he drove the blade between the vertebrae and the brain.
no
(そうか)
[間]
used to express negation, denial, or refusal
vertebrae
(脊椎)
[名]
any of the individual bones that make up the spinal column
「そうか?」と老人は言い、刃を脊椎と脳の間に突き刺した。
It was an easy shot now and he felt the cartilage sever.
shot
(刺さり)
[名]
the action of hitting or striking something
cartilage
(軟骨)
[名]
a tough tissue that contains a lot of collagen and is found in various parts of the body
今度は楽に刺さり、軟骨が切れるのを感じた。
The old man reversed the oar and put the blade between the shark's jaws to open them.
reverse
(逆さまにする)
[動]
turn the other way around
老人はオールを逆さまにして、サメの顎の間に刃を入れて開いた。
He twisted the blade and as the shark slid loose he said, “Go on, galano. Slide down a mile deep.
twist
(ねじる)
[動]
turn or cause to turn around and around
galano
(ガラノ)
[名]
a type of shark
slide down
(沈め)
[動]
move or cause to move smoothly and quickly in a downward direction
彼は刃をねじり、サメが滑り落ちると「行け、ガラノ。1マイルも深く沈め。
Go see your friend, or maybe it's your mother.”
go see
(会いに行く)
[動]
go to meet
友達に会いに行け、あるいは母親かもしれない。」
“They must have taken a quarter of him and of the best meat,” he said aloud.
take
(食う)
[動]
eat
quarter
(四分の一)
[名]
one of four equal parts
「奴らは四分の一は食ったな、しかも一番いい肉を」と彼は声に出して言った。
“I wish it were a dream and that I had never hooked him.
「夢だったらよかったのに、引っ掛けなければよかったのに。
I'm sorry about it, fish.
be sorry about
(すまない)
[動]
feel regret or guilt for something
魚よ、すまない。
It makes everything wrong.”
wrong
(台無し)
[形]
not correct or right; mistaken
全てが台無しだ」
He stopped and he did not want to look at the fish now.
彼は立ち止まり、今は魚を見たくなかった。
Drained of blood and awash he looked the colour of the silver backing of a mirror and his stripes still showed.
drain
(抜く)
[動]
remove the liquid from
awash
(浸かる)
[形]
covered with water
backing
(裏地)
[名]
a layer of material that is added to the back of something for support, protection, or decoration
血を抜かれ、水に浸かっている彼は鏡の銀色の裏地の色に見え、まだ縞模様が見えた。
“I wish I had a stone for the knife,” the old man said after he had checked the lashing on the oar butt.
stone
(石)
[名]
a hard solid nonmetallic mineral matter of which rock is made, especially as a building material
butt
(柄)
[名]
the end of something that is farthest from its head or point
「ナイフを研ぐ石があればいいのに」と老人はオールの柄の縛りを確認した後で言った。
“I should have brought a stone.”
should have
(〜するべきだった)
[助]
expressing a past obligation or duty
「石を持ってくるべきだった」
You should have brought many things, he thought.
いろいろなものを持ってくるべきだった、と彼は思った。
But you did not bring them, old man.
だが、あなたは持ってこなかった、老人よ。
Now is no time to think of what you do not have.
no time
(時ではない)
[名]
an inappropriate time
今は持っていないものを考える時ではない。
Think of what you can do with what there is.
今あるもので何ができるかを考えろ。
“God knows how much that last one took,” he said.
take
(引っ張る)
[動]
move or cause to move in a specified way
「神のみぞ知る、あの最後のやつがどれだけ引っ張ったか」と彼は言った。
“But she's much lighter now.”
「でも、今はずっと軽くなった」
He did not want to think of the mutilated under-side of the fish.
do not want to
(したくない)
[動]
be unwilling to do something
mutilated
(傷ついた)
[形]
having a part of the body cut off or permanently damaged
under-side
(下側)
[名]
the lower or bottom side of something
彼は魚の傷ついた下側のことは考えたくなかった。
He knew that each of the jerking bumps of the shark had been meat torn away and that the fish now made a trail for all sharks as wide as a highway through the sea.
jerk
(突き上げる)
[動]
move or cause to move with a sudden sharp movement
bump
(突き上げ)
[名]
a sudden sharp movement
tear away
(引き裂く)
[動]
pull or rip something away from something else
highway
(ハイウェイ)
[名]
a main road, especially one connecting major towns or cities
彼は、鮫の突き上げのたびに肉が引き裂かれ、魚が今や海の中のハイウェイのように広くすべての鮫に道を作っていることを知っていた。
He was a fish to keep a man all winter, he thought.
all winter
(冬の間ずっと)
[副]
throughout the winter
keep
(養う)
[動]
provide with the necessities of life
彼は、この魚は冬の間ずっと人間を養うことができると思った。
Don't think of that.
そんなことは考えるな。
Just rest and try to get your hands in shape to defend what is left of him.
get in shape
(使えるようにする)
[動]
become fit and healthy
defend
(守る)
[動]
resist an attack made on (someone or something); protect from harm or danger
ただ休んで、残った魚を守るために手を使えるようにしろ。
The blood smell from my hands means nothing now with all that scent in the water.
私の手から出る血の匂いは、水中のあらゆる匂いの中で今は何の意味もない。
Besides they do not bleed much.
それに、あまり血が出ていない。
There is nothing cut that means anything.
cut
(傷)
[名]
a break in the skin or flesh
大した傷はない。
The bleeding may keep the left from cramping.
bleeding
(出血)
[名]
the discharge of blood
left
(左手)
[名]
the hand that is on the same side of your body as your heart
出血のおかげで左手が痙攣しないかもしれない。
The next shark that came was a single shovel-nose.
single
(一匹)
[形]
not accompanied by another
shovel-nose
(シャベルノーズ)
[名]
a shark with a long, flattened snout
次に来た鮫は一匹のシャベルノーズだった。
He came like a pig to the trough if a pig had a mouth so wide that you could put your head in it.
pig
(豚)
[名]
a large, fat, pink or black animal that is often kept for its meat
trough
(桶)
[名]
a long, narrow, open container used for holding water or food
彼は豚が頭を入れられるほど大きな口を持っていたら、豚が桶に近づくように近づいてきた。
The old man let him hit the fish and then drove the knife on the oar down into his brain.
老人は鮫に魚を襲わせ、それからオールにつけたナイフを鮫の脳に突き刺した。
But the shark jerked backwards as he rolled and the knife blade snapped.
backwards
(後ろに)
[副]
in the opposite direction of forward
しかし、鮫は転がりながら後ろにぐいと引っ張り、ナイフの刃が折れた。
He jammed the tiller, made the sheet fast and reached under the stern for the club.
tiller
(舵)
[名]
a lever used to turn the rudder of a boat
sheet
(帆)
[名]
a large piece of fabric that is attached to a ship's masts and that catches the wind to move the ship
彼は舵を固定し、帆を固定し、棍棒を取りに船尾の下に手を伸ばした。
It was an oar handle from a broken oar sawed off to about two and a half feet in length.
handle
(ハンドル)
[名]
the part of a tool or object that is held in the hand when using it
broken
(折れた)
[形]
having been fractured or damaged
saw off
(切断する)
[動]
cut off with a saw
two and a half feet
(2.5フィート)
[名]
a unit of length equal to 12 inches
それは長さ約2.5フィートに切断された折れたオールから取ったオールハンドルだった。
He could only use it effectively with one hand because of the grip of the handle and he took good hold of it with his right hand, flexing his hand on it, as he watched the sharks come.
grip
(握り)
[名]
the way in which something is held
effectively
(効果的に)
[副]
in a way that produces a desired or intended result
flex
(曲げる)
[動]
to bend or be bent
彼はハンドルの握りのため片手でしか効果的にそれを使えず、サメがやってくるのを見ながら、右手でそれをしっかりと握り、その上で手を曲げた。
They were both galanos.
galano
(ガラノス)
[名]
a type of fish
彼らは両方ともガラノスだった。
The other shark had been in and out and now came in again with his jaws wide.
in and out
(出たり入ったり)
[副]
to and fro
wide
(大きく)
[形]
having a large distance from one side to the other
もう一匹のサメは出たり入ったりしていたが、今度は顎を大きく開けてまたやってきた。
The old man could see pieces of the meat of the fish spilling white from the corner of his jaws as he bumped the fish and closed his jaws.
spill
(こぼれ落ちる)
[動]
cause or allow (liquid) to flow over the edge of its container
bump
(ぶつかる)
[動]
knock or strike with a dull thud
老人は、サメが魚にぶつかって顎を閉じると、顎の端から魚の肉片が白くこぼれ落ちるのを見ることができた。
He swung at him and hit only the head and the shark looked at him and wrenched the meat loose.
swing at
(殴りつける)
[動]
to try to hit someone or something with a swinging movement
wrench
(ねじり取る)
[動]
to pull or twist something suddenly and violently
彼はサメを殴りつけ、頭だけを殴ると、サメは彼を見て肉をねじり取った。
The old man swung the club down on him again as he slipped away to swallow and hit only the heavy solid rubberiness.
slip away
(逃げようとする)
[動]
leave quietly or secretly
solid
(固い)
[形]
firm or hard
rubberiness
(ゴムのような感触)
[名]
the quality of being rubbery
老人は、サメが飲み込むために逃げようとしたときに再び棍棒を振り下ろしたが、重く固いゴムのような感触しかなかった。
I must not think nonsense, he thought.
must not
(いけない)
[助]
be not allowed to
馬鹿げたことを考えてはいけない、と彼は思った。
Luck is a thing that comes in many forms and who can recognize her?
come in
(訪れる)
[動]
arrive
form
(形)
[名]
the shape of something
recognize
(見分ける)
[動]
know or identify someone or something from having seen or encountered them before
運は様々な形で訪れるもので、誰がそれを見分けることができるだろうか?
I would take some though in any form and pay what they asked.
take
(飲む)
[動]
drink
どんな形であれ、私はいくらか飲んで、彼らが要求する金額を払うだろう。
I wish I could see the glow from the lights, he thought.
灯りの輝きが見れたらいいのに、と彼は思った。
I wish too many things.
too many
(あまりに多くの)
[形]
more than is usual or desirable
私はあまりに多くのことを望む。
But that is the thing I wish for now.
しかし、それが今私が望むことだ。
He tried to settle more comfortably to steer and from his pain he knew he was not dead.
settle
(落ち着く)
[動]
become calm or quiet
comfortably
(楽に)
[副]
in a way that is comfortable
彼は操船するためにもっと楽に落ち着こうとし、痛みから自分が死んでいないことを知った。
He saw the reflected glare of the lights of the city at what must have been around ten o'clock at night.
reflect
(反射する)
[動]
throw back light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
city
(街)
[名]
a large human settlement
彼は夜の10時頃だったに違いない街の明かりの反射したまぶしさを見た。
They were only perceptible at first as the light is in the sky before the moon rises.
at first
(最初は)
[副]
in the beginning; initially
月が昇る前の空に光があるように、最初は知覚できるだけだった。
Then they were steady to see across the ocean which was rough now with the increasing breeze.
see across
(見渡す)
[動]
look across
rough
(荒れた)
[形]
having an uneven or irregular surface
それから、彼らは海の向こうを見るために安定していたが、それは今や強まるそよ風で荒れていた。
He steered inside of the glow and he thought that now, soon, he must hit the edge of the stream.
彼は光の中を操縦し、今すぐに流れの端にぶつかるに違いないと思った。
But by midnight he fought and this time he knew the fight was useless.
by midnight
(真夜中までに)
[副]
before or at midnight
しかし、真夜中までに彼は戦い、今度は戦いが無駄であることを知った。
They came in a pack and he could only see the lines in the water that their fins made and their phosphorescence as they threw themselves on the fish.
pack
(群れ)
[名]
a group of animals of the same type which live and hunt together
彼らは群れでやってきて、彼には彼らのヒレが作った水中の線と、魚に身を投げ出した時の燐光しか見えなかった。
He clubbed at heads and heard the jaws chop and the shaking of the skiff as they took hold below.
chop
(鳴る)
[動]
cut with a sharp blow
shaking
(揺れる)
[名]
the action or an instance of moving or being moved up and down or from side to side
take hold
(捕まえる)
[動]
grasp firmly
彼は頭を殴り、下で捕まえた時に顎が鳴り、小舟が揺れるのを聞きました。
He clubbed desperately at what he could only feel and hear and he felt something seize the club and it was gone.
club
(殴りかかる)
[動]
hit with a club
desperately
(必死に)
[副]
in a way that shows extreme need or anxiety
seize
(つかむ)
[動]
take hold of suddenly and forcibly
彼はただ感じたり聞いたりすることしかできないものに必死に殴りかかり、何かが棍棒をつかんだのを感じ、それは消えてしまった。
One came, finally, against the head itself and he knew that it was over.
ついに1匹が頭にぶつかり、彼は終わったことを知った。
He swung the tiller across the shark's head where the jaws were caught in the heaviness of the fish's head which would not tear.
heaviness
(重さ)
[名]
the quality or state of being heavy
彼は舵柄を鮫の頭に振り下ろしたが、鮫の顎は魚の頭の重さに引っかかっていて、引き裂かれなかった。
He swung it once and twice and again.
twice
(2回)
[副]
two times; on two occasions
彼はそれを1回、2回、そしてまた振り下ろした。
He heard the tiller break and he lunged at the shark with the splintered butt.
lunge
(突進する)
[動]
make a sudden forward movement
彼は舵柄が折れる音を聞き、砕けた柄で鮫に突進した。
He felt it go in and knowing it was sharp he drove it in again.
彼はそれが刺さったのを感じ、それが鋭いことを知っていたので、もう一度突き刺した。
The shark let go and rolled away.
roll away
(転がっていく)
[動]
move by turning over and over
鮫は離れ、転がっていった。
That was the last shark of the pack that came.
それが群れの最後の鮫だった。
There was nothing more for them to eat.
彼らが食べるものはもう何もなかった。
He knew he was beaten now finally and without remedy and he went back to the stern and found the jagged end of the tiller would fit in the slot of the rudder well enough for him to steer.
beaten
(敗北を喫した)
[形]
defeated
without remedy
(取り返しのつかない)
[形]
without a cure
jagged
(ギザギザの)
[形]
having a rough or sharp edge
slot
(溝)
[名]
a long, narrow opening
well enough
(うまく)
[副]
to a satisfactory degree
彼は、今やついに取り返しのつかない敗北を喫したことを悟り、船尾に戻って、舵柄のギザギザの端が舵の溝にうまくはまり、操舵できることを確認した。
He settled the sack around his shoulders and put the skiff on her course.
settle
(かける)
[動]
put in a certain place
彼は袋を肩にかけ、小舟を進路に乗せた。
He sailed lightly now and he had no thoughts nor any feelings of any kind.
lightly
(軽やかに)
[副]
in a light manner
thought
(考え)
[名]
an idea or opinion produced by thinking or occurring suddenly in the mind
feeling
(感情)
[名]
an emotional state or reaction
彼は今や軽やかに航海し、何の考えも感情も抱いていなかった。
He was past everything now and he sailed the skiff to make his home port as well and as intelligently as he could.
be past
(通り過ぎる)
[動]
go beyond in time or place
home port
(母港)
[名]
the port where a ship is based
intelligently
(賢く)
[副]
in an intelligent manner
彼は今やすべてを通り過ぎ、できる限り上手に、そして賢く、母港に帰るために小舟を操縦した。
In the night sharks hit the carcass as someone might pick up crumbs from the table.
pick up
(拾う)
[動]
take hold of and lift up
crumb
(パンくず)
[名]
a small fragment of bread
夜になると、誰かがテーブルからパンくずを拾うように、鮫が死骸に襲いかかった。
The old man paid no attention to them and did not pay any attention to anything except steering.
pay attention to
(注意を払う)
[動]
take notice of
steering
(操縦)
[名]
the action of steering a vehicle
老人は鮫には注意を払わず、操縦以外には何も注意を払わなかった。
He only noticed how lightly and how well the skiff sailed now there was no great weight beside her.
weight
(重量物)
[名]
a measure of the heaviness of an object
彼はただ、小舟の横に大きな重量物がなくなった今、小舟がどれほど軽やかに、どれほど上手に航海しているかに気づいただけだった。
When he sailed into the little harbour the lights of the Terrace were out and he knew everyone was in bed.
彼が小さな港に船を進めると、テラスの明かりは消えており、皆が寝ているのだと分かった。
The breeze had risen steadily and was blowing strongly now.
rise
(強まる)
[動]
increase in strength, intensity, or volume
blow
(吹く)
[動]
move or be moved by the wind
そよ風は着実に強まり、今では強く吹いていた。
It was quiet in the harbour though and he sailed up onto the little patch of shingle below the rocks.
rock
(岩)
[名]
a large mass of stone, especially one projecting out of the ground or water
それでも港は静かで、彼は岩の下の小さな砂利の上に船を進めた。
There was no one to help him so he pulled the boat up as far as he could.
far
(できる限り)
[副]
to a great extent; very much
彼を助ける者は誰もいなかったので、彼はできる限り船を引き上げた。
Then he stepped out and made her fast to a rock.
step out
(降りる)
[動]
leave a place
それから彼は降りて、船を岩に固定した。
He unstepped the mast and furled the sail and tied it.
unstep
(降ろす)
[動]
to remove (a mast) from its step
furl
(巻く)
[動]
to roll up and secure (a sail)
彼はマストを降ろし、帆を巻いて縛った。
Then he shouldered the mast and started to climb.
shoulder
(肩に担ぐ)
[動]
carry on one's shoulders
それから彼はマストを肩に担ぎ、登り始めた。
It was then he knew the depth of his tiredness.
tiredness
(疲労)
[名]
a state of mental or physical exhaustion
その時、彼は自分の疲労の深さを知った。
He stopped for a moment and looked back and saw in the reflection from the street light the great tail of the fish standing up well behind the skiff's stern.
street light
(街灯)
[名]
a light illuminating a public street
stand up
(立っている)
[動]
be in or assume a position in which you put your weight on your feet but not on your knees
well behind
(はるか後ろ)
[副]
far behind
彼は少し立ち止まって振り返り、街灯の反射で、小舟の船尾のはるか後ろに魚の大きな尾が立っているのを見た。
He saw the white naked line of his backbone and the dark mass of the head with the projecting bill and all the nakedness between.
naked
(裸の)
[形]
without clothes or covering
backbone
(背骨)
[名]
the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
mass
(塊)
[名]
a large body of matter with no definite shape
bill
(嘴)
[名]
the horny part of a bird's beak
between
(間の)
[前]
in the space separating two things
彼は背骨の白い裸の線と、突き出た嘴のある頭の黒い塊と、その間のすべての裸を見た。
He started to climb again and at the top he fell and lay for some time with the mast across his shoulder.
fall
(倒れる)
[動]
move from a higher to a lower position
lay
(横たわる)
[動]
be in or assume a horizontal or resting position
彼は再び登り始め、頂上で倒れ、マストを肩に担いでしばらく横たわっていた。
He tried to get up.
get up
(起き上がる)
[動]
rise from a lying, sitting, or kneeling position
彼は起き上がろうとした。
But it was too difficult and he sat there with the mast on his shoulder and looked at the road.
しかし、それはあまりにも難しく、彼はマストを肩に担いでそこに座り、道を眺めた。
A cat passed on the far side going about its business and the old man watched it.
far side
(向こう側)
[名]
the side that is more distant
go about
(済ませる)
[動]
to be busy with or occupied in
business
(用事)
[名]
an activity that is not a game or a sport
猫が向こう側を通り過ぎ、用事を済ませているのを見ていた。
Then he just watched the road.
それから彼はただ道を眺めていた。