“Oh, gracious!” cried Dorothy. “Are you a real witch?”
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
「あなたは ほんものの まじょ？」
- modifier:
- 本物の
“Yes, indeed,” answered the little woman. “But I am a good witch, and the people love me.
「わたしは ぜんりょうな まじょだ」
- modifier:
- 善良な
I am not as powerful as the Wicked Witch was who ruled here, or I should have set the people free myself.”
「わたしは ひがしのまじょほど つよくない」
- modifier:
- 東の魔女ほど
“But I thought all witches were wicked,” said the girl, who was half frightened at facing a real witch.
「わたしは すべてのまじょが じゃあくだと おもっていた」
- predicate:
- 思う
“Oh, no, that is a great mistake.
「いいえ。それは おおきな ごかいだ」
- predicate:
- 誤解
There were only four witches in all the Land of Oz, and two of them, those who live in the North and the South, are good witches.
「オズには、よにんの まじょしかいない。
きたと みなみの まじょは ぜんりょうだ」
- subject:
- 北と南の魔女は
I know this is true, for I am one of them myself, and cannot be mistaken.
「それが しんじつだ」
- predicate:
- 真実だ
Those who dwelt in the East and the West were, indeed, wicked witches; but now that you have killed one of them, there is but one Wicked Witch in all the Land of Oz—the one who lives in the West.”
「いまや じゃあくなまじょは ひとりだけ。
にしの まじょだ！」
- predicate:
- 一人だけ
“But,” said Dorothy, after a moment’s thought, “Aunt Em has told me that the witches were all dead—years and years ago.”
「でも、エムおばさんが いっていた。
まじょは みんな しんだって」
“Who is Aunt Em?” inquired the little old woman.
「エムおばさんって だれ？」
“She is my aunt who lives in Kansas, where I came from.”
「カンザスにすんでいる わたしの おばだ」
- predicate:
- 私の叔母
The Witch of the North seemed to think for a time, with her head bowed and her eyes upon the ground.
きたのまじょは すこしのあいだ かんがえている ようにみえた。
- predicate:
- 考えているように見えた
Then she looked up and said, “I do not know where Kansas is, for I have never heard that country mentioned before. But tell me, is it a civilized country?”
「それは はってんした くに？」
- predicate:
- 発展した国
“Oh, yes,” replied Dorothy.
「はい」
“Then that accounts for it. In the civilized countries I believe there are no witches left, nor wizards, nor sorceresses, nor magicians.
「それなら、がてんがいく。
はってんした くにぐにには、まじょは のこっていないだろう」
- predicate:
- 残っていないだろう
- 合点がいく（がてんがいく, make sense / be convinced）
- “がてんがいく” means that something is understandable, reasonable, or logically consistent, allowing someone to feel convinced or satisfied with the explanation.
But, you see, the Land of Oz has never been civilized, for we are cut off from all the rest of the world.
「オズのくには ぶんめいか されたことがない」
Therefore we still have witches and wizards amongst us.”
「だからこそ、まほうつかいが いる」
Referenced from: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum