“Who are the wizards?” asked Dorothy.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
「まほうつかいは だれ?」
- subject:
- 魔法使いは
“Oz himself is the Great Wizard,” answered the Witch, sinking her voice to a whisper.
「オズこそが いだいな まほうつかいだ」
- modifier:
- 偉大な
“He is more powerful than all the rest of us together.
「かれは ちからが つよい」
He lives in the City of Emeralds.”
「かれは エメラルドのまちに すんでいる」
Dorothy was going to ask another question, but just then the Munchkins, who had been standing silently by, gave a loud shout and pointed to the corner of the house where the Wicked Witch had been lying.
そのとき、マンチキンたちが さけびごえをあげて、ゆびさした。
- predicate:
- 指さす
“What is it?” asked the little old woman, and looked, and began to laugh.
「なんだ?」
The feet of the dead Witch had disappeared entirely, and nothing was left but the silver shoes.
あしが きえて、
ぎんの くつしか のこっていなかった。
- predicate:
- 消える
- 残る
“She was so old,” explained the Witch of the North, “that she dried up quickly in the sun.
「かのじょは たいようで ひからびた」
- predicate:
- 干からびる
That is the end of her.
「それが かのじょの まつろだ」
- predicate:
- 末路だ
- 末路(まつろ, fate / end)
- “まつろ” refers to the final outcome or conclusion of someone’s actions, often implying an unavoidable or unfortunate result.
But the silver shoes are yours, and you shall have them to wear.”
「そのぎんのくつは あなたのものだ」
- subject:
- その銀の靴は
She reached down and picked up the shoes, and after shaking the dust out of them handed them to Dorothy.
かのじょは ドロシーに くつを てわたした。
- modifier:
- 靴を
“The Witch of the East was proud of those silver shoes,” said one of the Munchkins, “and there is some charm connected with them; but what it is we never knew.”
「ひがしの まじょは そのくつが じまんだった」
- predicate:
- 自慢だった
Referenced from: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
