#14 To persevere: LearnJapanese

めげない means to continue trying without giving up, even when facing difficulties or discouragement.

persevere

At that moment Dorothy saw lying on the table the silver shoes that had belonged to the Witch of the East.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
テーブルのうえに シルバーシューズが おいてあった。
  • predicate: 
  • 置く

“I wonder if they will fit me,” she said to Toto. 

「そのくつは わたしに あうだろうか」

“They would be just the thing to take a long walk in, for they could not wear out.” 

「そのくつは ながくあるくのに うってつけだ」

She took off her old leather shoes and tried on the silver ones, which fitted her as well as if they had been made for her.

かのじょは かたほうの くつを ためした。
そのくつは かのじょに ぴったりだった。
  • predicate: 
  • ぴったりだ

Finally she picked up her basket.

さいごに、かのじょは バスケットを てにとった。
  • predicate: 
  • 手に取る

“Come along, Toto,” she said. “We will go to the Emerald City and ask the Great Oz how to get back to Kansas again.”

「わたしたち エメラルドシティへ いって、
オズに かえるほうほうを たずねよう」
  • predicate: 
  • 行く
  • 尋ねる

She closed the door, locked it, and put the key carefully in the pocket of her dress. 

かのじょは いえに カギをかけて、
そのカギを ポケットに しまった。
  • predicate: 
  • 鍵かける
  • 仕舞う

And so, with Toto trotting along soberly behind her, she started on her journey.

ドロシーは たびに しゅっぱつした。
  • predicate: 
  • 出発する

There were several roads nearby, but it did not take her long to find the one paved with yellow bricks. 

きいろい レンガの みちをみつけるのに、
じかんは かからなかった。

Within a short time she was walking briskly toward the Emerald City, her silver shoes tinkling merrily on the hard, yellow road-bed. 

かのじょは エメラルドシティへむかって げんきに あるいていた。
  • modifier: 
  • 元気に

The sun shone bright and the birds sang sweetly, and Dorothy did not feel nearly so bad as you might think a little girl would who had been suddenly whisked away from her own country and set down in the midst of a strange land.

ドロシーは めげなかった。
  • めげない(persevere)
  • めげない means to continue trying without giving up, even when facing difficulties or discouragement.

She was surprised, as she walked along, to see how pretty the country was about her. 

かのじょは このとちの うつくしさをみて おどろいた。
  • modifier: 
  • この土地の美しさを見て

There were neat fences at the sides of the road, painted a dainty blue color, and beyond them were fields of grain and vegetables in abundance. 

こくもつと やさいの はたけが ひろがっていた。

Evidently the Munchkins were good farmers and able to raise large crops. 

マンチキンたちは ゆうしゅうな のうふであるらしい
  • predicate: 
  • 優秀な農夫であるらしい

Once in a while she would pass a house, and the people came out to look at her and bow low as she went by; for everyone knew she had been the means of destroying the Wicked Witch and setting them free from bondage. 

かのじょが いえを とおりすぎると、
じゅうみんが でてきて、おじぎした。
  • predicate: 
  • お辞儀する

The houses of the Munchkins were odd-looking dwellings, for each was round, with a big dome for a roof. 

マンチキンたちのいえは ふうがわりだった。
  • predicate: 
  • 風変わりだった
  • 風変わり(ふうがわり, eccentric)
  • “ふうがわり” means behaving or appearing in a way that is unusual, odd, or different from what is considered normal.

All were painted blue, for in this country of the East blue was the favorite color.

すべてが あおいろに ぬってあった。
  • predicate: 
  • 塗る

Referenced from: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

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