Peter got down very quietly off the wheelbarrow; and started running as fast as he could go, along a straight walk behind some black-currant bushes.
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
ピーターは ておしぐるまから おりて、ぜんりょくしっそうした。
- predicate:
- 降りる
- 全力疾走する
Mr. McGregor caught sight of him at the corner, but Peter did not care.
ミスター・マクレガーは まがりかどで ピーターを みつけた。
- modifier:
- 曲がり角で
He slipped underneath the gate, and was safe at last in the wood outside the garden.
ピーターは もんのしたを すべりぬけた。
- predicate:
- 滑りぬける
Mr. McGregor hung up the little jacket and the shoes for a scare-crow to frighten the blackbirds.
ミスター・マクレガーは ピーターのジャケットとシューズを つるして かかしを つくった。
- predicate:
- 吊るす
- 作る
Peter never stopped running or looked behind him till he got home to the big fir-tree.
ピーターは いえについた。
- predicate:
- 着く
He was so tired that he flopped down upon the nice soft sand on the floor of the rabbit-hole and shut his eyes.
かれは いえのゆかに たおれて、 めを とじた。
- predicate:
- 倒れる
- 閉じる
- 緊張の糸が切れる（きんちょうのいとがきれる, lose tension / snap under pressure）
The Japanese expression “きんちょうのいとがきれる” literally means “the thread of tension snaps.” It describes the moment when someone suddenly relaxes after being extremely nervous, or when their concentration collapses due to stress or exhaustion. It is often used in situations where a person has been tense for a long time and finally reaches a breaking point—either emotionally, mentally, or physically.
His mother was busy cooking; she wondered what he had done with his clothes.
かれのははおやは ふしぎにおもった。
ピーターは ふくを どうしたのだろう。
- subject:
- 彼の母親は
It was the second little jacket and pair of shoes that Peter had lost in a fortnight!
それは にちゃくめの ふくだった。
- predicate:
- 二着目の服だった
I am sorry to say that Peter was not very well during the evening.
ピーターは たいちょうがわるかった。
- predicate:
- 体調が悪かった
His mother put him to bed, and made some camomile tea; and she gave a dose of it to Peter!
ははおやは カモミールティーを つくって、ピーターに のませた。
- predicate:
- 作る
- 飲む
‘One table-spoonful to be taken at bed-time.’
「ねるときに ワン・テーブルスプーン のむこと」
But Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cotton-tail had bread and milk and blackberries for supper.
フロプシー、モプシー、コットンテイルは パンと ミルクと ブラックベリーを たべた。
- predicate:
- 食べる