“All thanks for this good meal,” he said, licking his lips.
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
「ごちそうに かんしゃする」
- modifier:
- ご馳走に
“How beautiful are the noble children! How large are their eyes! And so young too!
「こどもたちは なんて うつくしいのだろう！」
- predicate:
- 美しい
Indeed, indeed, I might have remembered that the children of kings are men from the beginning.”
「おうぞくの こどもは うまれながらにして りっぱだったようだ」
- 生まれながらにして(うまれながらにして, by nature)
- The Japanese phrase “うまれながらにして” describes a quality, ability, or condition that a person possesses from birth. It is used when something is innate, natural, or inherent, rather than learned or acquired later in life.
Now, Tabaqui knew as well as anyone else that there is nothing so unlucky as to compliment children to their faces.
めんとむかって、こどもを ほめることは えんぎがわるい。
- predicate:
- 縁起が悪い
- 面と向かって(めんとむかって, face‑to‑face)
- The Japanese phrase “めんとむかって” describes a situation where someone speaks or interacts directly with another person in a face‑to‑face manner. It is used when emphasizing direct communication, especially in contexts involving honesty, confrontation, or sincerity.
It pleased him to see Mother and Father Wolf look uncomfortable.
オオカミは ふかいになった。
- predicate:
- 不快になる
Tabaqui sat still, rejoicing in the mischief that he had made, and then he said spitefully:
タバキは じぶんのいたずらに よろこんだ。
- modifier:
- 自分の悪戯に
“Shere Khan, the Big One, has shifted his hunting grounds.
「シア・カーンが かりばを うつした」
- predicate:
- 移す
He will hunt among these hills for the next moon, so he has told me.”
「つぎの つきの あいだ、
かれは このおかで かりをするつもりだ」
- modifier:
- この丘で
Shere Khan was the tiger who lived near the Waingunga River, twenty miles away.
シア・カーンは トラだ。
“He has no right!” Father Wolf began angrily—“By the Law of the Jungle he has no right to change his quarters without due warning.
「かれには けんりがない」
- predicate:
- 権利がない
He will frighten every head of game within ten miles, and I—I have to kill for two, these days.”
「わたしは ふたりぶん からなければならない」
- modifier:
- 二人ぶん
“His mother did not call him Lungri [the Lame One] for nothing,” said Mother Wolf quietly.
「かれを ルングリとよぶ りゆうがある」
“He has been lame in one foot from his birth.
「かれは かたあしが ふじゆうだ」
- modifier:
- 片足が
That is why he has only killed cattle.
「それが、かれが かちくをかる りゆうだ」
Now the villagers of the Waingunga are angry with him, and he has come here to make our villagers angry.
「ワインガンガのむらは かれに はらをたてている」
- predicate:
- 腹を立てる
They will scour the jungle for him when he is far away, and we and our children must run when the grass is set alight.
「われわれと こどもたちは にげなければならない」
- predicate:
- 逃げる
Indeed, we are very grateful to Shere Khan!”
「ありがたくおもう！」
“Shall I tell him of your gratitude?” said Tabaqui.
「おまえの かんしゃを かれに つたえようか？」
“Out!” snapped Father Wolf. “Out and hunt with thy master.
「きえろ！」
Thou hast done harm enough for one night.”
「おまえは じゅうぶんに あくじを はたらいた」
“I go,” said Tabaqui quietly. “Ye can hear Shere Khan below in the thickets.
「シア・カーンが したの しげみにいる」
I might have saved myself the message.”
「そのメッセージを つたえる てまがはぶけた」
Referenced from: The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling