Directly in front of him, holding on by a low branch, stood a naked brown baby who could just walk—as soft and as dimpled a little atom as ever came to a wolf’s cave at night.
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
ちちオオカミの めのまえに、
あかんぼうが たっていた。
- modifier:
- 父オオカミの目の前に
He looked up into Father Wolf’s face, and laughed.
かれは わらった。
- predicate:
- 笑う
“Is that a man’s cub?” said Mother Wolf. “I have never seen one. Bring it here.”
「ここに もってきて」
A Wolf accustomed to moving his own cubs can, if necessary, mouth an egg without breaking it, and though Father Wolf’s jaws closed right on the child’s back not a tooth even scratched the skin as he laid it down among the cubs.
オオカミは きずつけずに たまごを くわえることができる。
- modifier:
- 傷つけずに
“How little! How naked, and—how bold!” said Mother Wolf softly.
「なんて おそれしらずなのだろう！」
- predicate:
- 恐れ知らず
- 肝が太い（きもがふとい, bold / courageous）
The Japanese expression “きもがふとい” describes someone who stays calm, confident, and unshaken even in stressful or risky situations. It is often used when a person shows courage, mental toughness, or the ability to make bold decisions without hesitation.
The baby was pushing his way between the cubs to get close to the warm hide.
そのあかんぼうは オオカミの こどもたちのなかに もぐりこんだ。
- predicate:
- 潜り込む
“Ahai! He is taking his meal with the others. And so this is a man’s cub.
「かれは こどもたちと いっしょに しょくじしている」
- predicate:
- 食事する
Now, was there ever a wolf that could boast of a man’s cub among her children?”
「にんげんのこを じまんする オオカミはいた？」
- subject:
- 人間の仔を自慢するオオカミは
“I have heard now and again of such a thing, but never in our Pack or in my time,” said Father Wolf.
「ときどき きいたことがある」
“He is altogether without hair, and I could kill him with a touch of my foot. But see, he looks up and is not afraid.”
「かれは よわいのに おそれていない」
- predicate:
- 恐れる
The moonlight was blocked out of the mouth of the cave, for Shere Khan’s great square head and shoulders were thrust into the entrance.
つきあかりが さえぎられた。
- predicate:
- 遮る
Tabaqui, behind him, was squeaking: “My lord, my lord, it went in here!”
「えものが ここに はいった！」
“Shere Khan does us great honor,” said Father Wolf, but his eyes were very angry. “What does Shere Khan need?”
「シア・カーンが なにを もとめる？」
- predicate:
- 求める
Referenced from: The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling