A black shadow dropped down into the circle.
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
くろい かげが サークルに おちた。
- subject:
- 黒い影が
It was Bagheera the Black Panther, inky black all over, but with the panther markings showing up in certain lights like the pattern of watered silk.
ブラックパンサーの バギーラだ。
Everybody knew Bagheera, and nobody cared to cross his path; for he was as cunning as Tabaqui, as bold as the wild buffalo, and as reckless as the wounded elephant.
だれもが バギーラを おそれていた。
- predicate:
- 恐れる
But he had a voice as soft as wild honey dripping from a tree, and a skin softer than down.
かれは あまいこえと、やわらかなはだを もっていた。
- modifier:
- 甘い声と、柔らかな肌を
“O Akela, and ye the Free People,” he purred, “I have no right in your assembly, but the Law of the Jungle says that if there is a doubt which is not a killing matter in regard to a new cub, the life of that cub may be bought at a price.
「こどもに ささいな もんだいがあるなら、
そのいのちを だいしょうをはらって かうことができる」
- predicate:
- 買う
And the Law does not say who may or may not pay that price. Am I right?”
「ジャングルのほうは だれが そのだいしょうを しはらうか きめていない」
- modifier:
- 誰がその代償を支払うか
“Good! Good!” said the young wolves, who are always hungry. “Listen to Bagheera. The cub can be bought for a price. It is the Law.”
わかいオオカミたちが かんせいをあげた。
- predicate:
- 歓声をあげる
“Knowing that I have no right to speak here, I ask your leave.”
「わたしは はなしをするきょかを もとめる」
- modifier:
- 話をする許可を
“Speak then,” cried twenty voices.
「はなせ」
“To kill a naked cub is shame.
「けのない こをころすことは はじだ」
- predicate:
- 恥だ
Besides, he may make better sport for you when he is grown.
「かれは よりよい あそびあいてになるかもしれない」
- predicate:
- 遊び相手になる
Baloo has spoken in his behalf.
「バルーは かれのために はなした」
Now to Baloo’s word I will add one bull, and a fat one, newly killed, not half a mile from here, if ye will accept the man’s cub according to the Law. Is it difficult?”
「わたしは いっとうの おうしを つけくわえよう」
- predicate:
- 付け加える
There was a clamor of scores of voices, saying: “What matter? He will die in the winter rains.
「かれは ふゆの あめのなかで しぬだろう」
- modifier:
- 冬の雨の中で
- 他人事（ひとごと, someone else’s problem / not my concern）
The Japanese expression “ひとごと” refers to treating an issue as if it belongs to someone else and has nothing to do with oneself. It is often used when a person shows indifference, avoids responsibility, or distances themselves from a situation that actually affects them.
He will scorch in the sun.
「かれは たいようのなかで かれるだろう」
- modifier:
- 太陽の中で
What harm can a naked frog do us? Let him run with the Pack.
「かれを オオカミのむれに 加えろ」
- predicate:
- 加える
Where is the bull, Bagheera? Let him be accepted.”
「モウグリを うけいれろ」
- predicate:
- 受け入れる
And then came Akela’s deep bay, crying: “Look well—look well, O Wolves!”
「よくみろ、オオカミたちよ！」
Referenced from: The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling