“What is the Law of the Jungle? Strike first and then give tongue.
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
「ジャングルのほうは なんだ？
まず、なぐれ。それから、ほえろ」
- subject:
- ジャングルの法は
By thy very carelessness they know that thou art a man.
「かれらは おまえが にんげんだと しっている」
- predicate:
- 知る
But be wise. It is in my heart that when Akela misses his next kill—and at each hunt it costs him more to pin the buck—the Pack will turn against him and against thee.
「アキーラが かりを しっぱいすると、
オオカミのむれは てきにまわるだろう」
- predicate:
- 敵にまわる
They will hold a jungle Council at the Rock, and then—and then—I have it!” said Bagheera, leaping up.
「おもいついた！」
- predicate:
- 思いつく
“Go thou down quickly to the men’s huts in the valley, and take some of the Red Flower which they grow there, so that when the time comes thou mayest have even a stronger friend than I or Baloo or those of the Pack that love thee. Get the Red Flower.”
「レッドフラワーを てにいれろ」
- predicate:
- 手に入れる
By Red Flower Bagheera meant fire, only no creature in the jungle will call fire by its proper name.
バギーラは ひを レッドフラワーというなまえで よぶ。
- modifier:
- 火をレッドフラワーという名前で
Every beast lives in deadly fear of it, and invents a hundred ways of describing it.
すべての けものは ひを おそれて いきている。
- modifier:
- 火を恐れて
“The Red Flower?” said Mowgli. “That grows outside their huts in the twilight. I will get some.”
「レッドフラワーは こやのそとで はえている」
“There speaks the man’s cub,” said Bagheera proudly. “Remember that it grows in little pots.
「にんげんのこの くちぶりだ」
- 口ぶり（くちぶり, manner of speaking / tone）
The Japanese word “くちぶり” refers to the way someone speaks, including their tone, phrasing, and overall style of expression. It is often used when describing a person’s attitude or emotional nuance that can be sensed through their speech, such as confidence, hesitation, politeness, or irritation.
Get one swiftly, and keep it by thee for time of need.”
「それを てもとにおいておけ」
- predicate:
- 手元に置く
“Good!” said Mowgli. “I go. But art thou sure, O my Bagheera”—he slipped his arm around the splendid neck and looked deep into the big eyes—“art thou sure that all this is Shere Khan’s doing?”
「ほんとうに、シア・カーンのしわざ？」
“By the Broken Lock that freed me, I am sure, Little Brother.”
「ほんとうだ」
“Then, by the Bull that bought me, I will pay Shere Khan full tale for this, and it may be a little over,” said Mowgli, and he bounded away.
「それなら、わたしは シア・カーンに やりかえそう」
- predicate:
- やり返す
“That is a man. That is all a man,” said Bagheera to himself, lying down again. “Oh, Shere Khan, never was a blacker hunting than that frog-hunt of thine ten years ago!”
「モウグリは ゆうかんだ」
Mowgli was far and far through the forest, running hard, and his heart was hot in him.
モウグリは いっしょうけんめいに はしった。
- modifier:
- 一生懸命に
He came to the cave as the evening mist rose, and drew breath, and looked down the valley.
かれは ほらあなに たどりついた。
The cubs were out, but Mother Wolf, at the back of the cave, knew by his breathing that something was troubling her frog.
ははオオカミは モウグリが なやんでいることが わかった。
- predicate:
- 分かる
“What is it, Son?” she said.
「どうした？」
“Some bat’s chatter of Shere Khan,” he called back. “I hunt among the plowed fields tonight,” and he plunged downward through the bushes, to the stream at the bottom of the valley.
「こんや こうさくちで かりをする」
モウグリは おがわのほうに かけおりた。
- predicate:
- 駆け下りる
There he checked, for he heard the yell of the Pack hunting, heard the bellow of a hunted Sambhur, and the snort as the buck turned at bay.
モウグリは かりのおとを きいた。
Then there were wicked, bitter howls from the young wolves: “Akela! Akela! Let the Lone Wolf show his strength. Room for the leader of the Pack! Spring, Akela!”
わかいオオカミから あくいのある こえがした。
The Lone Wolf must have sprung and missed his hold, for Mowgli heard the snap of his teeth and then a yelp as the Sambhur knocked him over with his forefoot.
モウグリは アキーラの はがおれるおとと ひめいを きいた。
- modifier:
- 歯が折れる音と悲鳴を
He did not wait for anything more, but dashed on; and the yells grew fainter behind him as he ran into the croplands where the villagers lived.
モウグリは さきへすすんで、のうこうちに はいった。
- modifier:
- 農耕地に
“Bagheera spoke truth,” he panted, as he nestled down in some cattle fodder by the window of a hut. “To-morrow is one day both for Akela and for me.”
「バギーラの いったことは しんじつだった」
Referenced from: The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling