Mowgli stood upright—the fire pot in his hands.
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
モウグリが たちあがった。
- predicate:
- 立ち上がる
Then he stretched out his arms, and yawned in the face of the Council; but he was furious with rage and sorrow, for, wolflike, the wolves had never told him how they hated him.
モウグリは いかりくるった。
- predicate:
- 怒り狂った
“Listen you!” he cried. “There is no need for this dog’s jabber.
「おしゃべりのひつようはない」
Ye have told me so often tonight that I am a man (and indeed I would have been a wolf with you to my life’s end) that I feel your words are true.
「わたしは にんげんなのだろう」
So I do not call ye my brothers any more, but sag [dogs], as a man should.
「だから、わたしは おまえたちを いぬとよぶ」
- predicate:
- 呼ぶ
What ye will do, and what ye will not do, is not yours to say. That matter is with me; and that we may see the matter more plainly, I, the man, have brought here a little of the Red Flower which ye, dogs, fear.”
「わたしが むれの リーダーだ。
わたしは レッドフラワーを もってきた」
He flung the fire pot on the ground, and some of the red coals lit a tuft of dried moss that flared up, as all the Council drew back in terror before the leaping flames.
モウグリは ファイアポットを じめんに なげつけた。
コケに ひがつくと、ぜんいんが あとずさりした。
- predicate:
- 投げる
- 後ずさりする
Mowgli thrust his dead branch into the fire till the twigs lit and crackled, and whirled it above his head among the cowering wolves.
モウグリは えだに ひをつけて、ふりまわした。
- predicate:
- 火をつける
- 振り回す
“Thou art the master,” said Bagheera in an undertone. “Save Akela from the death. He was ever thy friend.”
「アキーラを すくえ」
- predicate:
- 救う
Akela, the grim old wolf who had never asked for mercy in his life, gave one piteous look at Mowgli as the boy stood all naked, his long black hair tossing over his shoulders in the light of the blazing branch that made the shadows jump and quiver.
モウグリは オオカミたちを こわがらせた。
- predicate:
- 怖がらせる
- 手綱を握る（たづなをにぎる, take control / hold the reins）
The Japanese expression “たづなをにぎる” literally refers to holding the reins of a horse, but figuratively it means taking control, managing a situation, or leading a group or project. It is often used when someone assumes responsibility, directs others, or guides a process toward a desired outcome.
“Good!” said Mowgli, staring round slowly. “I see that ye are dogs.
「おまえたちは いぬだ」
I go from you to my own people—if they be my own people.
「わたしは にんげんのもとへ いく」
The jungle is shut to me, and I must forget your talk and your companionship.
「わたしは オオカミとの かんけいを わすれなければならない」
- modifier:
- オオカミとの関係を
But I will be more merciful than ye are.
「わたしは じひぶかい」
- predicate:
- 慈悲深い
Because I was all but your brother in blood, I promise that when I am a man among men I will not betray ye to men as ye have betrayed me.”
「わたしは おまえたちを うらぎらない」
- predicate:
- 裏切らない
He kicked the fire with his foot, and the sparks flew up.
モウグリは あしで ひを けった。
- predicate:
- 蹴る
“There shall be no war between any of us in the Pack. But here is a debt to pay before I go.”
「わたしは かりをかえす」
- predicate:
- 借りを返す
He strode forward to where Shere Khan sat blinking stupidly at the flames, and caught him by the tuft on his chin.
モウグリは シア・カーンの アゴのけを つかんだ。
- modifier:
- シア・カーンのアゴの毛を
Bagheera followed in case of accidents.
バギーラが あとにつづいた。
- predicate:
- 後に続く
“Up, dog!” Mowgli cried. “Up, when a man speaks, or I will set that coat ablaze!”
「たて！」
Shere Khan’s ears lay flat back on his head, and he shut his eyes, for the blazing branch was very near.
シア・カーンは みみを ふせて、めを とじていた。
- modifier:
- 耳を
- 目を
“This cattle-killer said he would kill me in the Council because he had not killed me when I was a cub.
「シア・カーンは わたしを ころすと いった」
Thus and thus, then, do we beat dogs when we are men. Stir a whisker, Lungri, and I ram the Red Flower down thy gullet!”
「そのばあいには、こうやって、いぬを たたく」
He beat Shere Khan over the head with the branch, and the tiger whimpered and whined in an agony of fear.
シア・カーンは ひめいをあげた。
- predicate:
- 悲鳴をあげる
Referenced from: The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling