翻刻
【ページ番号】61
rain came on.
84 To morrow you must go out early.
I beg you will pass the evening here.
What do you say of the new year?
Almost all young and old people are merry
and amuse themselves much
while the boys an girs are playing at
the game of balls
" " " paper
" " " feathers
" " " cockleshels
" " " chests
and differernt other games.
Therefore you ought not to be in such
a hurry as at other times.
When it grows dark many ladies and
other women, nicely dressed, acco-
panied by a woman servant with some
small bundles of tea, and by a lanternbearer
go to and fro in the streets to pay
compliments to their acquaintances & relations
then they are plagued by the children,
who are very gay and merry from before
our five o clock at night till four.
You will see them as you go home.
You know these things.
現代語訳
雨が降ってきたら。
84 明日は早く出かけなければなりませんね。
今晩はここで過ごしてください。
新年についてどう思われますか？
老若男女ほとんど皆が陽気で
大いに楽しんでいます。
男の子や女の子たちは遊んでいます
手まり遊び
紙遊び
羽根突き
貝合わせ
箱遊び
その他様々な遊びを。
ですから普段のように
そんなに急ぐ必要はありません。
暗くなると多くの女性たちや
他の女性たちが、美しく装い、
お茶の小包を持った女中と
提灯持ちを伴って
知人や親戚への挨拶のため
街を行き来します。
その時子供たちに悩まされます。
子供たちは夕方5時前から4時まで
とても陽気で楽しそうにしているのです。
家に帰る時に彼らを見るでしょう。
あなたはこれらのことをご存知ですね。
英語訳
rain came on.
84 Tomorrow you must go out early.
I beg you will pass the evening here.
What do you say of the New Year?
Almost all young and old people are merry
and amuse themselves much,
while the boys and girls are playing at
the game of balls
" " " paper
" " " feathers
" " " cockleshells
" " " chests
and different other games.
Therefore you ought not to be in such
a hurry as at other times.
When it grows dark many ladies and
other women, nicely dressed, accom-
panied by a woman servant with some
small bundles of tea, and by a lantern bearer
go to and fro in the streets to pay
compliments to their acquaintances & relations.
Then they are plagued by the children,
who are very gay and merry from before
our five o'clock at night till four.
You will see them as you go home.
You know these things.