Idioms & Expressions
Idioms, sound words, old-style expressions and similes in 杜子春 (Toshishun).
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Sound & mimetic word
ぼんやりぼんやり
Meaning: vacantly; absent-mindedly
唐の都洛陽の西の門の下に、ぼんやり空を仰いでいる、一人の若者がありました。
Beneath the west gate of Luoyang, the capital of Tang, there was a young man gazing vacantly up at the sky.
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Idiom
天下に並ぶもののないてんかにならぶもののない
Meaning: second to none in all the land
Literal: with nothing under heaven to stand beside it
何しろその頃洛陽といえば、天下に並ぶもののない、繁昌を極めた都ですから、往来にはまだしっきりなく、人や車が通っていました。
Luoyang in those days, after all, was a capital at the height of its prosperity, second to none in all the land, so people and carts were still passing along the street without a break.
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油のようなあぶらのような
Meaning: (sunset light) thick, golden and glossy
Literal: like oil
門一ぱいに当っている、油のような夕日の光の中に、老人のかぶった紗の帽子や、土耳古の女の金の耳環や、白馬に飾った色糸の手綱が、絶えず流れて行く容子は、まるで画のような美しさです。
In the oil-like light of the setting sun that filled the whole gate, the gauze caps worn by old men, the gold earrings of Turkish women and the reins of colored thread on white horses flowed past without end, a sight as beautiful as a painting.
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Old-style
土耳古トルコ
Meaning: Turkey (an old way of writing トルコ in kanji)
門一ぱいに当っている、油のような夕日の光の中に、老人のかぶった紗の帽子や、土耳古の女の金の耳環や、白馬に飾った色糸の手綱が、絶えず流れて行く容子は、まるで画のような美しさです。
In the oil-like light of the setting sun that filled the whole gate, the gauze caps worn by old men, the gold earrings of Turkish women and the reins of colored thread on white horses flowed past without end, a sight as beautiful as a painting.
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画のようなえのような
Meaning: as beautiful as a painting
Literal: like a picture
門一ぱいに当っている、油のような夕日の光の中に、老人のかぶった紗の帽子や、土耳古の女の金の耳環や、白馬に飾った色糸の手綱が、絶えず流れて行く容子は、まるで画のような美しさです。
In the oil-like light of the setting sun that filled the whole gate, the gauze caps worn by old men, the gold earrings of Turkish women and the reins of colored thread on white horses flowed past without end, a sight as beautiful as a painting.
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Sound & mimetic word
うらうらうらうら
Meaning: soft, bright and calm (of spring light or haze)
空には、もう細い月が、うらうらと靡いた霞の中に、まるで爪の痕かと思う程、かすかに白く浮んでいるのです。
In the sky a thin moon was already floating faintly white in the soft, trailing haze, so thin it might have been the mark of a fingernail.
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爪の痕かと思う程つめのあとかとおもうほど
Meaning: so thin that it could be taken for the mark of a fingernail
Literal: enough to make one think it is a fingernail mark
空には、もう細い月が、うらうらと靡いた霞の中に、まるで爪の痕かと思う程、かすかに白く浮んでいるのです。
In the sky a thin moon was already floating faintly white in the soft, trailing haze, so thin it might have been the mark of a fingernail.
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Old-style
一そいっそ
Meaning: rather; might as well (now written いっそ)
「日は暮れるし、腹は減るし、その上もうどこへ行っても、泊めてくれる所はなさそうだし――こんな思いをして生きている位なら、一そ川へでも身を投げて、死んでしまった方がましかも知れない」
"The sun is going down, I'm hungry, and on top of that there seems to be nowhere that will take me in, wherever I go — if I have to go on living like this, I might be better off throwing myself into the river and dying."
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Idiom
身を投げるみをなげる
Meaning: to throw oneself (into a river, etc.) to die
Literal: to throw one's body
「日は暮れるし、腹は減るし、その上もうどこへ行っても、泊めてくれる所はなさそうだし――こんな思いをして生きている位なら、一そ川へでも身を投げて、死んでしまった方がましかも知れない」
"The sun is going down, I'm hungry, and on top of that there seems to be nowhere that will take me in, wherever I go — if I have to go on living like this, I might be better off throwing myself into the river and dying."
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Idiom
取りとめもないとりとめもない
Meaning: rambling; without any clear point
杜子春はひとりさっきから、こんな取りとめもないことを思いめぐらしていたのです。
For some time Toshishun had been turning such rambling thoughts over in his mind, all alone.
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Sound & mimetic word
じっとじっと
Meaning: fixedly; steadily, without moving
それが夕日の光を浴びて、大きな影を門へ落すと、じっと杜子春の顔を見ながら、
With the evening sun on him, he cast a great shadow on the gate, and looking fixedly at Toshishun's face,
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Idiom
眼を伏せるめをふせる
Meaning: to lower one's eyes; to look down
Literal: to lay one's eyes down
老人の尋ね方が急でしたから、杜子春はさすがに眼を伏せて、思わず正直な答をしました。
The old man's question was so sudden that Toshishun could not help lowering his eyes, and before he knew it he had given an honest answer.
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Old-style
〜が好い〜がいい
Meaning: you should ...; go ahead and ... (an old-style way to give advice or an order)
Literal: ... is good
今この夕日の中に立って、お前の影が地に映ったら、その頭に当る所を夜中に掘って見るが好い。
"Stand in this evening sun now, and when your shadow falls on the ground, dig at night in the spot where its head lies."
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Idiom
影も形もないかげもかたちもない
Meaning: to have vanished without a trace
Literal: there is neither shadow nor shape
ところが更に不思議なことには、あの老人はどこへ行ったか、もうあたりにはそれらしい、影も形も見当りません。
But stranger still, the old man had gone off somewhere, and there was no longer any trace of him anywhere around.
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Idiom
気の早いきのはやい
Meaning: hasty; quick to get started
Literal: quick of spirit
その代り空の月の色は前よりも猶白くなって、休みない往来の人通りの上には、もう気の早い蝙蝠が二三匹ひらひら舞っていました。
Instead, the moon in the sky had grown even whiter than before, and above the endless stream of people in the street two or three early bats were already fluttering about.
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Sound & mimetic word
ひらひらひらひら
Meaning: fluttering lightly
その代り空の月の色は前よりも猶白くなって、休みない往来の人通りの上には、もう気の早い蝙蝠が二三匹ひらひら舞っていました。
Instead, the moon in the sky had grown even whiter than before, and above the endless stream of people in the street two or three early bats were already fluttering about.
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Idiom
口には尽されないくちにはつくされない
Meaning: beyond words; impossible to describe fully
Literal: cannot be used up by the mouth
その酒盛りの又盛なことは、中々口には尽されません。
How lively those feasts were is quite beyond words.
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Idiom
一文無しいちもんなし
Meaning: penniless; flat broke
Literal: without a single mon (an old small coin)
ましてとうとう三年目の春、又杜子春が以前の通り、一文無しになって見ると、広い洛陽の都の中にも、彼に宿を貸そうという家は、一軒もなくなってしまいました。
So when, in the spring of the third year, Toshishun was at last penniless again just as before, there was not a single house in the whole wide city of Luoyang that would give him a place to stay.
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Idiom
途方に暮れるとほうにくれる
Meaning: to be at a loss; not to know what to do
そこで彼は或日の夕方、もう一度あの洛陽の西の門の下へ行って、ぼんやり空を眺めながら、途方に暮れて立っていました。
So one evening he went once more to that west gate of Luoyang and stood there at a loss, gazing vacantly at the sky.
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掻き消すようにかきけすように
Meaning: (to vanish) suddenly and completely
Literal: as if rubbed out
老人はこう言ったと思うと、今度もまた人ごみの中へ、掻き消すように隠れてしまいました。
No sooner had the old man said this than he again vanished into the crowd, as if wiped away.
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Sound & mimetic word
ほそぼそほそぼそ
Meaning: thinly; faintly; barely
勿論彼はその時も、洛陽の西の門の下に、ほそぼそと霞を破っている三日月の光を眺めながら、ぼんやり佇んでいたのです。
Of course, this time too he was standing vacantly under the west gate of Luoyang, gazing at the light of a crescent moon breaking faintly through the haze.
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Idiom
愛想がつきるあいそがつきる
Meaning: to be fed up with; to lose all one's fondness for
Literal: one's friendliness runs out
人間というものに愛想がつきたのです」
"I have become fed up with human beings."
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Old-style
たといたとい
Meaning: even if (now usually たとえ)
そんなことを考えると、たといもう一度大金持になったところが、何にもならないような気がするのです」
"When I think of that, I feel that even if I became very rich once more, it would come to nothing."
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Sound & mimetic word
にやにやにやにや
Meaning: grinning
老人は杜子春の言葉を聞くと、急ににやにや笑い出しました。
When the old man heard Toshishun's words, he suddenly began to grin.
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Idiom
物のわかるもののわかる
Meaning: sensible; quick to understand how things are
Literal: who understands things
いや、お前は若い者に似合わず、感心に物のわかる男だ。
"Well, for a young man you are admirably sensible."
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Idiom
眉をひそめるまゆをひそめる
Meaning: to knit one's brows; to frown
老人は眉をひそめたまま、暫くは黙って、何事か考えているようでしたが、やがて又にっこり笑いながら、
The old man kept his brows knitted and for a while seemed to be silently thinking something over, but then he smiled warmly again and
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Sound & mimetic word
にっこりにっこり
Meaning: with a warm smile
老人は眉をひそめたまま、暫くは黙って、何事か考えているようでしたが、やがて又にっこり笑いながら、
The old man kept his brows knitted and for a while seemed to be silently thinking something over, but then he smiled warmly again and
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Idiom
願を容れるねがいをいれる
Meaning: to grant a request
Literal: to take a wish in
始めお前の顔を見た時、どこか物わかりが好さそうだったから、二度まで大金持にしてやったのだが、それ程仙人になりたければ、おれの弟子にとり立ててやろう」と、快く願を容れてくれました。
"When I first saw your face, you looked somehow sensible, so I made you very rich twice; but if you want to become a hermit that much, I will take you on as my disciple," he said, gladly granting the request.
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Idiom
喜んだの、喜ばないのではないよろこんだの、よろこばないのではない
Meaning: to be overjoyed beyond words
Literal: it is not a matter of "glad" or "not glad"
杜子春は喜んだの、喜ばないのではありません。
Toshishun was overjoyed beyond words.
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Old-style
御時宜おじぎ
Meaning: a bow (now written お辞儀)
老人の言葉がまだ終らない内に、彼は大地に額をつけて、何度も鉄冠子に御時宜をしました。
Before the old man had even finished speaking, he pressed his forehead to the ground and bowed to Tekkanshi again and again.
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Old-style
咒文じゅもん
Meaning: a spell; magic words (now written 呪文)
鉄冠子はそこにあった青竹を一本拾い上げると、口の中に咒文を唱えながら、杜子春と一しょにその竹へ、馬にでも乗るように跨りました。
Tekkanshi picked up a stalk of green bamboo that lay there and, chanting a spell under his breath, straddled the bamboo together with Toshishun as if getting on a horse.
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馬にでも乗るようにうまにでものるように
Meaning: as if getting on a horse
鉄冠子はそこにあった青竹を一本拾い上げると、口の中に咒文を唱えながら、杜子春と一しょにその竹へ、馬にでも乗るように跨りました。
Tekkanshi picked up a stalk of green bamboo that lay there and, chanting a spell under his breath, straddled the bamboo together with Toshishun as if getting on a horse.
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Idiom
胆をつぶすきもをつぶす
Meaning: to be frightened out of one's wits; to be astounded
Literal: to crush one's liver
杜子春は胆をつぶしながら、恐る恐る下を見下しました。
Frightened out of his wits, Toshishun timidly looked down.
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茶碗程の大きさちゃわんほどのおおきさ
Meaning: (stars) as large as rice bowls
Literal: the size of a rice bowl
そこは深い谷に臨んだ、幅の広い一枚岩の上でしたが、よくよく高い所だと見えて、中空に垂れた北斗の星が、茶碗程の大きさに光っていました。
It was the top of a broad, single slab of rock overlooking a deep valley, and it must have been very high up, for the stars of the Big Dipper hanging in midair shone as large as rice bowls.
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Sound & mimetic word
しんとしんと
Meaning: in dead silence
元より人跡の絶えた山ですから、あたりはしんと静まり返って、やっと耳にはいるものは、後の絶壁に生えている、曲りくねった一株の松が、こうこうと夜風に鳴る音だけです。
As it was a mountain where no human had ever set foot, all around was dead silent, and the only thing that at last reached the ear was the sound of a single twisted pine, growing on the cliff behind, moaning in the night wind.
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Sound & mimetic word
こうこうこうこう
Meaning: the moaning sound of wind through pine branches
元より人跡の絶えた山ですから、あたりはしんと静まり返って、やっと耳にはいるものは、後の絶壁に生えている、曲りくねった一株の松が、こうこうと夜風に鳴る音だけです。
As it was a mountain where no human had ever set foot, all around was dead silent, and the only thing that at last reached the ear was the sound of a single twisted pine, growing on the cliff behind, moaning in the night wind.
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Idiom
御眼にかかるおめにかかる
Meaning: to meet (a humble way to speak of meeting someone of higher rank)
Literal: to come before someone's eyes
「おれはこれから天上へ行って、西王母に御眼にかかって来るから、お前はその間ここに坐って、おれの帰るのを待っているが好い。
"I am now going up to heaven to see the Queen Mother of the West, so sit here in the meantime and wait for my return."
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Idiom
口を利くくちをきく
Meaning: to speak; to say a word
もし一言でも口を利いたら、お前は到底仙人にはなれないものだと覚悟をしろ。
"If you say even one word, be prepared never to become a hermit."
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Idiom
天地が裂けてもてんちがさけても
Meaning: no matter what happens
Literal: even if heaven and earth split apart
天地が裂けても、黙っているのだぞ」と言いました。
"Even if heaven and earth split apart, stay silent," he said.
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削ったようなけずったような
Meaning: (mountains) steep and sharp, as if carved with a blade
Literal: as if shaved
老人は杜子春に別れを告げると、又あの竹杖に跨って、夜目にも削ったような山々の空へ、一文字に消えてしまいました。
When the old man had said goodbye to Toshishun, he straddled that bamboo stick again and vanished in a straight line into the sky above mountains that, even in the dark, looked as if they had been carved with a blade.
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Idiom
一文字にいちもんじに
Meaning: in a straight line
Literal: like the character 一 (one)
老人は杜子春に別れを告げると、又あの竹杖に跨って、夜目にも削ったような山々の空へ、一文字に消えてしまいました。
When the old man had said goodbye to Toshishun, he straddled that bamboo stick again and vanished in a straight line into the sky above mountains that, even in the dark, looked as if they had been carved with a blade.
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Old-style
しずにしずに
Meaning: without doing (now せずに)
しかし杜子春は仙人の教通り、何とも返事をしずにいました。
But Toshishun, just as the hermit had taught him, gave no answer at all.
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Sound & mimetic word
ざわざわざわざわ
Meaning: rustling
のみならずそれと同時に、頭の上の松の枝が、烈しくざわざわ揺れたと思うと、後の絶壁の頂からは、四斗樽程の白蛇が一匹、炎のような舌を吐いて、見る見る近くへ下りて来るのです。
Not only that: at the same moment the pine branches overhead rustled violently, and the next instant a white snake as thick as a large barrel, flicking out a tongue like a flame, came rapidly down from the top of the cliff behind.
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炎のような舌ほのおのようなした
Meaning: a red, flickering tongue
Literal: a tongue like a flame
のみならずそれと同時に、頭の上の松の枝が、烈しくざわざわ揺れたと思うと、後の絶壁の頂からは、四斗樽程の白蛇が一匹、炎のような舌を吐いて、見る見る近くへ下りて来るのです。
Not only that: at the same moment the pine branches overhead rustled violently, and the next instant a white snake as thick as a large barrel, flicking out a tongue like a flame, came rapidly down from the top of the cliff behind.
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Idiom
見る見るみるみる
Meaning: before one's eyes; very quickly
Literal: while watching and watching
のみならずそれと同時に、頭の上の松の枝が、烈しくざわざわ揺れたと思うと、後の絶壁の頂からは、四斗樽程の白蛇が一匹、炎のような舌を吐いて、見る見る近くへ下りて来るのです。
Not only that: at the same moment the pine branches overhead rustled violently, and the next instant a white snake as thick as a large barrel, flicking out a tongue like a flame, came rapidly down from the top of the cliff behind.
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Idiom
眉毛も動かさずまゆげもうごかさず
Meaning: without flinching; perfectly calm
Literal: without moving even an eyebrow
杜子春はしかし平然と、眉毛も動かさずに坐っていました。
But Toshishun sat calmly, without moving even an eyebrow.
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Idiom
瞬く内にまたたくうちに
Meaning: in the blink of an eye
が虎の牙に噛まれるか、蛇の舌に呑まれるか、杜子春の命は瞬く内に、なくなってしまうと思った時、虎と蛇とは霧の如く、夜風と共に消え失せて、後には唯、絶壁の松が、さっきの通りこうこうと枝を鳴らしているばかりなのです。
But just when he thought his life would be gone in the blink of an eye, bitten by the tiger's fangs or swallowed by the snake's tongue, the tiger and the snake vanished like mist together with the night wind, and afterward there was only the pine on the cliff, its branches moaning just as before.
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Sound & mimetic word
ほっとほっと
Meaning: with relief
杜子春はほっと一息しながら、今度はどんなことが起るかと、心待ちに待っていました。
With a sigh of relief, Toshishun waited eagerly to see what would happen next.
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墨のようなすみのような
Meaning: (clouds) as black as ink
Literal: like ink
すると一陣の風が吹き起って、墨のような黒雲が一面にあたりをとざすや否や、うす紫の稲妻がやにわに闇を二つに裂いて、凄じく雷が鳴り出しました。
Then a gust of wind rose, and the moment ink-black clouds closed in all around, a pale purple flash of lightning suddenly split the darkness in two and thunder began to roar fiercely.
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Old-style
やにわにやにわに
Meaning: suddenly; all at once
すると一陣の風が吹き起って、墨のような黒雲が一面にあたりをとざすや否や、うす紫の稲妻がやにわに闇を二つに裂いて、凄じく雷が鳴り出しました。
Then a gust of wind rose, and the moment ink-black clouds closed in all around, a pale purple flash of lightning suddenly split the darkness in two and thunder began to roar fiercely.
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瀑のような雨たきのようなあめ
Meaning: rain pouring down in sheets
Literal: rain like a waterfall
それと一しょに瀑のような雨も、いきなりどうどうと降り出したのです。
Along with it, rain like a waterfall suddenly began to pour down with a roar.
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Sound & mimetic word
どうどうどうどう
Meaning: the roar of rushing water
それと一しょに瀑のような雨も、いきなりどうどうと降り出したのです。
Along with it, rain like a waterfall suddenly began to pour down with a roar.
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Idiom
耳をつんざくみみをつんざく
Meaning: ear-splitting
Literal: to pierce the ears
風の音、雨のしぶき、それから絶え間ない稲妻の光、――暫くはさすがの峨眉山も、覆るかと思う位でしたが、その内に耳をもつんざく程、大きな雷鳴が轟いたと思うと、空に渦巻いた黒雲の中から、まっ赤な一本の火柱が、杜子春の頭へ落ちかかりました。
The sound of the wind, the spray of the rain, and the ceaseless flashes of lightning — for a while it seemed that even Mount Emei might be overturned; then an ear-splitting clap of thunder boomed, and the next instant a single bright red pillar of fire fell from the black clouds swirling in the sky toward Toshishun's head.
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Old-style
その方そのほう
Meaning: you (said by a superior to someone below him; old-fashioned)
「こら、その方は一体何物だ。
"You there! What on earth are you?"
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Idiom
一刻も早くいっこくもはやく
Meaning: as quickly as possible; without a moment's delay
さあ命が惜しかったら、一刻も早く返答しろ」と言うのです。
"Now, if you value your life, answer without a moment's delay," he said.
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Sound & mimetic word
ずたずたずたずた
Meaning: into shreds; to pieces
その代りおれの眷属たちが、その方をずたずたに斬ってしまうぞ」
"But in return, my followers will cut you to pieces."
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Sound & mimetic word
さっとさっと
Meaning: suddenly and swiftly
その途端に闇がさっと裂けると、驚いたことには無数の神兵が、雲の如く空に充満ちて、それが皆槍や刀をきらめかせながら、今にもここへ一なだれに攻め寄せようとしているのです。
At that moment the darkness suddenly split open, and to his astonishment countless soldiers of the gods filled the sky like clouds, all with spears and swords flashing, about to sweep down on him in one great rush.
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Sound & mimetic word
からからからから
Meaning: a loud, ringing laugh
そうして峨眉山もどよむ程、からからと高く笑いながら、どこともなく消えてしまいました。
Then, with a loud, ringing laugh that made even Mount Emei echo, he vanished to who knows where.
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Idiom
息が絶えるいきがたえる
Meaning: to breathe one's last; to die
Literal: one's breath stops
が、杜子春はとうに息が絶えて、仰向けにそこへ倒れていました。
But Toshishun had long since breathed his last and lay there on his back.
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氷のようなこおりのような
Meaning: (a wind) as cold as ice
Literal: like ice
この世と地獄との間には、闇穴道という道があって、そこは年中暗い空に、氷のような冷たい風がぴゅうぴゅう吹き荒んでいるのです。
Between this world and hell there is a road called the Dark Road, where a wind as cold as ice whistles all year round through a dark sky.
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Sound & mimetic word
ぴゅうぴゅうぴゅうぴゅう
Meaning: the whistling of a strong wind
この世と地獄との間には、闇穴道という道があって、そこは年中暗い空に、氷のような冷たい風がぴゅうぴゅう吹き荒んでいるのです。
Between this world and hell there is a road called the Dark Road, where a wind as cold as ice whistles all year round through a dark sky.
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木の葉のようにこのはのように
Meaning: (drifting) helplessly, carried by the wind
Literal: like a leaf
杜子春はその風に吹かれながら、暫くは唯木の葉のように、空を漂って行きましたが、やがて森羅殿という額の懸った立派な御殿の前へ出ました。
Blown by that wind, Toshishun drifted through the air for a while just like a leaf, but at last he came out in front of a splendid palace with a plaque that read Shinra Palace.
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Old-style
階きざはし
Meaning: steps; a flight of stairs (in front of a palace or shrine)
御殿の前にいた大勢の鬼は、杜子春の姿を見るや否や、すぐにそのまわりを取り捲いて、階の前へ引き据えました。
The moment the many demons in front of the palace saw Toshishun, they surrounded him and dragged him down before the steps.
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Idiom
時を移さずときをうつさず
Meaning: at once; without delay
Literal: without letting time move
速に返答をすれば好し、さもなければ時を移さず、地獄の呵責に遇わせてくれるぞ」と、威丈高に罵りました。
"If you answer quickly, well and good; if not, I will put you to the torments of hell at once," he roared overbearingly.
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Idiom
歯を食いしばるはをくいしばる
Meaning: to clench one's teeth (to bear pain)
それでも杜子春は我慢強く、じっと歯を食いしばったまま、一言も口を利きませんでした。
Even so, Toshishun endured, clenching his teeth, and did not say a single word.
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Idiom
口を揃えるくちをそろえる
Meaning: to say in unison
Literal: to line up mouths
「この罪人はどうしても、ものを言う気色がございません」と、口を揃えて言上しました。
"This sinner shows no sign whatever of speaking," they reported in unison.
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Idiom
思案に暮れるしあんにくれる
Meaning: to be lost in thought, unable to decide
閻魔大王は眉をひそめて、暫く思案に暮れていましたが、やがて何か思いついたと見えて、
King Enma knitted his brows and was lost in thought for a while, but then he seemed to hit on an idea, and
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星が流れるようにほしがながれるように
Meaning: like a shooting star
Literal: as a star flows
と思うと、又星が流れるように、二匹の獣を駆り立てながら、さっと森羅殿の前へ下りて来ました。
The next moment, like a shooting star, it came swiftly down again in front of Shinra Palace, driving two beasts before it.
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Idiom
夢にも忘れないゆめにもわすれない
Meaning: never to forget, not for a moment
Literal: not to forget even in dreams
なぜかといえばそれは二匹とも、形は見すぼらしい痩せ馬でしたが、顔は夢にも忘れない、死んだ父母の通りでしたから。
For although both of them had the shape of shabby, skinny horses, their faces were exactly those of his dead father and mother, faces he could not forget even in his dreams.
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Idiom
四方八方しほうはっぽう
Meaning: all directions; every side
Literal: four directions, eight directions
鬼どもは一斉に「はっ」と答えながら、鉄の鞭をとって立ち上ると、四方八方から二匹の馬を、未練未釈なく打ちのめしました。
Answering "Yes!" all together, the demons took up iron whips, rose, and beat the two horses mercilessly from every side.
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Old-style
未練未釈なくみれんみしゃくなく
Meaning: without mercy; without holding back
鬼どもは一斉に「はっ」と答えながら、鉄の鞭をとって立ち上ると、四方八方から二匹の馬を、未練未釈なく打ちのめしました。
Answering "Yes!" all together, the demons took up iron whips, rose, and beat the two horses mercilessly from every side.
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Sound & mimetic word
りゅうりゅうりゅうりゅう
Meaning: the whistling sound of a whip cutting through the air
鞭はりゅうりゅうと風を切って、所嫌わず雨のように、馬の皮肉を打ち破るのです。
The whips whistled through the air and, like rain, tore into the horses' skin and flesh wherever they fell.
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Idiom
所嫌わずところきらわず
Meaning: anywhere and everywhere; no matter where
Literal: without disliking any place
鞭はりゅうりゅうと風を切って、所嫌わず雨のように、馬の皮肉を打ち破るのです。
The whips whistled through the air and, like rain, tore into the horses' skin and flesh wherever they fell.
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血の涙ちのなみだ
Meaning: bitter tears of great pain
Literal: tears of blood
馬は、――畜生になった父母は、苦しそうに身を悶えて、眼には血の涙を浮べたまま、見てもいられない程嘶き立てました。
The horses — his father and mother, now beasts — writhed in agony, tears of blood in their eyes, and neighed so pitifully that it was unbearable to watch.
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Idiom
見てもいられないみてもいられない
Meaning: too painful to watch
Literal: cannot even go on looking
馬は、――畜生になった父母は、苦しそうに身を悶えて、眼には血の涙を浮べたまま、見てもいられない程嘶き立てました。
The horses — his father and mother, now beasts — writhed in agony, tears of blood in their eyes, and neighed so pitifully that it was unbearable to watch.
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Idiom
息も絶え絶えいきもたえだえ
Meaning: barely breathing; gasping for breath
もうその時には二匹の馬も、肉は裂け骨は砕けて、息も絶え絶えに階の前へ、倒れ伏していたのです。
By then the two horses, their flesh torn and their bones broken, had collapsed before the steps, barely breathing.
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Old-style
おしでないおしでない
Meaning: don't do it (a gentle, old-fashioned "don't"; now しないで)
「心配をおしでない。
"Don't worry."
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Old-style
仕合せしあわせ
Meaning: happiness; good fortune (now written 幸せ)
私たちはどうなっても、お前さえ仕合せになれるのなら、それより結構なことはないのだからね。
"Whatever becomes of us, as long as you can be happy, nothing could be better."
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Old-style
〜て御出で〜ておいで
Meaning: stay ...ing; keep ...ing (a gentle, old-fashioned request)
大王が何と仰っても、言いたくないことは黙って御出で」
"Whatever the Great King says, if you do not want to speak, stay silent."
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転ぶようにまろぶように
Meaning: (running) so fast that one almost falls over
Literal: as if tumbling
杜子春は老人の戒めも忘れて、転ぶようにその側へ走りよると、両手に半死の馬の頸を抱いて、はらはらと涙を落しながら、「お母さん」と一声を叫びました。
Forgetting even the old man's warning, Toshishun ran stumbling to her side, held the neck of the half-dead horse in both arms, and with tears streaming down cried out a single word: "Mother!"
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Sound & mimetic word
はらはらはらはら
Meaning: (tears or petals) falling one after another
杜子春は老人の戒めも忘れて、転ぶようにその側へ走りよると、両手に半死の馬の頸を抱いて、はらはらと涙を落しながら、「お母さん」と一声を叫びました。
Forgetting even the old man's warning, Toshishun ran stumbling to her side, held the neck of the half-dead horse in both arms, and with tears streaming down cried out a single word: "Mother!"
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Old-style
お母さんおっかさん
Meaning: Mother (an old everyday way to say おかあさん)
杜子春は老人の戒めも忘れて、転ぶようにその側へ走りよると、両手に半死の馬の頸を抱いて、はらはらと涙を落しながら、「お母さん」と一声を叫びました。
Forgetting even the old man's warning, Toshishun ran stumbling to her side, held the neck of the half-dead horse in both arms, and with tears streaming down cried out a single word: "Mother!"
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Idiom
気がつくきがつく
Meaning: to come to one's senses; to notice
その声に気がついて見ると、杜子春はやはり夕日を浴びて、洛陽の西の門の下に、ぼんやり佇んでいるのでした。
When he came to himself at that cry, Toshishun was standing vacantly under the west gate of Luoyang in the evening sun, just as before.
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Sound & mimetic word
晴れ晴れはればれ
Meaning: bright and cheerful, as if a weight has been lifted
杜子春の声には今までにない晴れ晴れした調子が罩っていました。
In Toshishun's voice there was a bright, cheerful tone that had never been there before.
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Idiom
今日限りきょうかぎり
Meaning: today is the last time; no more after today
Literal: limited to today
ではおれは今日限り、二度とお前には遇わないから」
"Then from today on I will never meet you again."