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abbot

Robin Fitzooth and Lady Marian stood in front of the abbot in St Mary’s Abbey

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大修道院長

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abbey

Robin Fitzooth and Lady Marian stood in front of the abbot in St Mary’s Abbey

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大修道院

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optician

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眼鏡技師◆眼鏡やコンタクトレンズの調整をするが眼の検査などはできない

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plateau

Amundsen thought there was a high plateau of ice.

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高原、台地

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depot

After four days they reached 80° South, and made the first depot.

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倉庫、貯蔵所

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crook

She lost her job when she married a cheap little crook called Johnny Horne, …

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不正直な人、いかさま師、ペテン師、悪党、詐欺師、泥棒

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cut

Then Maybe you’d like to make yourself a cut of twenty five grand.

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分け前

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pardon

After fifteen years they offered him a pardon, …

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恩赦

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ex-con

I guessed he was an ex-con, …

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ex-convict

前科者

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bumped off

Peeler’s dead. He was bumped off - in his bed.

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〈米俗〉〔人を〕殺害する、バラス◆1900年代に作られたギャングのスラング。

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dog-catcher

Well, well, the old dog-catcher himself.

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野犬捕獲員

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sap

I put my hand in my pocket and pulled out a small sap.

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こん棒

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slam

He walked off to a small office, went in and slammed the door

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〔戸などをバタンと〕閉めること

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fungus

“Fungus?” I asked. He nodded slowly. “White Fungus.”

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真菌、菌（類）、キノコ、茸、カビ

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dick

Haven’t seen a dick in a year.

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〈俗〉刑事

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suture

There on its stomach was something that looked like a suture.

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《外科》〔傷口などの〕縫合（糸）、縫い目

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lump

There was hard lump under it.

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塊、こぶ、しこり

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marshal

There’s a town marshal at Westport. He’s the nearest thing to the police round here.

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〈米〉市保安官

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phony

The phony pearls.

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偽物、まがい物、いんちき、ペテン師、まやかし

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scab

We watch the scabs going to mine in buses.

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労働ストライキの参加を拒む人（俗語）

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21
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raffle

raffle ticket

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富くじ

22
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stutter

Sometimes, Billy becomes very angry. Then he stutters.

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どもる

23
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squeaky

The man had a thin, squeaky voice. Billy did not know the voice.

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キーキーいう

24
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yardarm

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桁端

25
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traitor

I’m not a traitor.

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反逆者, 自国を裏切る人, 裏切り者

26
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treason

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反逆; 自国政府の征服や指導者の失脚を試みること

27
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burglar

They told me that you were a burglar.

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住居［建物］侵入窃盗、押し込み強盗犯

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ammunition

This held a silencer for his gun and thirty rounds of .25 ammunition.

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銃弾、砲弾、弾薬

29
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spangled

spangled mob

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星をちりばめた

〔パーティーなどの出席者に〕著名人［有名人］の多い

30
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mob

spangled mob

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マフィア

31
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sulphur/sulfur

The bad smell of sulphur was strong.

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硫黄

32
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wart

He had a red wart on his right thumb.

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いぼ、（木の）こぶ

33
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suck

Wint is alway sucking that wart on his thumb.

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指しゃぶり

34
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croupier

Five thousand dollars on Red, he told the croupier.

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〔カジノの〕クルーピエ、ディーラー◆客の近くにいて、レーキと呼ばれる棒状の道具でチップを移動させる係員。

35
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handcar

And there was a railroad handcar.

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トロッコ

36
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cab

Bond saw Spang in the cab of the engine.

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運転室、運転台

37
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imperial rescript

Since the shogun gave up power, this imperial rescipt to overthrown the shogun is meaningless.

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勅命

38
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revere

‘Sonno’ means ‘revere the emperor’

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〔英雄・著名人・成功者などを〕崇敬［崇拝・尊敬］する

39
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resentment

To control samurai resentment against the idea of opening the nation to the world, …

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〔人や侮辱などに対する鬱積した〕恨み、腹立たしさ

40
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disciple

He immediately became Katsu’s desciple.

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弟子

41
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drifter

I’m no better than a drifter.

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放浪者

42
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numb

His left hand had been injured in that attack, and his left thumb was still numb.

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麻痺している

43
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trade embargo

Choshu was under a trade embargo by the shogunate, …

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出入港の禁止命令、禁輸措置、禁輸、輸出入の禁止、通商禁止

44
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snuck

Katsura and Takasugi have snuck in Kyoto.

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sneakの過去・過去分詞形

コソコソする、コソコソ動く、コソコソ歩く、こっそり入る
卑劣な［卑屈な］振る舞いをする

45
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Russo-Japanese War

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日露戦争

46
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faction

anti-shogunate factions

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派閥（clique）、党派

47
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skeptical

I think Choshu was skeptical at first.

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懐疑的な、疑い深い、〔神の存在について〕懐疑論の◆一般に受け入れられている概念に対して疑問を呈する人、つまり「懐疑論者」を意味する名詞skepticから派生。

48
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tame

So Saigo tamed Katsura and Takasugi.

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〔動物などを〕飼いならす、手なずける

〔人を〕従順にさせる、おとなしくさせる

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envoy

Okubo Toshimichi, the Satsuma envoy, visited the shogun’s representative in Osaka castle.

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〔政府が特定の案件で派遣する〕特命使節

50
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interim arrangement

We need an interim arrangement.

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仮協定、暫定措置

51
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a five-point charter oath

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