世界で、つかえる。朝日新聞デジタル（パリ編）

Name: 世界で、つかえる。朝日新聞デジタル（パリ編）
Channel: 朝日新聞社

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もし私がこの街で生まれていたのなら、
If I had been born in this town,
きっとトレンチコートを着て、
I would be wearing a trenchcoat,
大きめのマフラーで顔を隠しながら、
while hiding my face with a large muffler,
この川沿いの道を、毎日歩いていたりするのだろう。
walking every day on the road along this river, probably.
面白い映画に出会って、
Encountering interesting movies,
カフェでお喋りをして、
chatting at cafes,
好きな人に好かれない理由を自己分析したりして、
analyzing myself for the reason why the person I'm not liked by the person I like,
きっと日本のことなんて考えたりしたことはないんだろう。
I probably never thought about Japan before.
世界とは自分の事で、
I am the world, and
世界の広さは自分の広さで、
the world is as big as I am.
世界の狭さは、自分の狭さだ。
The world is as small as I am.
世界はこの世界にいる人の数だけある。
The world is (as large as) the number of people in it.
だから私は全てを知ることはできない。
That's why I can't know everything.
人は皆違う。
Every person is different.
だから、リスペクトしよう。
That's why, let's show respect.

もし私がこの街で生まれていたのなら、

街

.. street, .. quarter, .. district

生まれ

Birth, birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)

私

I, me
きっとトレンチコートを着て、

着

Counter for suits of clothing; arriving at ..

トレンチコート

trench coat
大きめのマフラーで顔を隠しながら、

マフラー

Muffler (garment, vehicle), scarf

顔

Face, visage; look, expression, countenance; honor, honour, face; influence, notoriety

隠し

Hiding, concealing, being hidden, being concealed; pocket

大きめ

Largish, biggish, a little bit larger
この川沿いの道を、毎日歩いていたりするのだろう。

川

River, stream; the .... river, (suffix used with the names of rivers)

沿い

Along

毎日

Every day

道

Road; way; buddhist teachings; taoism; modern administrative region of japan (hokkaido); historical administrative region of japan (tokaido, tosando, etc.); province (tang-era administrative region of china); province (modern administrative region of korea)
面白い映画に出会って、

面白い

Interesting, amusing

映画

Movie, film
カフェでお喋りをして、

お喋り

Chattering, talk, idle talk, chat, chitchat, gossip; chatty, talkative, chatterbox, blabbermouth

カフェ

Cafe, coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; taisho and showa period)
好きな人に好かれない理由を自己分析したりして、

理由

Reason, pretext, motive

分析

Analysis

人

Person

自己

Self, oneself

好き

-phil, -phile, enthusiast (for), love (of); being attractive (to), to tend to be liked (by)
きっと日本のことなんて考えたりしたことはないんだろう。

日本

Japan

考え

Thinking, thought, view, opinion, concept; idea, notion, imagination; intention, plan, design; consideration, judgement, deliberation, reflection; wish, hope, expectation

なんて

Such as, (things) like; exclamation
世界とは自分の事で、

世界

The world, society, the universe; sphere, circle, world; renowned, world-famous, well-known outside of japan; realm governed by one buddha, space

事

Thing, matter; incident, occurrence, event, something serious, trouble, crisis; circumstances, situation, state of affairs; work, business, affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ..., playing make-believe ..; alias, aka, nickname, alternative name, also known as

自分

Myself, yourself, oneself, himself, herself; i, me; you
世界の広さは自分の広さで、

世界

The world, society, the universe; sphere, circle, world; renowned, world-famous, well-known outside of japan; realm governed by one buddha, space

自分

Myself, yourself, oneself, himself, herself; i, me; you
世界の狭さは、自分の狭さだ。

世界

The world, society, the universe; sphere, circle, world; renowned, world-famous, well-known outside of japan; realm governed by one buddha, space

自分

Myself, yourself, oneself, himself, herself; i, me; you

狭

Narrow, thin
世界はこの世界にいる人の数だけある。

世界

The world, society, the universe; sphere, circle, world; renowned, world-famous, well-known outside of japan; realm governed by one buddha, space

数

Several, a number of; number, numeral, figure; destiny, fate; law

人

Person
だから私は全てを知ることはできない。

だから

So, therefore

全て

Everything, all, the whole; entirely, completely, wholly, all

知る

To be aware of, to know, to be conscious of, to cognize, to cognise; to notice, to feel; to understand, to comprehend, to grasp; to remember, to be acquainted with (a procedure); to experience, to go through, to learn; to be acquainted with (a person), to get to know; to concern

私

I, me
人は皆違う。

皆

All, everyone, everybody; everything

人

Person

違う

To differ, to be different; to run counter to; to change (into something out of the ordinary)
だから、リスペクトしよう。

だから

So, therefore

リスペクト

respect