一匹のカが、ウシの角に止まっていました
一匹のカが、ウシの角に止まっていました
There was a mosquito being on the horn of a cow長い間止まっていた後で、カはよそへ飛んで行こうと思ってウシに、
After having stopped there for a long time, the mosquito thought that he should fly away,ぼくがここからどけば、やれやれうれしいと、思うでしょうね
"I think it's time to go back for your ease, isn't it?"と、聞きました。
he asked the cow.するとウシは、答えました。
Then the cow said:あんたがそこに止まった時、わしは一向に、何にも感じなかったから、どいても別に何とも思わないだろうよ
"When you stopped there, I felt nothing at all, so there would be nothing different even if you fly away."このお話しは、
The lesson from this story is thatいてもいなくても毒にも薬にもならないような、
There is neither poison nor medicine be made取るに足りない人の事をたとえています。
if you are inconsequential.一匹のカが、ウシの角に止まっていました
角
Horn
一
One; best; first, foremost; beginning, start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
止まる
To stop (moving), to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied), to come to a halt, to cease, to be stopped, to be suspended; to alight, to perch on
匹
Counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); counter for horses; roll of cloth
長い間止まっていた後で、カはよそへ飛んで行こうと思ってウシに、
間
1.818 m (6 shaku); counter used to number the gaps between pillars
思う
To think, to consider, to believe; to think (of doing), to plan (to do); to judge, to assess, to regard; to imagine, to suppose, to dream; to expect, to look forward to; to feel, to desire, to want; to recall, to remember
後
After
行く
To go, to move (in a direction or towards a specific location), to head (towards), to be transported (towards), to reach; to proceed, to take place; to pass through, to come and go; to walk; to die, to pass away; to do (in a specific way); to stream, to flow; to continue; to have an orgasm, to come, to cum; to trip, to get high, to have a drug-induced hallucination
飛ぶ
To fly, to soar; to jump, to leap, to spring, to bound, to hop
止まる
To stop (moving), to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied), to come to a halt, to cease, to be stopped, to be suspended; to alight, to perch on
長い
Long (distance); long (time), lengthy
ぼくがここからどけば、やれやれうれしいと、思うでしょうね
思う
To think, to consider, to believe; to think (of doing), to plan (to do); to judge, to assess, to regard; to imagine, to suppose, to dream; to expect, to look forward to; to feel, to desire, to want; to recall, to remember
やれやれ
Exclamation of relief or disappointment
と、聞きました。
聞く
To hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask, to enquire, to query; to learn of, to hear about; to follow (advice), to comply with; to smell (esp. incense), to sample fragrance
するとウシは、答えました。
すると
Thereupon, hereupon
答える
To answer, to reply
あんたがそこに止まった時、わしは一向に、何にも感じなかったから、どいても別に何とも思わないだろうよ
思う
To think, to consider, to believe; to think (of doing), to plan (to do); to judge, to assess, to regard; to imagine, to suppose, to dream; to expect, to look forward to; to feel, to desire, to want; to recall, to remember
何
What; how many; you-know-what, that; whatsit, what''s the expression, what do you call them; what?; hey!
別に
(not) particularly, nothing; separately, apart
感じる
To feel, to sense, to experience
時
Time, hour, moment; occasion, case; chance, opportunity, season; the times, the age, the day; tense
止まる
To stop (moving), to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied), to come to a halt, to cease, to be stopped, to be suspended; to alight, to perch on
一向に
Completely, absolutely, totally; (not) at all, (not) a bit, (not) in the least; earnestly, intently, determinedly
このお話しは、
いてもいなくても毒にも薬にもならないような、
毒
Poison, toxicant; harm, evil influence; ill will, spite, malice; abusive language
薬
Medicine, pharmaceuticals, (legal) drugs; efficacious chemical (i.e. gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; small bribe
取るに足りない人の事をたとえています。
足りる
To be sufficient, to be enough; to be worth doing, to be worthy; to be sufficient, to answer, to do
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
人
Person
取る
To take, to pick up, to harvest, to earn, to win, to choose; to steal; to eat, to have (a meal); to remove (one''s glasses, etc.); to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.), to play
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