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We wouldn't be able to get gas.
でもガソリンが入れられないもの給油ができないからよ。
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Noelle wrinkles her nose as she inhales the stench of vomit, urine, and cigarettes.
ゲロとや尿、タバコの混ざった臭いを吸って嗅ぎ、ノエルを顔をしかめるは鼻にしわを寄せた。
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Instead of driving home from the airport, they take the BART back.
車は使わず、BART電車で家まで帰ることになった。
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That evening, Noelle and her mom make landfall in California.
その夜、ノエルはお母さんと飛行機に乗り、カリフォルニアへ戻帰った。
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What if it was never possible from the start, no matter what I did?
でもそれが、どう足掻こうがあたしが何をしようと、最初から不可能なことだったとしたら？
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If only I land a summer internship, I'll have a normal relationship with my parents.
夏のインターンを獲得さえできすれば、親と普通の関係になれる。
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If only I get straight As, I'll have a normal relationship with my parents.
学校の成績でオールAさえ取れれば、親と普通の関係になれる。
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Noelle gives the half-translated poem one last despairing look before flipping the magazine shut.
ノエルは中途半端に半分だけ翻訳した詩を最期にもう一度だけ絶望的な目で見てから、雑誌を閉じた。
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So "Mirror Flower, Water Moon" is shorthand for something beautiful but unattainable.
つまり「鏡花、水月」は、美しいけれど手に入らないものを表す表現の省略表現形なのね。
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At last! Onto the second line!
ようやく終わった！ 次は二２行目ね！
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I'd rather die.
そんなことする頼みをするくらいなら死んだほうがマシよ。
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Oh, that's a...How do you call it?
ああ、それは…… なんて言うんだろう？
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Maybe I can help instead?
それなら、代わりに私が手伝おうか？
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Why don't you ask your mom for help?
お母さんに助けてもらうように頼んだ手伝ってもらったら？
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Nothing. I'm just translating one of my mom's poems.
なんでもないわ。お母さんの詩を翻訳してるだけよ。
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It's total gibberish. Is it supposed to sound poetic mushed together like that?
まるで意味がわからないなにこれ。全部繋げると詩的に聞こえるものなの？
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And I already know all these words.
しかも全部あたしの知ってる言葉じゃない。
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Could it be genetic? Even after living the majority of their lives in America, my parents haven't mastered English, either.
遺伝的な問題だったりする？ 親も人生の大半をアメリカで過ごしてるのに、英語を習得できてないが下手なままだし。
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Is my brain just not wired for this?
あたしの脳が、言語の勉強に向いてないの？
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After spending 15 minutes pounding seven words into her memory, her enthusiasm evaporates.
15分かけて７つの単語を記憶に焼きつけて叩き込んで、ノエルのやる気は蒸発した。
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