よみうち英語Read the classics by typingNotes Scene 6: Advice and Help
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The visitor asks Holmes for both advice and practical help. He says Major Prendergast recommended the detective after receiving assistance in a scandal. When the young man mentions Holmes’s supposed record of success, Holmes calmly admits that he has also suffered defeats.
Japanese in this scene
- 助言
- 助言 is used here as noun. In this context it means “advice.”
- 頂き
- 頂き is a humble form of “receive.” In 助言を頂き it politely describes receiving advice from someone.
- 来ました
- 来ました is the polite past of 来る, meaning “came.” The reading changes from くる to きました in this form.
Full text: original English and Japanese translation
"I have come for advice."
「助言を頂きに来ました」
"That is easily got."
「それなら簡単です」
"And help."
「それに、お力添えも」
"That is not always so easy."
「それは必ずしも簡単ではありませんね」
"I have heard of you, Mr. Holmes. I heard from Major Prendergast how you saved him in the Tankerville Club scandal."
「ホームズさんのおうわさは聞いております。タンカーヴィル・クラブの醜聞で救っていただいたと、プレンダーガスト少佐から伺いました」
"Ah, of course. He was wrongfully accused of cheating at cards."
「ああ、もちろんです。トランプでいかさまをしたと、無実の罪を着せられた方ですね」
"He said that you could solve anything."
「あの方は、あなたなら何でも解決できるとおっしゃっていました」
"He said too much."
「それは言いすぎです」
"That you are never beaten."
「決して負けたことがないとも」
"I have been beaten four times—three times by men, and once by a woman."
「四回負けています。男性に三回、女性に一回です」