Verb + ～ように（ぬけるように）

nonezumi · 21 Sep 2010

Hello,

Please kindly help me with proper translation for the sentence below:

くびをかしげながらとをあけるとそこには ぬけるように いろのしろいうつくしいむすめがたっておった。

I have translated it as:

Inclining his head, he opened the door, and beautiful woman in white color stood there, so that she came out from inside.

But I am not sure about ぬけるように. In fact, i have translated it as "clause of result" i.e. woman have came out from inside because, she was there. Maybe i did mistake.

Thank you very much! :sorry:

undrentide · 21 Sep 2010

nonezumi said:
くびをかしげながらとをあけろとそこには ぬけるように いろのしろいうつくしいむすめがたっておった。

I have translated it as:

Inclining his head, he opened the door, and beautiful woman in white color stood there, so that she came out from inside.

But I am not sure about ぬけるように. In fact, i have translated it as "clause of result" i.e. woman have came out from inside because, she was there. Maybe i did mistake.

～ように can be translated "so that" or "as if".
In this context it means "as if".
ぬける means "to go through", and from this it also describe there's no obstruction to prevent something, and it continues for ever, i.e. clarity/transparency.

ぬけるように is a set phrase used to describe the blue sky or white, clear skin, i.e.
ぬけるように青（あお）い空（そら）
ぬけるように白（しろ）い肌（はだ）

くびをかしげる means to wonder - because it is the gesture one takes when one is wondering why.

くびをかしげながらとをあけろとそこには ぬけるように いろのしろいうつくしいむすめがたっておった。
He opened the door wondering (who it could be) to find a beautiful young girl with transparently fair complexion stood there.

(Isn't this sentence from ゆきおんな, is it? ;-) )

Toritoribe · 21 Sep 2010

In addition to undrentide-san's perfect explanation, the word being modified しろい is an adjective, so the adverbial form ように is used here.

ぬけるように白い肌
ぬけるような白(白 is a noun)

undrentide said:
(Isn't this sentence from ゆきおんな, is it? ;-) )

I think it's from つるのおんがえし.;-)

undrentide · 21 Sep 2010

Toritoribe said:
I think it's from つるのおんがえし.

Ah, I've completely forgotten about つるのおんがえし！

nonezumi · 21 Sep 2010

undrentide-san, Thank you so much for so perfect and so clear explanation.
くびをかしげる is really means "to wonder", now i could see it. Indeed, to open the door with ones head, is a little bit... strange.

Toritoribe-san is right, this sentence from つるのおんがえし. I never had read ゆきおんな before, thank you so much for your kind suggestion. If I could finish つるのおんがえし i will try to read ゆきおんな as my next fairy tale. Just my reading is so slow, it is like crawling from word to word, from one sentence to another.

Thank you all again.

Glenn · 22 Sep 2010

I don't know if this matters, but I'll say it anyway: くびをかしげながらとをあけろと should be くびをかしげながらとをあけると.

nonezumi · 22 Sep 2010

Oh, yes exactly, it is my type mistake. Thank you very much !

Glenn · 22 Sep 2010

Just glad to help (if that's indeed what I did)!

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