Sentence 1:
犍陀多はこれを見ると、思わず手を拍って喜びました。
かんだたはこれをみると、おもわずてうってよろこびました。
Vocabulary
- 思わず, literally "without thinking" means "unconsciously, involuntarily, instinctively, reflexively" etc.
- 拍つ is a rarely used kanji variation of 打つ, which means "to hit, to strike, to punch" (and 15 other things I won't enumerate here).
- 喜ぶ means "to be delighted, to be pleased, to be glad, to rejoice."
Kanji
拍 is an N1 kanji in 5 common words.
喜 is an N3 kanji in 9 common words.
Translation
When Kandata saw this, he reflexively clapped his hands in delight.
Sentence 2:
この糸に縋りついて、どこまでものぼって行けば、きっと地獄からぬけ出せるのに相違ございません。
このいとにすがりついて、どこまでものぼっていけば、きっとじごくからぬけだせるのにそういございません。
Vocabulary
- 縋りつく means "to cling to, to depend on, to embrace, to hug"
- どこまでも means "anywhere, for all time, to the ends of the earth; through thick and thin, come hell or high water, to the bitter end, to the utmost; persistently, stubbornly; in all respects, on every point; thoroughly, exhaustively"
- のぼる (typically written 上る or 登る) means "to ascend, to go up, to climb"
- きっと means "undoubtedly, surely, almost certainly"
- ぬけ出す (typically written 抜け出す) means "to slip out, to sneak away, to break free, to get through (a difficult situation)."
- 相違 means "difference, discrepancy, variation"
Kanji
Grammar
No new grammar here, but note the strange choice of writing several words (のぼって and ぬけ出す) with kana, even though the kanji version is more preferred.
Translation
If he would cling to this thread and go up it no matter what, then surely he would no doubt sneak away from this hell.
Sentence 3:
いや、うまく行くと、極楽へはいる事さえも出来ましょう。
いや、うまくいくと、ごくらくへはいることさえもできましょう。
Vocabulary
- いや means "no" (especially when written in kana)
- うまい means "skillful; delicious"
- さえ means "even"
Translation
Not just that, if he went skillfully, he could also even enter heaven.
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