JSLL #76 - The Spider's Thread, part 24

 Sentence:

この分でのぼって行けば、地獄からぬけ出すのも、存外わけがないかも知れません。

このぶんでのぼっていけば、じごくからぬけだすのも、ぞんがいわけがないかみしれません。

Vocabulary

• 分 means "part, portion, share" but also "condition, extent, rate (as in 'at this rate, ...')"
• 存外 means "beyond expectations, contrary to expectation, unexpectedly"
• わけがない means "there's no way that..." or "easy, simple." わけ on its own means "reason, grounds, cause."
• かも知れません, which is usually written only with kana, literally means "[I/you/someone] can't know whether..." but is invariably translated as "perhaps, maybe."

Kanji

Two new kanji: 存 is an N3 kanji in 18 common words. 外 is an N5 kanji in 84 words. The second kanji has a connotation/meaning of "outside, except, exception."

Translation

If he would climb at this rate, sneaking out of hell would perhaps be easier than expected.