アダム

Japanese

Proper noun

アダム • (Adamu) 

1. (biblical) Adam
   • 1987 March 20 [1987 February 20], Fujiko Fujio, “神さまごっこ [God Simulator]”, in カンビュセスの籤(くじ) [Cambyses’s Drawing] (藤子不二雄 ＳＦ全短編; 1), 2nd edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Chuokoronsha, →ISBN, 第一章, page 143:

     きみたちをアダムとイブと名(な)づける　ぼくがきみたちをこさえたんだからね　この楽(らく)園(えん)で自(じ)由(ゆう)に楽(たの)しくくらしなさい　ひとつだけ注(ちゅう)意(い)しておく　この木(き)の実(み)だけは絶(ぜっ)対(たい)に食(た)べてはいけない　これは知(ち)恵(え)の木(き)の実(み)といって　おいこら聞(き)いてるのか

     Kimi-tachi o Adamu to Ibu to nazukeru. Boku ga kimi-tachi o kosaetan da kara ne. Kono Rakuen de jiyū ni tanoshiku kurashi nasai. Hitotsu dake chūi shite oku. Kono ki no mi dake wa zettai ni tabete wa ikenai. Kore wa chie no ki no mi to itte. Oi kora kiiteru no ka.

     I’ll call you two Adam and Eve. I’m the one who created you. So feel free to enjoy your lives here in Paradise. One thing, though. You must not eat fruit from this tree. This is the fruit of wisdom. Hey, were you listening to what I was saying?