If I were to list my top five fears, #1 being the hugest, they would be:
もしトップ５恐れるものをリストすれば、次のようになる：
もしトップ５恐れるものをリストすれば、次のようになる：
5. Being forced to make a difficult decision（大事の決定を決められなきゃ）
4. Have a vehicle hit me on my bicycle so that I flip over the guard rail and fall into Tama River（自転車に乗っている時、車が私にぶつかって、多摩川の中に飛び込む）
3. Throwing up, witnessing someone else throw up, or being thrown up on（全部の吐く事）
2. Extremely deep, dark, and scary water (oceans, rivers, lakes, wells, deep buckets, etc)（暗くて、深い水、例：海、川、池、井）
1. Cockroaches being within 20 feet of me （ゴキブリ）
4. Have a vehicle hit me on my bicycle so that I flip over the guard rail and fall into Tama River（自転車に乗っている時、車が私にぶつかって、多摩川の中に飛び込む）
3. Throwing up, witnessing someone else throw up, or being thrown up on（全部の吐く事）
2. Extremely deep, dark, and scary water (oceans, rivers, lakes, wells, deep buckets, etc)（暗くて、深い水、例：海、川、池、井）
1. Cockroaches being within 20 feet of me （ゴキブリ）
"Those are all somewhat legitimate fears," you're probably thinking. Everyone in their right mind (besides entomologists) hates cockroaches. Without a doubt in my mind they were the original inhabitants of this planet and then we showed up so they've been pissed ever since and want to get their revenge my repulsing us with their existence as often as possible. Even if your cat brings a dead one to you, its still like THE FACT YOU KILLED ONE MEANS IT WAS /NEARBY/ IN THE FIRST PLACE
皆さんは「それはまあまあ妥当な恐怖かな」と思ってるはず。ほとんどの人（昆虫学者以外）はゴキブリ嫌いでしょう？地球のもともとの種だから、人間は地球に来た時から恨みを抱いてると思っている。そして、ゴキブリの復讐はいつでもどこでも人間をいやがらせる事。もし猫がゴキブリの死体を持ってくれば、まずは私はゴキブリが近くにいたんだなと思う。
皆さんは「それはまあまあ妥当な恐怖かな」と思ってるはず。ほとんどの人（昆虫学者以外）はゴキブリ嫌いでしょう？地球のもともとの種だから、人間は地球に来た時から恨みを抱いてると思っている。そして、ゴキブリの復讐はいつでもどこでも人間をいやがらせる事。もし猫がゴキブリの死体を持ってくれば、まずは私はゴキブリが近くにいたんだなと思う。
So throughout my life I've had many experiences with these ancient beasts and my experiences seem to never lessen because even if I'm freaking talking about a cockroach they somehow know and they come find me.
だから人生の中で、ゴキブリの経験いっぱいある。もしゴキブリについて話せば、絶対に出てくる。
だから人生の中で、ゴキブリの経験いっぱいある。もしゴキブリについて話せば、絶対に出てくる。
I think what began this fear is when, in high school, there was a small cockroach in my house, running around the kitchen. My mom asked my help in trying to at least corner it. Since childhood my mom has been a clean freak, so seeing a cockroach in our house was not only totally gross but also wounding to her pride in some way, I'd imagine.
この恐怖の初め頃は高校時代と思う。キッチンの床で、小さなゴキブリが走り回っていた。母さんは子供頃から潔癖性だから、家の中のゴキブリは恥。私と母さんはゴキブリを追い込んで殺そうとした。
We chased it all over the place. In my hometown of Memphis, Tennessee, our typical cockroach (who we for some reason call the Palmetto Bug as though trying to mask its real identity) is enormous, slow, and stupid. The smaller kinds are fast and smart, and that's the kind that we were dealing with. We eventually chased it into the laundry room and it ran behind a wicker hamper.
あちこちに追いかけた。自分の出身（テネシー州のメンフィス市）で、普通のゴキブリはアメリカンゴキブリという種族（世界中で一番大きいゴキブリ）。このゴキブリは頭悪くて、遅い虫。今回のゴキブリは小さくて、頭良くて、早い虫。ランドリールームにまで追いかけたけど、ゴキブリはランドリーバスケットの後ろに隠れた。
While discussing the best approach to either a) shoot it with a rifle or b) locate bug spray, my mom noticed that the cockroach was WATCHING us. This incredibly smart and horrifying creature was peeking around
the side of the hamper at us. I think I must have blacked out from
terror because I don't remember at all how we took care of that shit.
どのようにして殺すかに話しながら、ゴキブリは私たちをジロジロ見てた。ものすごく怖かったから、それから何も覚えてない。
This incident planted a small seed of fear into my mind, but I soon forgot about it. It wasn't until another experience at a horse show (back when I competed), when I saw one that was at least 3 inches in length land on another girl's back and crawl all the way across it before flying off again, that my fear was reborn.
その出来事の後、ゴキブリの事をすぐに忘れたけど、また次の出来事は馬術競技会であった。そこで8センチくらいでかいゴキブリを見た。
That's when my mind connected cockroach + on someone's body = what if it was on my body
その時、「ゴキブリが着陸した人は私だったら、いったいどうしよう？」 かと思った。
what would i do
how would i continue living after that
how would i get it off
what if it i couldn't get it off
how would i continue living after that
how would i get it off
what if it i couldn't get it off
どうしよう？
私死ぬんじゃないかしら
どうやって払い落とせば？
もし払い落とせなかったら、どうしよう？
From then on I could only imagine that if one ever touched me I would have to ignite myself to find peace with the world again. It was bad enough being down in Fairhope, Alabama where flying cockroaches like to dive bomb pedestrians at night.
それから、もしゴキブリが私を触ったら、 自分に火をつけるしかない。
Since these formative years of breeding cockroach phobia deep, deep into my psyche, I've had many more experiences of Me vs Cockroaches, but these are all very long and best saved for separate entries.
その頃後、私のゴキブリ恐怖症は強くなった。
STAY TUNED FOR...（次をお楽しみに）
Bathtub Cockroach（お風呂場ゴキブリ）
Cockroach Ambush（ゴキブリ現れた）
Super Human Cockroach（超人ゴキブリ）
Cockroach Ambush（ゴキブリ現れた）
Super Human Cockroach（超人ゴキブリ）
and other insect related anecdotes such as...（他の虫関係の話）
Spider Nightmares（蜘蛛悪夢）
Hector the Dead Bee（蜂死体のヘクター）
The Devil（サタン）
Me vs House Centipedes（蚰蜒vs.私）
Hector the Dead Bee（蜂死体のヘクター）
The Devil（サタン）
Me vs House Centipedes（蚰蜒vs.私）
Meguro Moth（目黒の蛾）
Why Do We Live in the Same Dimension as Camel Crickets（なぜカマドウマと同じディメンションに住んでるの？）
Why Do We Live in the Same Dimension as Camel Crickets（なぜカマドウマと同じディメンションに住んでるの？）
and other non-bug related stories.（それと虫関係ない話）
