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Japanese meaning of シンイチ…『悪魔』というのを本で調べたが…いちばんそれに近い生物はやはり人間だと思うぞ…
— Migi / Parasyte
しんいち…『あくま』というのをほんでしらべたが…いちばんそれにちかいせいぶつはやはりにんげんだとおもうぞ… (Shin'ichi... "akuma" to iu no o hon de shirabeta ga... ichiban sore ni chikai seibutsu wa yahari ningen da to omou zo...)
English Translation:
Shinichi... I looked up "devil" in a book... and I think the creature closest to it is, after all, the human.
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Example
Example 1Basic Example
環境問題の授業で、先生はミギーのまねをして「『悪魔』というのを本で調べたが…いちばんそれに近い生物はやはり人間だと思うぞ」と言った。
In a class on environmental problems, the teacher imitated Migi: "I looked up 'devil' in a book... and I think the creature closest to it is, after all, the human."
Example 2Applied Example
(冷蔵庫のケーキを全部食べた弟に、姉が)『悪魔』というのを本で調べたが…いちばんそれに近い生物はやはりおまえだと思うぞ…
(To her little brother, who ate all the cake in the fridge) "I looked up 'devil' in a book... and I think the creature closest to it is, after all, you."
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