Quotes
Japanese meaning of 化かしあいは…おれの勝ちだっ!!
— Popp ／ Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai
Voice sample:
ばかしあいは…おれのかちだっ!! (Bakashiai wa... ore no kachi da!!)
English Translation:
This game of tricks... is mine!!
Work: Dragon Quest: The Adventure of DaiCharacter: PoppEmotion: Cocky & Taunting Resolve & PassionScene: Victory Battle
Original Scene & Cultural Context
Scene in the Original Work:
In Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai vol. 27, in Popp's fight with Sigma, Popp's first "Medoroa" is really a weaker spell, Begirama, made to look like it. When Sigma thinks Popp is finished and drops his guard, Popp fires the real Medoroa into him and says this.
日本語で読む
『ドラゴンクエスト ダイの大冒険』27巻、シグマとの戦い。ポップが最初に放った「メドローア」は、じつはそう見せかけたベギラマだった。勝ったと思って油断したシグマに、本物のメドローアを撃ちこみながらこう言う。
Cultural Context:
Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai is a manga written by Riku Sanjo and drawn by Koji Inada, serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from 1989 to 1996. The line placed 6th in a Netorabo Research poll of Popp's lines.
日本語で読む
『ドラゴンクエスト ダイの大冒険』は三条陸原作、稲田浩司作画の漫画で、1989年から1996年まで週刊少年ジャンプで連載された。ねとらぼ調査隊のポップの名言投票では6位に入った。
Grammar & Learning Points
Grammar Point
•「化かしあい」= a contest of tricking each other (化かす = to trick, bewitch + あう = each other). •「おれの勝ちだ」= I win. •「っ」= a forceful cut-off.
日本語で読む
•「化かしあい」は、おたがいにだまし合うこと。•「おれの勝ちだ」は勝利の宣言。
Trap for English Speakers
In Japanese folklore, foxes and tanuki 化かす (trick) people. 狐と狸の化かし合い is a set phrase for two schemers trying to outwit each other.
日本語で読む
昔話では、キツネやタヌキが人を「化かす」。「狐と狸の化かし合い」は、ずるい者どうしのだまし合いを表す言い方。
Example
Example 1Basic Example
ババ抜きで、わざと困った顔をして孫にジョーカーを引かせた祖父は、「化かしあいは…おれの勝ちだっ!!」と胸を張った。
Playing Old Maid, Grandpa put on a worried face on purpose so his grandson would draw the joker. Then he puffed out his chest: "This game of tricks... is mine!!"
Example 2Applied Example
（ピーマンを細かく刻んでハンバーグに混ぜ、子どもに完食させた母が）化かしあいは…ママの勝ちだっ!!
(Mom, after chopping green peppers into the hamburger steak and getting the kids to eat it all) "This game of tricks... is Mom's!!"
Quick check
Meaning
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