Quotes
Japanese meaning of 池田くん なぜきみはここにいる？
— Hirama ／ Parasyte
Voice sample:
いけだくん なぜきみはここにいる？ (Ikeda-kun, naze kimi wa koko ni iru?)
English Translation:
Ikeda-kun, why are you here?
Original Scene & Cultural Context
Scene in the Original Work:
In volume 8 of Parasyte, Shinichi shows up at the park where the police have surrounded Reiko Tamura. Hirama deliberately calls him by the wrong name, "Ikeda-kun", to check whether he is really Shinichi or a parasite. Shinichi replies, "Aren't you the one who forgot my name? ...Mr. Hirama."
日本語で読む
8巻。警察が田村玲子を囲む公園に新一が現れる。平間はわざと「池田くん」と違う名前で呼び、新一が本人か寄生生物かを確かめる。新一は「あなたこそおれの名前を忘れたんですか？……平間さん」と返す。
Cultural Context:
It is a trick question: by getting the name wrong on purpose, Hirama checks whether the other person can correct him, and so whether he is really who he seems to be. After hearing the answer, Hirama tells his men, "Don't shoot." Online, an edited version of that "Don't shoot" panel circulates with the line changed to 私が合図をしたら撃て ("Shoot when I give the signal"), which reverses the original meaning.
日本語で読む
わざと名前を間違えて、相手が正しく言い返せるかで本人かを見極めるひっかけ質問。答えを聞いた平間は部下に「撃つなよ」と告げる。ネットではこの「撃つなよ」のコマを「私が合図をしたら撃て」に書き換えたコラ画像が出回っていて、原作とは逆の意味になっている。
Grammar & Learning Points
Grammar Point
•「〜くん」= a casual suffix for names, mostly used for boys and younger men. •「なぜ」= why (a little more formal than どうして). •「きみ」= you, used toward someone younger or an equal.
日本語で読む
•「〜くん」は、おもに男の子や年下の男性の名前につける呼び方。•「なぜ」は「どうして」より少しかたい言い方。•「きみ」は、年下や対等の相手を呼ぶ言い方。
Trap for English Speakers
The wrong name is used on purpose. The point is not the question "why are you here?" but whether the listener notices the wrong name and corrects it.
日本語で読む
ここでは、わざと違う名前で呼んでいる。大事なのは「なぜここにいる？」という質問より、相手がまちがった名前に気づいて言い直せるかどうか。
Example
Example 1Basic Example
同窓会で名前を忘れたふりをして「池田くん なぜきみはここにいる？」「……佐藤だよ」
At a class reunion, pretending to have forgotten his name: "Ikeda-kun, why are you here?" "...It's Sato."
Example 2Applied Example
夜中の台所で猫に「タマくん なぜきみは冷蔵庫の上にいる？」
In the kitchen in the middle of the night, to the cat: "Tama-kun, why are you on top of the fridge?"
Quick check
Meaning
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