Quotes
Japanese meaning of 俺は傷一つで価値がなくなるような男か？
— Jinshi ／ The Apothecary Diaries
Voice sample:
おれはきずひとつでかちがなくなるようなおとこか？ (Ore wa kizu hitotsu de kachi ga nakunaru yō na otoko ka?)
English Translation:
Am I the kind of man who becomes worthless over a single scar?
Original Scene & Cultural Context
Scene in the Original Work:
In The Apothecary Diaries (anime season 2, episode 48, the season finale), Jinshi, whose face has been wounded, asks Maomao this, and goes on to ask whether he is nothing but a pretty face. Maomao answers, "Why, you've become even more handsome than before."
日本語で読む
『薬屋のひとりごと』アニメ2期第48話「はじまり」（2期の最終回）。顔に傷を負った壬氏が、猫猫にこう聞き、「顔だけのはりぼてか？」と続ける。猫猫は「前より男前になったではありませんか」と答える。
Cultural Context:
The Apothecary Diaries is based on novels by Natsu Hyūga. The second season of the TV anime aired in 2025, and episode 48 is its last episode. Jinshi is a eunuch in charge of the imperial rear palace, and his beauty makes the court ladies swoon.
日本語で読む
『薬屋のひとりごと』は日向夏の小説が原作。テレビアニメの2期は2025年に放送され、第48話がその最終回。壬氏は後宮を取りしきる宦官で、その美しさに女官たちがうっとりする。
Grammar & Learning Points
Grammar Point
•「俺」= I (masculine, casual). •「傷一つで」= because of just one scar (一つ stresses "only one"). •「価値がなくなる」= to lose one's worth. •「〜ような男か？」= am I the kind of man who ~?
日本語で読む
•「俺」は男の人のくだけた「私」。•「傷一つで」の「一つ」は「たった一つ」と少なさを強める。•「価値がなくなる」は大切さや値打ちが消えること。•「〜ような男か？」は「〜という種類の男か」と聞く言い方。
Trap for English Speakers
傷 covers a wound, a scar, and even a scratch on an object, so the context decides which one is meant. The plain 〜か？ ending is blunt, masculine speech; in polite speech it would be 〜でしょうか.
日本語で読む
「傷」はけが、傷あと、物のすり傷のどれにも使うので、どれかは文脈で決まる。「〜か？」で終わるのは男っぽいくだけた聞き方で、ていねいに言うなら「〜でしょうか」。
Example
Example 1Basic Example
試合で顔にすり傷を作ったラグビー部の兄は、心配する彼女に「俺は傷一つで価値がなくなるような男か？」と笑ってみせた。
My brother on the rugby team got a scrape on his face in a match. When his girlfriend worried, he grinned and said, "Am I the kind of man who becomes worthless over a single scar?"
Example 2Applied Example
（角が少しへこんだ新車の前で落ちこむ父に、車の気持ちになって息子が）俺はへこみ一つで価値がなくなるような車か？
(The son, speaking for the car, to Dad, who is moping over a small dent in the new car) "Am I the kind of car that becomes worthless over a single dent?"
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Meaning
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