Quotes
Japanese meaning of やな奴！やな奴！やな奴！
— Shizuku Tsukishima ／ Whisper of the Heart
Voice sample:
やなやつ！やなやつ！やなやつ！ (Ya na yatsu! Ya na yatsu! Ya na yatsu!)
English Translation:
What a jerk! What a jerk! What a jerk!
Original Scene & Cultural Context
Scene in the Original Work:
Shizuku, a junior high school girl who loves books, writes her own Japanese lyrics to "Country Roads", including a joke version called "Concrete Road". A boy she doesn't know reads them and says, "You'd better stop with 'Concrete Road'." On the way home, angry, she shouts this line three times.
日本語で読む
本が大好きな中学生の雫は、「カントリー・ロード」の日本語の歌詞を自分で書き、ふざけた替え歌「コンクリート・ロード」も作る。それを読んだ見知らぬ男子に「コンクリートロードはやめた方がいいと思うよ」と言われ、帰り道、怒ってこのセリフを3回叫ぶ。
Cultural Context:
The boy turns out to be Seiji Amasawa, whose name Shizuku had seen on her library cards and been curious about. The scene where she meets the person she will fall for is a funny, honest first impression. The line may also be used as a joke when someone says something annoying but true.
日本語で読む
この男子こそ、雫が図書カードで名前を見て気になっていた天沢聖司だった。のちに恋をする相手との出会いが最悪の第一印象から始まる、ユーモラスで素直な場面。痛いところを突かれて腹が立ったときなどに、冗談で使うこともある。
Grammar & Learning Points
Grammar Point
•「やな」= casual short form of いやな (unpleasant, nasty). •「奴」= guy, person (casual, slightly rude).
日本語で読む
•「やな」は「いやな」のくだけた形。•「奴」は人をくだけて、少し見下して言う言葉。
Trap for English Speakers
やな奴 is casual and childish. 奴 can be friendly between close friends, but to strangers it sounds rude. Repeating it three times shows how upset Shizuku is.
日本語で読む
「やな奴」はくだけた子どもっぽい言い方。「奴」は親しい友だち同士なら気軽だが、知らない相手に使うと失礼に聞こえる。3回繰り返すことで、雫の悔しさが伝わる。
Example
Example 1Basic Example
あいつは人の話を聞かない、やな奴だ。
He never listens to anyone. What a jerk.
Example 2Applied Example
（術を見破られ、笑われた若い忍者が帰り道で）やな奴！やな奴！やな奴！
(A young ninja on the way home, after a stranger saw through his technique and laughed) "What a jerk! What a jerk! What a jerk!"
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