Japanese Lessons: Learn Japanese Native Expressions with Manga 1-1-3

Japanese Lessons 1-1-3 研けん修しゅう医いの夜よる / Night of the Intern

*These Japanese lessons are created based on the Terms of Use of the Copyrights of them; TITLE: Give My Regards to Black Jack, AUTHOR: Shuho Sato, and WEBSITE: Manga on Web.

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Japanese Script with English Translation

「受うけ入いれ準じゅん備びできました！あと１０じゅっ分ぷんで救急きゅうきゅう車しゃが来ます！」「先生せんせい！早はやく手しゅ術じゅつ場ばに入ってください！」「分わかってます！」「あ、もしもし、牛うし田だ先生せんせいのお宅たくで…。*」「イエーイ、牛うし田だです。只今ただいま留守るすにしています。ご用ようの方かたは…。」「起おきて下ください、先生せんせい！急きゅう患かんです！オペが必要ひつような可か能性のうせいがあります！」「クソッ！」「来きました！救急きゅうきゅう車しゃ到着とうちゃくです！」「内臓ないぞう破は裂れつ…。」

“We’re prepared to accept the patient! The ambulance will be here in 10 minutes!” ” Doctor, please hurry to the operating room!” “I got it, okay?!” “Uhm, hello? Is Mr. Ushida-” “Hey-hey! You’ve reached the Ushida residence. If you-” “Mr. Ushida, please wake up! This is an emergency! We may have to operate!” “Dammit!!” “Doctor! The ambulance is here!” “His internal organs have ruptured.”

One Point Lesson: Japanese Expressions

After this sentence, 「もしもし、牛うし田だ先生せんせいのお宅たくで…」, he was supposed to continue with something like 「しょうか？」, which is a polite form of 「ですか？」.

「只今ただいま留守るすにしております。ご用ようのある方かたはピーッという発信音はっしんおんの後あとにメッセージをどうぞ。」「どうしたのかしら*…あの先生せんせい…。」「戻もどってこないわ。」「くそ…院いん長ちょうもいない。無理むりだ…。肝臓かんぞうが破は裂れつして消しょう化か管かんもどこか穴あなが開あいてる…。こんな大だい手しゅ術じゅつ…僕ぼく…やった事ことない…。どうすりゃいいんだ…？このままでは死しんでしまう…。無理むりだ…。」

“I cannot come to the phone right. Please leave a message after the beep.” “That… doctor… what’s going on…?” “He’s not coming back.” “Shit... the director isn’t home either. I can’t do it... His liver is ruptured and there’s a hole somewhere in his digestive tract… I’ve... I’ve never done this kind of major operation before… What am I going to do…? He’s going to die… I just can’t do it... ”

One Point Lesson: Japanese Vocabulary

「かしら」 is mostly used by women nowadays. The origin is 「～か知しらん」. It can be translated as “I wonder” as well.

「院いん長ちょう…。」「婦ふ長ちょうから電でん話わがあった…。」

“Director…” “I got a call from the head nurse...”

「そんな所ところにいたのか…斉藤さいとうくん…。」「あ…あの…患者かんじゃさんは…？」「なぜオペしなかった…？ほっといても死しぬ…どうせ死しぬなら腹はらを開あけろ…。」「だって…失敗しっぱいしたら殺人さつじんですよ…。」「なんにもしないよりマシだ…君きみはあの患者かんじゃを見み殺ごろしにしようとした…。」「違ちがう！夜よ中なかに僕ぼくみたいな研けん修しゅう医いを一人ひとりしか置おかない病びょう院いんが悪わるいんだ！医い者しゃが足たりないなら救急きゅうきゅう車しゃなんて受うけ入いれなきゃいいんだ！院いん長ちょうはお金かねが欲ほしいだけじゃないですか！」「で？人ひとの命いのちを救すくうんだ…金かねをふんだくって何なにが悪わるい？そもそもオレが金かねをとる事こととお前まえがオペをしなかった事ことに何なんの関係かんけいがある？お前まえは医い者しゃだ…新人しんじんだろうが半人前はんにんまえ*だろうが患者かんじゃにとってお前まえは医い者しゃだ。オペに失敗しっぱいしたら殺人さつじんだと？もとはと言いえば悪わるいのは事故じこを起おこした本人ほんにんだ…。必かならずオペはしろ…聞きこえのいい正論せんろんを口くちにするな。正ただしいってのは弱よわいって事ことだ。強つよいってのは悪わるい事ことだ。医師いし免許めんきょを取とった瞬しゅん間かんからお前まえは普ふ通つうの人間にんげんではない、医い者しゃなんだ。強つよくなれ…。」

“So this is where you were… Dr. Saito.” “Uhm, uh… How’s the patient?” “Why didn’t you operate? If you just ignore him, he’s going to die. And if he’s got to die, you might as well cut his abdomen open…” “Because... If I screw up, then I’m a murderer” “It’s better than doing nothing. You were just going to let that patient die without even trying help...” ”No!! It’s the hospital’s fault for leaving an intern like me here alone all night! If you don’t have enough doctors, you shouldn’t even accept any patients! But all you care about is money, right!?” “So? We’re saving people’s lives. What’s wrong with overcharging for it? What does me taking someone’s money… and you not operating on that patient have anything to do with each other? You’re a doctor… whether you’re new or inexperienced, to the patient, you’re still a doctor. You think that if you screw up the operation, you’re a murderer? When it comes down to it, it’s that patient’s fault for causing the accident in the first place. Do the operations no matter what. Don’t give me any more of your fancy philosophical arguments. Being right just means being weak. Being strong… means being wrong. Since the moment you got your medical license, you stopped being a normal person. You’re a doctor. Be strong.”

One Point Lesson: Japanese Vocabulary

There is a word; 「一人前いちにんまえ」 which means “experienced” or “fully trained”. This kanji; 「半はん」 means “half”, or “50%”. Therefore, 「半人前はんにんまえ」 means “inexperienced” or “half trained”.

「おーっす、永大えいだい出で～。」「牛うし田ださん…。」「ゆうべは悪わるかったなー…うっかり深酒ふかざけしちまって電でん話わに気きづかんかったー…。なんだよ？また落おち込こんでんのか？」「昔むかしさ…オレもかみついた事ことがあるんだよ*…。あんたのやり方かたは間違まちってる…医い療りょうは金かねもうけの道どう具ぐじゃない…って院いん長ちょうにな…。今いまでも正ただしくないと思おもっている…。だけどよ…正ただしいって事ことで自己じこ満足まんぞくしても何なにも変かわらねえ…。あの人ひとは命いのちを救すくい続つづけている…それは事じ実じつなんだ…。」「無事ぶじだったのね！無事ぶじだったのねヒロシ！」「なんなんだ…医い者しゃって一体いったいなんなんだ…？」

“Hey, what’s up? Eiroku grad!” “Mr. Ushida...” “Sorry about last night... I got so drunk I didn’t even notice your phone call. What? You depressed again?” “A long time ago… I argued with what the director was doing too… The way you’re doing things is wrong. Hospitals aren’t a tool for making money. Do you know? That’s what I told him… I still think he’s wrong... but, you know what? Just trying to satisfy yourself by being right isn’t going to change anything. The truth is… that man is saving people’s lives...” “You’re okay! Hiroshi, you’re really okay!” “What the hell…? What does it even mean to be a doctor..?”

One Point Lesson: Japanese Expressions

The grammatically correct sentence is 「オレも院いん長ちょうにかみついた事ことがあるんだよ。」. However, by arranging the objective in the last sentence, he makes his speech more lively and expressive.

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