Japanese Lessons: Learn Japanese with Manga 2-8-1

Manga: Give My Regards to Black Jack

*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.

Japanese Lessons with Manga 2-8-1 身み勝がっ手て Self‐Centered

A scene in Give My Regards to Black Jack

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「無理むりだ…。みずから*メスを捨すてるような人間にんげんに…再ふたたび手しゅ術じゅつ室しつに立たつ資し格かくなどない…。もう…俺おれを信しんじるのはやめてくれ…。」「嫌いやです!失望しつぼうしたくありません。先生せんせいは永大えいだいの先生せんせい達たちとは違ちがう…。そう思おもったから 僕ぼくは先生せんせいを信しんじました。本当ほんとうに患者かんじゃさんの事ことを考かんがえてるんだと思おもったから…。これが現実げんじつなら…僕ぼくは医い者しゃになんかなりたくない…。先生せんせいまで患者かんじゃさんを見み捨すてるなら…僕ぼくは医い者しゃになんてなりたくない!」「身み勝がっ手てな事ことばかり言いうな。いくら患者かんじゃのためとはいえ…」

“Impossible… A surgeon who’d choose to toss the scalpel aside... has no right to set foot in the OR... Please... stop relying on me.” “I won’t. I don’t want to be disappointed. You’re not like the doctors at Eiroku... That’s why I trusted you. Because I thought you put the patient first... But if this is what it’s like, then I don’t want to be a doctor. If someone like you can abandon a patient, then I don’t want to be a doctor. If someone like you can abandon a patient, then I don’t want to be a doctor!” “Stop being so selfish... even if it is all about the patient...”

One Point Lesson: Japanese Expression

「みずから」 is a formal word and means “I” and “myself.” This can indicate your voluntary will.

(患者かんじゃのため…?そうだ…この男おとこは患者かんじゃのために動うごいている…身み勝がっ手てなのは…俺おれの方ほうだ。)

(The patient? That’s right... He’s doing all this for his patient. The selfish one here... is ME.)

「斉藤さいとう先生せんせい…俺おれはまだメスを持もてると本当ほんとうに信しんじていいんだな…?だがな、いくらアンタが俺おれを信用しんようしても…心臓しんぞうってやつは*医い者しゃを裏うら切ぎることもあるんだぜ。」

“Dr. Saito... Are you sure you want to believe I can pick up the scalpel again? Still, no matter how much you trust in me… The human heart has double-crossed many a surgeon.”

One Point Lesson: Japanese Expression

The difference between 「心臓しんぞうってやつは」 and 「心臓しんぞうは」 is almost nothing in terms of the meaning. However, by describing a human heart like animated things, you can emphasize how uncertain it is.  

「斉藤さいとう先生せんせい…私わたしだって北きた先生せんせいが再ふたたびメスを持もつ姿すがたを見みたい。だが…医い療りょうはギャンブルじゃない。万まんが一いちがあったら、私わたしは絶対ぜったいに許ゆるさないよ…。」

“Dr. Saito. I’d like to see Dr. Kita in the OR, too. But... medicine isn’t a game of chance. If anything happened, I’d never forgive you.”

「これでオレは眠ねむっちまって…そのまま手しゅ術じゅつ台だいにのせられるワケだな…。ありがとう、先生せんせい…オレのわがままに付つき合あってくれてよ…。*考かんがえてみりゃよ…オレと同おなじ病びょう気きの人ひとは、日に本ほん中じゅうに何なん百びゃく万人まんにんっているんだろ?その内うち、何人なんにんが自じ分ぶんの信頼しんらいできる医い者しゃに出会であえるのかな…?いい医い者しゃに会あえるかどうか…それで全すべてが決きまっちまうんだな…。」

“So now it’s off to dreamland… where I’ll stay while I’m on the table. Thanks, Doc. Thanks for putting up with my selfishness. When you think about it... There must be millions of people with this condition throughout Japan. How many of them were lucky enough to find a doctor they can trust? Yep, finding a good doctor... Everything hinges on that, doesn’t it.”

One Point Lesson: Japanese Expression

This is an expression technique. The sentence should have been like this 「オレのわがままに付つき合あってくれてありがとう」. By making the order opposite, he emphasizes his appreciation.

「信頼しんらいできない医い者しゃがいる事こと自じ体たい、問題もんだいなんです…。」「オレはもう満足まんぞくだよ。たとえ手しゅ術じゅつが失敗しっぱいしたとしたって…オレはアンタに出会であえたんだからな…。」「違ちがう…生いきなきゃ意味いみなんかないんだ…。」「また会あえるよな…?先生せんせい…。」「当然とうぜんです…。」

“The existence of untrust-worthy doctors is a problem in itself.” “Ah, I’m satisfied. Even if the surgery is a failure... I’m just glad I met you.” “No... You have to live, or all this means nothing.” “See you later, Doc?” “Of course...”

「久ひさしぶりだな…。またよろしく頼たのむよ…。」「手しゅ術じゅつをはじめます…。」

“Long time no see... Ready to do this? ” “Let’s begin.”

己おのれに…克かて…。心臓しんぞう手しゅ術じゅつのオペ室しつ…ここは何なにが起おこるか分わからない場ば所しょ…。

(Control yourself... The cardiac OR: What happens inside is a mystery.)

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