Japanese Lessons: Learn Japanese from Manga 2-9-1

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Japanese Lessons with Manga 2-9-1 笑え顔がお That Smile

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Japanese Script with Furigana and English Translation

AM10：30、代用だいよう血管けっかんとなる血管けっかんを採取さいしゅ。心臓しんぞうの血管けっかんの詰つまった箇か所しょへつなぐ準じゅん備びをすすめる。胸むねを切きり開ひらき、肋骨ろっこつを切断せつだん。心膜しんまくを開ひらく。
10:30 AM: Extracted graft vessel. Prepared to connect graft to blocked portion of cardiac vessel. Cut open patient’s chest. Cracked ribcage. Opened pericardium.

「とうとう…俺おれはここへ戻もどってきたんだな。」
“So… Here I am again.”

「メス。」
“Scalpel.”

さすがです…。少すくなくとも腕うでの方ほうは*全まったく衰おとろえていない…。
“I knew it... His skills are just as sharp as ever.”

One Point Lesson: Japanese Vocabulary

…の方ほう works as kind of a demonstrative and indicates 腕うで in this context. Since 方ほう has a function to express comparison, this implies that the speaker worries about something besides his skills.

乗のり越こえろ…。100ひゃく％ぱーせんとの自じ信しんを持もって手しゅ術じゅつ場ばに立たっている医い者しゃなどいない…。もしもそんな医い者しゃがいたとしたら…、それは己おのれ*を過か信しんし、そのことにすら気きづいていない人間にんげんだ…。誰だれもが不ふ安あんを押おし殺ころし…恐きょう怖ふと闘たたかっている…。
“Get through this. No such thing as an OR doctor with no self- doubt. If there were… they’d be so overconfident, they’d never even notice it. We all stifle our insecurity. We all battle our fear.”

速はやい…。こんなに速はやいのか…。
“He’s fast… He just so fast…”

乗のり越こえろ…。
“Get through this.”

（だって…宮村みやむらさんの笑え顔がおを見みてみたいじゃないですか…！）
(It’s just… I just want to see him smile for once!)

俺おれは…心臓しんぞう外科医げかいだ。
“I am a cardiac surgeon.”

One Point Lesson: Japanese Vocabulary

己おのれ means “oneself,” however, it is seldom used in everyday life.

「え…？」「なんだコレ…？」「心室細動しんしつさいどう…オペ中ちゅうごくまれに起おこる原因げんいん不ふ明めいの心臓痙攣しんぞうけいれん。」「心室しんしつ…細動さいどう…」「くそ！心臓しんぞうが怒おこり出だしやがった*！カウンターショック行いくぞ！」「出しゅっ血けつしています！」「分わかってる！心臓しんぞうマッサージが先さきだ！」「ダメだ！動うごかない！」「落おち着つけ。２に回かい目め行いくぞ！」
“Huh? What’s going on?” “He’s in V-Fib. A heart spasm of unknown cause that happens extremely rarely during surgery.” “A heart… spasm...” “Dammit! This heart is pissed! I need those paddles!” “He’s losing blood!” “I know that! First we do cardiac massage!” “No good! It’s not beating!” “Calm down. I’m trying again!”

One Point Lesson: Japanese Grammar

やがった is the past form of やがる. This is a verb suffix indicating hatred and contempt and used among close friends or under serious situations. Be careful, however; you may look rude, though you can intensely show your emotion.

（無理むりだ…。きっと僕ぼくが無理矢理むりやりオペをさせてしまったから、こんな事ことに…*。僕ぼくのせいだ…。死しぬ…宮村みやむらさんが死しんでしまう…）「目めを閉とじるな！君きみは医い者しゃだ…だったら絶対ぜったいに目めをそむけるな…！」「動うごけ…動うごけエエエエ！」
(It’s no use… This is all because I forced him to operate… It’s all my fault… He’s going to die. Mr. Miyamura is going to die.) “Open your eyes! You’re a doctor… Keep your eyes on the table!” “Beat… beat, damn you!”

One Point Lesson: Japanese Expression

In this sentence: こんな事ことに…, the last part is omitted. This uncomplete sentence indicates that Dr. Saito is distracted with the emergency.

「オペを続つづけるぞ…。」「先生せんせい…ここは心臓しんぞうを止とめて人工心肺じんこうしんぱいに切きり替かえましょう。また心室細動しんしつさいどうが起おこらないとは限かぎりません。このまま拍動はくどう下かで手しゅ術じゅつを続つづけるよりは…」「確たしかに人工心肺じんこうしんぱいにのせれば心室細動しんしつさいどうを心配しんぱいする必要ひつようはない…。だが患者かんじゃは肝硬変かんこうへんを併発へいはつしている。人工心肺じんこうしんぱいを使つかえば肝臓かんぞうがやられて死しぬ機き会かいははるかに増ます…。」「安全策あんぜんさくです！ここで人工心肺じんこうしんぱいにのせたからって*誰だれが先生せんせいを責せめられますか！？」「俺おれが責せめる。人工心肺じんこうしんぱいは使つかわない…。俺おれは…俺おれの決断けつだんを信しんじる…！」
“On with the operation.” “Doctor… Let’s stop the heart and switch to a heart-lung machine. The patient might go into V-fib again. It has to be safer than proceeding off-pump…” “True, putting him on a heart-lung machine means we wouldn’t have to worry about V-fib. But this patient has hepatic cirrhosis, too. A heart-lung machine greatly increases the danger of him succumbing to that instead.” ”It’s a safety net! Who’d blame you for using a heart-lung machine at this point?” “I would. I’m not using a heart-lung machine. I… I have faith in my decisions!”

One Point Lesson: Japanese Expression

からって is the casual form of からといって. This can roughly be translated as “just because” or “even if.”

（この人ひとは…医い者しゃだ…。僕ぼくは…医い者しゃになってよかった…。）「斉藤先生さいとうせんせい…俺おれは今いままで…ずっと堤防ていぼうの先さきへ向むかって歩あるいていたのかもしれないな…。ただ…振ふり返かえればよかったんだ…。ありがとう。」
(This man is a doctor… I’m so glad I became a doctor, too.) “Dr. Saito… I might’ve been walking toward the end of an embankment all this time… Now I know: I should have turned around. Thanks.”

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