In today’s post, I thought it would be fun to break down this manga panel together!
** For this post, you need to be able to read hiragana and katakana as I won’t be providing romaji readings**
This picture is from volume three of the manga “ふたりじめロマンチック” You can check it out for yourself here!
Word Bank
- そりゃ・that is (conjugation of それは）
- あの・that
- 思い出・おもいで・memory
- 私・わたし・I / me
- にとって・to (me); for (me); from (my perspective)
- 特別・とくべつ・special
Let’s get translating!
The speech bubble says:
そりゃ あの思い出は私にとって特別な。。。って
As this is a longer sentence, we’ll have to break it down a little bit in order to fully understand it.
1
そりゃ
- This is a very casual way of saying “それは”. It’s being said in response to someone else not seen in this panel.
- It gives ease into the next part of the sentence. Kind of like a buffer, or some padding.
We can translate it into English as something like “that is…“
2
あの思い出は
- あの is a noun marker. We use it together with a noun to mean “that ~”.
- 思い出 means memory in English. Combining it with あの, it means “that memory”, or “あの思い出”.
- は is a particle that means “is”.
So, putting everything together, this part of the sentence can be translated as “that memory is…“
3
私にとって
- 私 is a pronoun, meaning “I”, or “me”. It’s a gender neutral word.
- にとって shows perspective.
We can translate this part of the sentence as “for me“, “according to me“, or “from my viewpoint“.
4
特別な。。。って
- 特別 is a noun, or な adjective that means “special”.
- な is a particle that can show longing or happiness.
- ってis a quotation marker, but it’s not really being used to quote directly here! Instead, it’s being used to explain a remark made earlier in the manga (not shown here.)
We can translate this part of the sentence as “Special~“.
Summarizing
Putting everything together, let’s translate the sentence completely!
Original: そりゃ あの思い出は私にとって特別な。。。って
Translation: That is.. That memory is important to me…is all.
And that’s it! If you have any questions, please let me know in the comments below!
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