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Let’s learn Japanese with Hodaka’s quote from Weathering With You (天気の子, Tenki no Ko).

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Hodaka’s Quote

Japanese: もう二度と晴れなくたっていい！青空よりも俺は陽菜がいい！天気なんて狂ったままでいいんだ！
Romaji: mō nido to harenakutatte ii! aozora yori mo ore wa hina ga ii! tenki nante kurutta mama de ii n da!
English: Who cares if we don’t see the sunshine ever again? I want you more than any blue sky! The weather can go crazy!

Analysis

もう二度と晴れなくたっていい

もう (anymore) 二度 (twice) と means “ever again”. It’s used with a verb negative form to show that it’s not going to happen again.

晴れなくたって means “even if the sky doesn’t clear up”. 晴れない is the negative-form of the verb 晴れる meaning “(the sky) clears up”. To make this grammar, you just need to remove the い in the end of the negative-form and attach くたって.

いい means “fine” so もう二度と晴れなくたっていい directly means “it’s fine even if the sky doesn’t clear up ever again” which can be rephrased as “the sky doesn’t have to clear up ever again” or “Who cares if we don’t see the sunshine ever again?”

青空よりも俺は陽菜がいい

AよりもBがいい means “B is better than A”. よりも indicates the object to compare with and いい with the particle が is used to express one’s preference or hope, so it can be translated as “one likes B more than A” or “one wants B more than A”.

The A is 青空 meaning “blue sky”, the B is 陽菜 which is her first name, and the topic is 俺 meaning “I” used by men as the topic particle は is attached.

So 青空よりも俺は陽菜がいい means “I like Hina more than blue sky” or “I want you more than any blue sky”.

天気なんて狂ったままでいいんだ

天気 means “weather”.

なんて means “something like” which is used to express the speaker’s negative feelings towards the preceding word. So it shows the weather is not important for him.

Verb Ta-Form followed by まま is used to express a certain situation remaining the same. 狂った is the ta-form of 狂う meaning “to go crazy”, so 狂ったまま expresses the unchanged situation after going crazy.

Noun でいい means “fine with something”.

んだ is used when persuading someone. It could be used in the end of all these sentences but it would be repetitive so it’s only used in the last sentence.

So 天気なんて狂ったままでいいんだ means “it’s fine with the weather being crazy”, “I don’t care about the crazy weather” or “The weather can go crazy”.

Examples

〜なくたっていい (don’t have to)

そんなに考かんがえ込こまなくたっていいよ。気楽きらくにね。

sonna ni kangae koma nakutatte ii yo. kiraku ni ne.

You don’t have to think so seriously. Take it easy.

勉強べんきょうしたくないなら、しなくたっていい。

benkyō shitaku nai nara, shi nakutatte ii.

If you don’t want to study, you don’t have to.

あいつの言いうことなんか、聞きかなくたっていい。

aitsu no iu koto nanka, kika nakutatte ii.

You don’t have to listen to what he says.

AよりもBがいい (B is better than A)

朝あさは紅茶こうちゃよりもコーヒーがいい。

asa wa kōcha yori mo kōhī ga ii.

I want coffee more than tea in the morning.

住すむなら、都会とかいよりも田舎いなかがいい。

sumu nara, tokai yori mo inaka ga ii.

I prefer living in the countryside over the city.

渋滞じゅうたいするから、車くるまよりも自転車じてんしゃ通勤つうきんがいいよ。

jūai suru kara, kuruma yori mo jitensha tsūkin ga ii yo.

There is a lot of traffic, so bike commuting is better than car.

Verb Ta-Form + まま (expresses a certain situation remaining the same)

その時計とけいは長ながい間あいだ、壊こわれたままだった。 

sono tokei wa nagai aida, kowareta mama datta.

The clock remained broken for a long time.

ドアは開あけたままでいいよ。 

doa wa aketa mama de ii yo.

You can leave the door open.

電気でんきをつけたままで寝ねないで。

denki o tsuketa mama de nenai de.

Don’t sleep with the lights on.

Noun + でいい (fine with …)

飲のみ物ものは何なにがいい？お水みずでいい？ 

nomimono wa nani ga ii? omizu de ii?

What do you want to drink? Are you fine with water?

明日あしたのパーティーはカジュアルな服装ふくそうでいいよ。 

ashita no pātī wa kajuaru na fukusō de ii yo.

Casual fashion for tomorrow’s party is fine.

急いそいでないから、後あとでいいよ。

isoide nai kara, ato de ii yo.

It’s not urgent so later is fine.

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