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Vegeta’s Quote

Japanese: がんばれ、カカロット！お前がナンバーワンだ！
Romaji: ganbare, kakarotto! omae ga nanbā wan da!
English: Hang in there, Kakarot! You are Number One!

Analysis

がんばれ、カカロット！

がんばれ is the imperative form of がんばる meaning “to stick to something despite difficulties”. The imperative がんばれ is often translated to “Do your best”, “Hang in there” or “Good luck”. It’s mainly used to encourage people to try hard or used before a performance to say good luck.

Japanese imperative verbs sound strong and aggressive so people normally tend not to use them but がんばれ has become a saying that’s commonly used. But if you want to sound softer, you can say がんばって or がんばってください in polite speech.

The response to it is usually うん、がんばる in casual speech, はい、がんばります in polite speech, and you can add ありがとう or ありがとうございます after that.

カカロット as you may know is Goku’s sayan name (Kakarot).

お前がナンバーワンだ！

お前 means “you” in a manly way. Depending on the context, it can be rude but in this case it’s used in a friendly way between guys.

The が particle is used to mark the subject and emphasise it. So he is emphasising お前 as this is the first time that Vegeta admits Goku is stronger than him, so it’s like “it’s YOU, NOT ME”.

ナンバーワン is “number one”. As you know, words imported from foreign countries are written in Katakana, but the pronunciations are a bit different.

Katakana words mostly have equivalent Japanese words, so the equivalent Japanese for ナンバーワン is 一番, but katakana words are often used to make it sound cool or casual.

Lastly, だ is the auxiliary verb to declare and affirm the statement.

Examples

がんばる (to stick to something despite difficulties)

明日あしたの試験しけん、頑張がんばってね。

ashita no shiken, ganbatte ne.

Good luck on tomorrow’s exam.

クラスで一番いちばんの成績せいせきを目指めざして、頑張がんばります。

kurasu de ichiban no seiseki o mezashite ganbarimasu.

I will try my best aiming for the best mark in the class.

応援おうえんしてます。頑張がんばってください。

ōen shite masu. ganbatte kudasai.

I’m supporting you. Please keep it up.

Katakana Words Made From English Words

あのハードなエクササイズしている男おとこの人ひと、ハンサムじゃない？

ano hādo na ekusasaizu shiteiru otoko no hito, hansamu janai?

Isn’t that man doing hard exercises handsome?

カジュアルファッションでいい？ – いえ、フォーマルファッションで来きてください。

kajuaru fasshon de ii? – ie, fōmaru fasshon de kite kudasai.

Is it ok with casual fashion? – No, please come wearing formal fashion.

あの女おんなの子こ、シャイだけど笑わらうとすごくチャーミングだね。

ano onna no ko, shai dakedo warau to sugoku chāmingu da ne.

The girl is shy but very charming when she smiles.

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Video

Goku’s Quote

Japanese: クリリンのことか?!
Romaji: kuririn no koto ka?!
English: You mean Krillin?!

Analysis

クリリン is “Krillin” as you can tell – be careful when you pronounce the ‘r’ sound in Japanese, the tip of your tongue lightly touches or flaps the gums behind the back of your front teeth. This is closer to the sound of ’t’ or ‘l’ rather than the sound of R in English. Not ‘kuririn’, it’s クリリン.

Noun + the の particle + こと means “regarding” or “about” something. So クリリンのこと means “about Krillin”.

か is usually used at the end of the sentence to make it a question by both male and female in formal speech. However, when か is used in casual speech it becomes male speech and also sounds blunt and offensive as it’s usually used for equals or inferiors. Then how do you make a sentence into a question in casual speech without offending someone? – You just rise the intonation at the end of the sentence like 元気 (↑)？おいしい (↑)？ So if Goku said クリリンのこと？ or クリリンのことですか？ it sounds very gentle despite his super Saiyan rage.

Examples

〜のこと (regarding/about)

先輩せんぱい、部活ぶかつのことで相談そうだんがあるんですが…

senpai, bukatsu no koto de sōdan ga arundesu ga…

senpai, I’d like to talk to you about club activities.

後あとのことは頼たのんだ！

ato no koto wa tanonda!

I’ll leave the rest to you!

あなたのことを教おしえてください。

anata no koto o oshiete kudasai.

Please tell me about yourself.

あのことは誰だれにも言いわないで。

ano koto wa dare nimo iwanai de.

Please don’t tell anybody about that.

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