In this show, detectives (comedians) investigate requests from viewers alongside the requesters, presenting VTR footage of the process. In this video, the elder sister (Mei) explains to detective Seiya (Shimofuri Myojo) about her younger sister (Ten-chan), who wants to convey her feelings to their mother through song before having her left eye removed due to illness.
On-screen text (テロップ)
1か月前に右目の手術 そして３週間後に左目の摘出手術を行う
てろっぷ: いっかげつまえ に みぎめ の しゅじゅつ そして さんしゅうかんご に ひだりめ の てきしゅつ しゅじゅつ を おこなう
Teloppu: Ikka-getsu mae ni migime no shujutsu, soshite san-shūkan go ni hidarime no tekishutsu shujutsu o okonau
Telop: Surgery on her right eye one month ago, and surgery to remove her left eye in three weeks
Mei (Elder Sister) (芽吹（姉）)
左目取っちゃうってなったときに、もう、妹は笑って言うんですよ、それを。
めい（あね）: ひだりめ とっちゃう って なった とき に、 もう、 いもうと は わらって いう ん です よ、 それ を。
Mei (Ane): Hidarime totchau tte natta toki ni, mō, imōto wa waratte iu n desu yo, sore o.
Mei (Elder Sister): When it was decided that her left eye would be removed, my younger sister just said it with a smile.
Seiya (せいや)
うーん。
せいや: うーん。
Seiya: Ūn.
Seiya: Mm.
Mei (Elder Sister) (芽吹（姉）)
なんか、取ることなっちゃったわ～みたいな。
めい（あね）: なんか、 とる こと なっちゃった わ～ みたいな。
Mei (Ane): Nanka, toru koto natchatta wa~ mitaina.
Mei (Elder Sister): She was like, “Well, looks like they’re taking it out~”.
Seiya (せいや)
うーん。
せいや: うーん。
Seiya: Ūn.
Seiya: Mm.
Mei (Elder Sister) (芽吹（姉）)
もう、妹の前では、私も「そうなんだ」って言って、その場を去ったんですけど、そのあとちょっと一人で泣いて。
めい（あね）: もう、 いもうと の まえ では、 わたし も 「そう なんだ」 って いって、 その ば を さった ん です けど、 その あと ちょっと ひとり で ないて。
Mei (Ane): Mō, imōto no mae de wa, watashi mo “Sō nan da” ttt itte, sono ba o satta n desu kedo, sono ato chotto hitori de naite.
Mei (Elder Sister): In front of my sister, I just said, “Oh, I see,” and left the room, but after that, I cried a little by myself.
Seiya (せいや)
うん。
せいや: うん。
Seiya: Un.
Seiya: Yeah.
Mei (Elder Sister) (芽吹（姉）)
結構、つらかったですね、やっぱり。
めい（あね）: けっこう、 つらかった です ね、 やっぱり。
Mei (Ane): Kekkō, tsurakatta desu ne, yappari.
Mei (Elder Sister): It was pretty tough, as expected.
Seiya (せいや)
うん。
せいや: うん。
Seiya: Un.
Seiya: Yeah.
Mei (Elder Sister) (芽吹（姉）)
妹がなんか元気にしてる分、それが余計、私にはちょっとつらく見えて。
めい（あね）: いもうと が なんか げんき に してる ぶん、 それ が よけい、 わたし に は ちょっと つらく みえて。
Mei (Ane): Imōto ga nanka genki ni shiteru bun, sore ga yokei, watashi ni wa chotto tsuraku miete.
Mei (Elder Sister): Because my sister was acting cheerful, that made it look even more painful for me.
Seiya (せいや)
うん。で、てんちゃんの依頼文にもあったけど、お母さんがやっぱり…。
せいや: うん。 で、 てんちゃん の いらいぶん に も あった けど、 おかあさん が やっぱり…。
Seiya: Un. De, Ten-chan no iraibun ni mo atta kedo, okāsan ga yappari….
Seiya: Yeah. And as it was mentioned in Ten-chan’s request letter, her mother, as expected…
Mei (Elder Sister) (芽吹（姉）)
お母さんがやっぱ耐えられなかったみたいで、
めい（あね）: おかあさん が やっぱ たえられなかった みたい で、
Mei (Ane): Okāsan ga yappa taerarenakatta mitai de,
Mei (Elder Sister): It seems my mother couldn’t handle it, after all.
Seiya (せいや)
うーん。
せいや: うーん。
Seiya: Ūn.
Seiya: Mm.
Mei (Elder Sister) (芽吹（姉）)
結構、お母さんのほうが気分落ち込んじゃってる感じですね。妹より。
めい（あね）: けっこう、 おかあさん の ほう が きぶん おちこんじゃってる かんじ です。 いもうと より。
Mei (Ane): Kekkō, okāsan no hō ga kibun ochikonjatteru kanji desu ne. Imōto yori.
Mei (Elder Sister): My mother is feeling quite down. Even more than my sister.
Seiya (せいや)
うーん。てんちゃんの、家族に心配かけたくないとか、
せいや: うーん。 てんちゃん の、 かぞく に しんぱい かけたくない とか、
Seiya: Ūn. Ten-chan no, kazoku ni shinpai kaketakunai toka,
Seiya: Mm. Ten-chan’s desire not to worry her family,
Mei (Elder Sister) (芽吹（姉）)
うん。うん。うん。
めい（あね）: うん。 うん。 うん。
Mei (Ane): Un. Un. Un.
Mei (Elder Sister): Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Seiya (せいや)
明るく振る舞ってる、てんちゃんの気持ちも、やっぱすごいな、尊敬しますね。
せいや: あかるく ふるまっている、 てんちゃん の きもち も、 やっぱ すごい な、 そんけい します ね。
Seiya: Akaruku furumaiteru, Ten-chan no kimochi mo, yappa sugoi na, sonkei shimasu ne.
Seiya: And how she acts so cheerful—Ten-chan’s feelings are truly amazing, I really respect her.
Mei (Elder Sister) (芽吹（姉）)
そうですね。
めい（あね）: そう です ね。
Mei (Ane): Sō desu ne.
Mei (Elder Sister): That’s true.
📖 Grammar Explanation
Let’s break down each sentence and analyze the grammar!
1. テロップ: 1か月前に右目の手術 そして３週間後に左目の摘出手術を行う
- Particles: “1か月前に (ikka-getsu mae ni)” combines the Noun “1か月 (one month)” with the temporal postposition “前 (mae – ago)” and the time point particle “に (ni – at/in)”. “右目の手術 (migime no shujutsu)” links the Noun “右目 (right eye)” with the noun-modifying particle “の (no)” to “手術 (surgery)”. “３週間後に (san-shūkan go ni)” combines the Noun “３週間 (three weeks)” with “後 (go – after/later)” and the time particle “に (ni)”. “左目の摘出手術を (hidarime no tekishutsu shujutsu o)” marks “摘出手術 (extraction surgery)” as the direct object using the object marker particle “を (o)”.
- Conjunction: “そして (soshite)” is a conjunction used to order sequential events (“and then”).
- Verb Tense: “行う (okonau)” is a dictionary-form transitive Verb meaning “to perform/conduct”.
2. 芽吹（姉）: 左目取っちゃうってなったときに、もう、妹は笑って言うんですよ、それを。
- Particles: “妹は (imōto wa)” uses the topic marker particle “は (wa)” to mark “妹 (younger sister)” as the topic. “それを (sore o)” places the direct object pronoun “それ (that)” with the object particle “を (o)” at the end of the clause for emphatic word order inversion.
- Verb Tense: “左目取っちゃうってなったときに (hidarime totchau tte natta toki ni)” features the verb “取る (toru – to remove)” converted into its casual contracted form “取っちゃう (totchau)”, derived from Verb Te-form “取り (tori) + てしまう (te shimau – to complete fully/irreversibly)”. This connects via the quotation particle “って(tte)” to the Verb “なった (natta – became/was decided)”, which modifies the Noun “とき (toki – when/time)” followed by the time particle “に (ni)”. “笑って言うんですよ (waratte iu n desu yo)” combines the Verb Te-form “笑って (waratte – laughing)” with the Verb “言う (iu – to say)”, followed by the explanatory tone “〜んです (~n desu)” and the assertive sentence-ending particle “よ (yo – I tell you/emphasis)”.
- Adverb: “もう (mō)” is an emphatic adverb expressing emotional emphasis (“already / honestly / just”).
3. せいや: うーん。
- Interjection: “うーん (ūn)” is an interjection expressing contemplative listening or deep agreement (“Mm / I see”).
4. 芽吹（姉）: なんか、取ることなっちゃったわ～みたいな。
- Interjection: “なんか (nanka)” is a conversational interjection functioning as a filler word (“like / somehow”).
- Verb Tense & Modality: “取ることなっちゃったわ〜 (toru koto natchatta wa~)” connects the dictionary-form Verb “取る (toru)” with the nominalizer “こと (koto)” to form the pattern “Verb + ことになる (koto ni naru – it has been decided that…)”. Here, “になりました (ni narimashita)” contracts colloquially into “なっちゃった (natchatta – ended up becoming)” from “なってしまった (natte shimatta)”. The sentence-ending particle “わ (wa)” adds a gentle, casual feminine modality.
- Auxiliary: “みたいな (mitaina)” is a casual Noun-modifying auxiliary meaning “something like / along the lines of”.
5. 芽吹（姉）: もう、妹の前では、私も「そうなんだ」って言って、その場を去ったんですけど、そのあとちょっと一人で泣いて。
- Particles: “妹の前では (imōto no mae de wa)” combines Noun + “の (no)” + “前 (mae – front)” with the location particle “で (de – at/in)” and contrastive particle “は (wa)”. “私も (watashi mo)” uses the additive particle “も (mo – also/too)” after the Pronoun “私 (watashi – I)”.
- Verb Tense: “「そうなんだ」って言って («Sō nan da» tte itte)” quotes the conversational phrase “そうなんだ (I see / is that so)” using the quotation particle “って (tte)” followed by the Te-form of “言う (iu – to say)”. “その場を去ったんですけど (sono ba o satta n desu kedo)” uses the object particle “を (o)” with the past tense Verb “去った (satta – left)”, followed by explanatory “〜んです (~n desu)” and the conjunction “けど (kedo – but)”. “そのあとちょっと一人で泣いて (sono ato chotto hitori de naite)” uses the adverbial time phrase “そのあと (after that)”, filler adverb “ちょっと (a little)”, compound postposition “一人で (hitori de – alone/by oneself)”, and the Te-form of “泣く (naku – to cry)”.
6. 芽吹（姉）: 結構、つらかったですね、やっぱり。
- Adverb: “結構 (kekkō)” is an adverb meaning “quite / fairly / pretty”. “やっぱり (yappari)” is an adverb expressing subjective reflection (“as expected / after all”).
- Adjective & Copula: “つらかったですね (tsurakatta desu ne)” is the past tense of the I-adjective “つらい (tsurai – painful/tough)” combined with polite copula “です (desu)” and confirmation particle “ね (ne)”.
7. 芽吹（姉）: 妹がなんか元気にしてる分、それが余計、私にはちょっとつらく見えて。
- Particles: “妹が (imōto ga)” uses the subject marker particle “が (ga)”. “それが余計 (sore ga yokei)” uses subject marker “が (ga)” with the adverbial Na-adjective “余計 (yokei – all the more / excessively)”. “私にはちょっとつらく見えて (watashi ni wa chotto tsuraku miete)” combines Pronoun “私 (watashi)” with target particle “に (ni)” and contrastive “は (wa)”.
- Verb Tense & Structure: “元気にしてる分 (genki ni shiteru bun)” combines the Na-adjective phrase “元気にしている (genki ni shiteru – acting/being cheerful)” directly with the Noun/Grammar pattern “分 (bun – extent / proportion / since)”. Connecting a continuous Verb form to “分 (bun)” creates a causal relationship where the degree of one action directly scales another (“to the extent that… / all the more because…”). The I-adjective “つらい (tsurai)” transforms into its adverbial form “つらく (tsuraku)” to modify the Verb Te-form “見えて (miete – appearing/looking to be)”.
8. せいや: うん。で、てんちゃんの依頼文にもあったけど、お母さんがやっぱり…。
- Conjunction: “で (de)” is a colloquial transition conjunction (“and / so”).
- Particles & Verb Tense: “てんちゃんの依頼文にもあったけど (Ten-chan no iraibun ni mo atta kedo)” connects Noun + “の (no)” + “依頼文 (iraibun – request letter)” with location particle “に (ni)”, additive particle “も (mo – also)”, past Verb “あった (atta – existed/was written)”, and conjunction “けど (kedo)”.
9. 芽吹（姉）: お母さんがやっぱ耐えられなかったみたいで、
- Verb Tense & Auxiliary: “耐えられなかったみたいで (taerarenakatta mitai de)” uses the potential negative past form of Verb “耐える (taeru – to endure)” -> “耐えられない (cannot endure)” -> “耐えられなかった (could not endure)”. It connects directly to the conjectural Noun/Auxiliary “みたい (mitai – seems like)” in its Te-form “で (de)”, expressing a subjective conjecture based on observation.
10. 芽吹（姉）: 結構、お母さんのほうが気分落ち込んじゃってる感じですね。妹より。
- Particles: “お母さんのほうが (okāsan no hō ga)” uses the comparative structure “Noun + のほう (no hō – the side of…)” with subject particle “が (ga)” to indicate a contrast. “妹より (imōto yori)” uses the comparative particle “より (yori – than)” appended to “妹 (younger sister)” at the end of the sentence for postposed emphasis.
- Verb Tense & Copula: “気分落ち込んじゃってる (kibun ochikonjatteru)” combines Noun “気分 (kibun – mood)” with Verb “落ち込む (ochikomu – to feel down/depressed)” in its casual contracted Te-form continuous “〜じゃっている (~jatteru)” from “〜でしまっている (~de shimatte iru)”. “感じですね (kanji desu ne)” attaches the sentence-ending particle “ね (ne)” to “感じです (kanji desu – it feels like / impression)”. In this context, “ね (ne)” acts as a soft, empathetic sentence final particle used to seek gentle agreement or share a soft observation with the listener without sounding overly assertive.
11. せいや: うーん。てんちゃんの、家族に心配かけたくないとか、
- Particles & Verb Tense: “家族に心配かけたくないとか (kazoku ni shinpai kaketakunai toka)” uses target particle “に (ni)” with the idiom “心配をかける (shinpai o kakeru – to cause worry)”. The Verb “かける” takes the tai-form for desire “かけたい (want to cause)” and negates to “かけたくない (do not want to cause)”. The particle “とか (toka)” lists examples casually (“things like…”).
12. せいや: 明るく振る舞ってる、てんちゃんの気持ちも、やっぱすごいな、尊敬しますね。
- Verb Tense & Adjective: “明るく振る舞ってる (akaruku furumaiteru)” converts I-adjective “明るい (akarui – cheerful)” to adverbial “明るく (akaruku)” to modify the continuous Verb “振る舞っている (furumaiteru – behaving/acting)”, which acts as an adjectival clause modifying “てんちゃんの気持ち (Ten-chan’s feelings)”. “すごいな (sugoi na)” attaches the emotional interjection particle “な (na – exclamatory particle)” to I-adjective “すごい (sugoi – amazing/incredible)”.
- Particles & Verb: “尊敬しますね (sonkei shimasu ne)” uses the polite Verb “尊敬する (sonkei suru – to respect)” with agreement particle “ね (ne)”.
13. 芽吹（姉）: そうですね。
- Phrase: “そうですね (sō desu ne)” is a standard phrase expressing empathetic agreement (“That’s true / Indeed”).
Vocabulary List
| Word / Phrase | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 1か月前 (ikka-getsu mae) | one month ago (noun) |
| 右目 (migime) | right eye (noun) |
| 手術 (shujutsu) | surgery (noun) |
| ３週間後 (san-shūkan go) | three weeks later (noun) |
| 左目 (hidarime) | left eye (noun) |
| 摘出手術 (tekishutsu shujutsu) | surgical removal / extraction surgery (noun) |
| 行う (okonau) | to perform / to conduct (verb) |
| 取る (toru) | to remove / to take out (verb) |
| 笑う (warau) | to laugh / to smile (verb) |
| 言う (iu) | to say / to tell (verb) |
| 去る (saru) | to leave / to depart (verb) |
| 泣く (naku) | to cry (verb) |
| つらい (tsurai) | painful / tough / heartbreaking (i-adjective) |
| やっぱり (yappari) | as expected / after all (adverb) |
| 元気 (genki) | cheerful / healthy (na-adjective) |
| 〜分 (bun) | extent / degree / in proportion to (noun/grammar structure) |
| 余計 (yokei) | all the more / excessively (adverb/na-adjective) |
| 見る (miru) | to see / to look (verb) |
| 依頼文 (iraibun) | request letter (noun) |
| お母さん (okāsan) | mother (noun) |
| 耐える (taeru) | to endure / to bear (verb) |
| 気分 (kibun) | feeling / mood (noun) |
| 落ち込む (ochikomu) | to get depressed / to feel down (verb) |
| 感じ (kanji) | feeling / impression (noun) |
| 家族 (kazoku) | family (noun) |
| 心配をかける (shinpai o kakeru) | to cause worry / to trouble (verb phrase) |
| 明るい (akarui) | cheerful / bright (i-adjective) |
| 振る舞う (furumau) | to behave / to act (verb) |
| 気持ち (kimochi) | feelings / heart (noun) |
| 尊敬する (sonkei suru) | to respect / to admire (verb) |
Quick Quiz
Fill in the blanks ( ) to complete the natural conversation.
A: 疲れた～。
B: いつもより多く働いた（）、明日の休みはゆっくり過ごしてね。
1: けど
2: 時
3: 分
🔑 Check the Correct Answer & Explanation
Correct Answer: 3
📝 Dialogue Translation
A: I’m so tired~.
B: In proportion to working more than usual, please spend tomorrow’s day off relaxing.
💡 Explanation
The grammar pattern “Verb (plain form) + 分 (bun)” is used to express that a result or state changes in proportion to the degree or extent of an action. Here, Option 3 “分 (bun)” correctly connects to “働いた (worked)” to convey “to the extent that / since you worked more than usual”. Option 1 “けど (kedo – but)” creates an unnatural contradiction in this context. Option 2 “時 (toki – when)” refers strictly to a specific time rather than a proportion of effort or cause.
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