A hot-blooded cavalry battle with 血の気が多い
Idiom Explanation: Being hot-blooded with 血の気が多い
During sports day, the events break for lunch. Lulu joins her friends, and they discuss the upcoming afternoon activities.
- 響子:
- 「騎馬戦は特に血の気が多いけど」
- “The cavalry battles are especially full of hot-blooded guys, though.”
- 清美:
- 「うちは番長がいるから安泰だよね~」
- “As long as the big boss is here, we're safe and sound, right~”
Key Points
1血の気が多い = hot-blooded and quick to fight
- Kyoko uses it for the cavalry-battle crowd: aggressive, excitable, and ready to clash.
2騎馬戦は特に sets up the comparison
- 騎馬戦は makes the cavalry battle the topic, and 特に adds “especially”.
- The implied comparison is with the other sports-day events coming after lunch.
3Final けど softens the warning
- Kyoko leaves the thought open with けど, giving the line a trailing “though…” feeling instead of a hard warning.
4うちは = “our side”
- In うちは番長がいるから, うち means the speaker’s own group, not her house.
- 番長がいるから gives the reason: their big boss is there, so the group feels 安泰, safe and secure.
Vocabulary
騎馬戦 (Mock cavalry battle)
騎馬戦 means a school sports-day contest in which groups form human mounts and their riders try to take opponents’ caps or headbands.
うち (I)
うち can mean “I” or “me”, especially in Kansai speech and in casual speech among women. It also has other meanings, including “home” and “inside”.
番長 (Gang leader)
番長 means the leader of a group of juvenile delinquents, especially in school settings. It can also be used playfully for the dominant or toughest member of a group.
安泰 (Peace)
安泰 means safe, secure, and free from worry.
See Also
- Idiom: Being hot-blooded with 血の気が多い
- Grammar: Marking the topic with は and も
- Kanji: Peace and ease with 安
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