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An incompetent officer with 無能

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Police detective Yokomizo isn’t about to let Sasai, his prime murder suspect, leave. Sasai reminds the officer that he has photographic proof that he wasn’t near the victim at the time of the murder. He calls for Detective Mouri to back him up.

笹井(ささい):
名探偵(めいたんてい)のあなたからもいってやってくださいよ。 この刑事(けいじ)がいかに無能(むのう)かという(こと)を…」
“You, the great detective, should tell him yourself. Just how incompetent this police detective is...”
Literal: “You, the great detective, tell him too, please. The matter of just how incompetent this detective is...”

Key Points

1無能(むのう) = incompetent, lacking ability
  • Here 無能(むのう) is a direct insult aimed at the detective.
  • It strongly says he is useless at his job.

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