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Compatability fortune with 相性

Kanji Explanation: Mutuality and appearance with 相

Manga panel from それでも歩は寄せてくる showing example of Compatability fortune with 相性.
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At the school festival, Ayumu and Urushi stop by the affinity fortune telling booth while Maki is on duty. Maki holds out a box with an opening on top, and says the need to pull out a single card together.

マキ:
「０〜１００の点数(てんすう)が書(か)いてるからそれで相性(あいしょう)がわかるんだよ」
“Your compatibility is determined by the score written from 0 to 100.”
Literal: “Since a score from 0 to 100 is written there, you can tell your compatibility from that.”
「もちろん１００点(てん)が一番(いちばん)いいやつ」
“Naturally, 100 points is the best.”
歩(あゆむ):
「二人(ふたり)でですか？」
“Together?”

Key Points

1相性(あいしょう) means compatibility or affinity
  • 相性(あいしょう) describes how well two people, things, or personalities fit together.
  • In this booth, the card score is treated as a measure of Ayumu and Urushi’s romantic compatibility.
2それで points to the score as the basis
  • それで refers to the number written on the card.
  • The idea is that their compatibility will be known by means of that score.
3わかるんだよ explains how the booth works
  • んだよ gives an explanatory tone, as Maki tells them the rule of the fortune-telling.
  • The よ adds that she is presenting information they need to know.
4二人(ふたり)でですか asks about acting together
  • Ayumu is checking whether they must draw the card together.
  • The で marks the manner or grouping: “as two people” or “together”.

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