Corresponding letters of the alphabet with 相当
Kanji Explanation: Mutuality and appearance with 相
Following a series of murders, Conan discovers a message hidden in sheet music. He explains it to Ran.
- コナン:
- 「ピアノの鍵盤の左端から順に、アルファベットをあてはめて…」
- “Starting from the leftmost key on the piano keyboard, I assigned each key a letter...”
- Literal: “Starting in order from the left edge of the piano keyboard, I applied the alphabet...”
- 「メッセージの文字に相当する音を、譜面に書きしるしただけだよ…」
- “I simply wrote down the notes corresponding to the letters of the message on the sheet music...”
- Literal: “I only wrote down on the score the sounds that correspond to the letters of the message...”
- “Starting from the leftmost key on the piano keyboard, I assigned each key a letter...”
Key Points
- Here 相当する means “to match up with” or “to correspond to”.
- Conan is pairing each letter with its matching piano note.
- 「メッセージの文字に 相当する 音」 means “the notes corresponding to the letters of the message”.
- The に marks what those notes correspond to.
- Conan frames the method as simple with 〜だけだよ.
- It gives the sense of “that’s all I did”, even though the decoding was actually quite smart.
Vocabulary
文字 (Letters)
文字 means letters, characters, or written text. It is a broad everyday word for visible writing.
左端 (Left edge)
左端 means the left edge or left end of something. In everyday speech it is often read 左端, especially when referring to a visible object like a page, row, or keyboard. It points to the far-left boundary of a space or arrangement.
譜面 (Score)
譜面 is a visual representation of a musical composition using notes and musical symbols.
鍵盤 (Keyboard)
鍵盤 means a keyboard, especially of a piano or similar instrument. Each key is one control on a board.
相当 (Corresponding)
相当 means being in line with or appropriate for a certain standard or condition, or indicating a fairly significant degree.
See Also
- External: Past tense with 〜た・〜だ
- Kanji: Faces and surfaces with 面