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Deactivating a bomb with 解除

Kanji Explanation: Separating and understanding with 解

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A shop owner tells the Colors trio that he’s crafted a bomb.

おやじ:
「解除(かいじょ)しなければこの街(まち)はドカンだ」
“If you're not able to deactivate it, this district will go kaboom!”
Literal: “If you do not deactivate it, this town goes boom.”

解除(かいじょ) here refers to deactivating (canceling) the bomb.

Key Points

1解除 means deactivation or release
  • 解(かい) carries releasing or undoing, and 除 adds removal.
  • For a bomb, 解除(かいじょ) is deactivation or disarming.
2しなければ sets a condition
  • 解除(かいじょ)しなければ means “if you do not deactivate it”.
  • The consequence follows immediately: the district goes boom.
3ドカン is a sound-effect-like result
  • ドカン mimics an explosion or big impact.

Vocabulary

(Cancellation)

解除(かいじょ) means lifting a restriction, prohibition, lock, or other imposed state.

(This)

この means “this” or “these” and comes directly before a noun. It points to something near the speaker or something the speaker is referring to in the conversation.

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