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Demolishing the movie theater with 解体

Kanji Explanation: Separating and understanding with 解

Manga panel from 名探偵コナン showing example of Demolishing the movie theater with 解体.
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Conan and his friends go to the theater to see a movie. There, they discover this is the last day before the theater closes.

コナン:
「そっか！それで場内(じょうない)にロープとかが落(お)ちてたんだね！」
“Oh, I see! That's why there were ropes and stuff lying around the venue!”
オーナー:
「スマンのう…　業者(ぎょうしゃ)の者(もの)が上映(じょうえい)時間(じかん)キリキリまで解体(かいたい)作業(さぎょう)の準備(じゅんび)をしとったから…」
“Sorry about that... The contractor's crew was rushing to get the dismantling ready right up until showtime...”
Literal: “Sorry... Because the contractor's people were preparing the dismantling work right up until the screening time...”
スタッフ:
「まったく…　明日(あした)まで待(ま)ってくれればいいものを…」
“Honestly... They could've at least waited until tomorrow...”

Key Points

1解体(かいたい) here means dismantling the building
  • In this scene 解体(かいたい) refers to demolition work on the movie theater.
  • It is about taking a structure apart, not simply “disassembling” a small object.
2解体(かいたい)作業(さぎょう) is the demolition work itself
  • The full phrase means the work of dismantling or tearing the place down.
3キリキリまで suggests they worked right up to the limit
  • 上映(じょうえい)時間(じかん)キリキリまで means “right up until showtime”.
  • It emphasizes how close to the last possible moment they were preparing.
  • それで at the start of a sentence refers back to something previously said and introduces the result, much like “so” or “therefore” or “and then”.

Vocabulary

(Screening)

上映(じょうえい) means the screening or showing of a film. It is used for movies being shown publicly in theaters or at events.

(Dismantling)

解体(かいたい) refers to the process of taking apart something that has been assembled or is held together as a single unit. By extension, the term is used in various contexts depending on the subject, such as demolishing a building, abolishing an organization or system, or performing a dissection on a living organism.

(Tomorrow)

明日(あした) means tomorrow. It names the day after the present one.

See Also

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