Disbanding a music group with 解散
Kanji Explanation: Separating and understanding with 解
Detective Kogoro gives a young woman a ride home in exchange for concert tickets. While waiting for her to get the tickets, Kogoro notices the livingroom is filled with pop star posters.
- 小五郎:
- 「ヨーコちゃんに安斎明日香にＴＷＯ―ＭＩＸに星野輝美…」
- “There's Yoko, and Asuka Anzai, and Two-Mix, and Terumi Hoshino...”
- Literal: “Yoko-chan, and Asuka Anzai, and TWO-MIX, and Terumi Hoshino...”
- 「すげーな！解散しちまったレックスのもあるぞ！！」
- “Amazing! There's even the disbanded group Lex!”
- Literal: “Amazing! There are even ones of Lex, who went and disbanded!!”
- コナン:
- 「そんなに知ってるあんたもスゲーよ…」
- “It's also amazing that you know that much about them...”
- Literal: “You knowing that much is amazing too...”
Key Points
1解散 = a group breaking up
- Here 解散 means the band Lex has disbanded.
- It is used for organizations, groups, and teams splitting up or being dissolved.
2しちまった adds casual regret or emphasis
- 解散しちまった is a contracted spoken form of 解散してしまった.
- In this line it gives a rough, conversational feel: “they went and broke up”.
3のもあるぞ = there’s even one of those too
- The omitted noun after の is something like poster or item.
- Kogoro is saying there is even memorabilia from a band that has already broken up.
- ちゃん is an affectionate, informal suffix attached to names, used mainly for children, close friends, and family members.
Vocabulary
解散 (Dissolution)
解散 means dispersing a group or formally dissolving an organization.
知る (To know)
知る means to learn or come to know a fact or person. In the form 知っている, it describes already knowing.
See Also
- Kanji: Separating and understanding with 解
- Future entry: Past tense with 〜た・〜だ
- Grammar: Doing completely or ending up doing with 〜てしまう and 〜ちゃう
- Grammar: Marking the topic with は and も
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