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Don't care if it troubles you with 知ったことか

Manga panel from 三ツ星カラーズ showing example of Don't care if it troubles you with 知ったことか.
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Oyaji presented Colors with a bomb to defuse via a riddle, which led to problems for Officer Saitou. After Colors successfully defuses the bomb, Saitou tells Oyaji to stop playing bothersome games.

おやじ:
子供(こども)のためだ。お(まえ)迷惑(めいわく)(かうむ)ろうと()ったことか
“It's for the kids. I don't care if it will cause you trouble.”

Key Points

  1. ()ったことか dismisses responsibility

    • The idiom means “what do I care?” or “that is none of my concern”.

    • Oyaji uses it about whether Saitou is inconvenienced.

  2. 迷惑(めいわく)(かうむ)ろうと means even if you suffer trouble

    • 迷惑(めいわく)(かうむ)る means to be subjected to nuisance or trouble.

    • 〜うと sets up a concessive “even if”.