Far from getting information with 〜どころか
Grammar Explanation: Completely opposite to with 〜どころか
Conan moves in with Ran and her detective father in hopes of learning more about the black-clad men responsible for him shrinking to a child. Days later, Conan has become disillusioned by the idea.
- コナン:
- 「奴らの情報どころか、一件の依頼も来ねーぜ…」
- “Far from information on those guys, not even a single case commission has come...”
- Literal: “Far from information on those guys, not even one request is coming in...”
- “Far from information on those guys, not even a single case commission has come...”
Key Points
1〜どころか = far from that, not even
- Conan sets up one hoped-for thing and then says reality is even worse.
- Here it means “far from getting information on them…”
2来ねー is rough spoken negative
- 来ねー is a casual form of 来ない.
- That rough wording fits Conan’s frustration with Mouri’s useless detective office.
Vocabulary
情報 (Information)
情報 means information, intelligence, or data. It refers to facts or reports that tell you what is going on.
一件 (One matter)
一件 means one matter, one case, or one incident. It counts a single affair as a discrete item under discussion.
依頼 (Request)
依頼 refers to asking someone to handle a matter or task, or the act of making such a request.
See Also
- Grammar: Marking the topic with は and も
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