Japanese with Manga

Menu items like secret attacks from a comic with 〜みたい

Grammar Explanation: Likening things with 〜みたい

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Looking over the menu at Chiya’s shop, Chino and Rize are mystified by the strange dessert names.

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「なんだこの漫画(まんが)の必殺技(ひっさつわざ)みたいなメニューは…」
“What's with this menu like special techniques from a comic?”
Literal: “What is this menu like a manga special attack...”

Key Points

1漫画(まんが)の必殺技(ひっさつわざ)みたいな modifies メニュー
  • みたいな places the comparison before a noun, making this “a menu like special attacks from a manga”.
2なんだこの〜は expresses bafflement
  • The frame means “what is with this…?” and gives the observation an incredulous tone.
3漫画(まんが)の必殺技(ひっさつわざ) supplies the basis of the comparison
  • の links the special attacks to manga, so the strange menu names sound like moves taken from a comic.

Vocabulary

(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.

(Manga)

漫画(まんが) means manga or comics, which tell stories or jokes through drawings, panels, and dialogue.

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