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Never mind that, what about the exam with いいから

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After failing an exam, Nako has to take a make-up exam. Bocchi provides her notes to help Nako learn the material better. After the test, Nako finds Bocchi and their friends waiting for her.

ぼっち:
「なこちゃん!」
“Nako-chan!”
なこ:
「なんだ(みんな) ()っててくれたのか」
“Hey everyone. You've been waiting for me?”
アル:
いいから追試(ついし)は?」
Never mind that, how'd the make-up exam go?”

Key Points

  1. いいから = “never mind that”

    • Here, Aru dismisses Nako’s surprise about everyone waiting and jumps straight to the exam result.

    • This is a common conversational use of いいから, not the literal meaning “because it’s good.”

  2. Abrupt omitted middle: いいから 追試(ついし)は?

    • The fuller idea is something like “そんなことはいいから、追試はどうだった?

    • Japanese often leaves out the predictable middle when the speaker wants to move the conversation along quickly.

  3. 追試(ついし) = “make-up exam”

    • 追試 is an extra exam taken after failing or missing the original one.

  4. Topic-marking with the rest omitted

    • In “追試は?”, sets up “the make-up exam” as the topic, while the actual question is left unsaid.

    • The natural meaning is “What about the make-up exam?” or “How did the make-up exam go?”

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