Nothing to do with Ayumu's situation with 知ったことか
Grammar Explanation: Lack of interest with 知ったことか
Sakurako tells Takeru not to go to the shogi club as he’ll get in the way of Ayumu being with Urushi. However, as a new member of shogi club, and as a man, Takeru feels it’s his duty to show up.
- タケル:
- 「歩の事情など知ったことか」
- “This has nothing to do with Ayumu's situation.”
- Literal: “Is Ayumu's situation or whatever something I know?”
Key Points
1知ったことか rejects concern
- 知ったことか literally sounds like “is that something I know/care about?”
- In context it means Takeru is dismissing Ayumu’s circumstances as irrelevant to his own duty.
2事情 means circumstances or situation
- 歩の事情 is Ayumu’s personal situation with Urushi and the shogi club.
- Takeru is not denying the situation exists; he is saying it does not matter to him.
3など adds dismissive distance
- など can mean “things like” and can make the noun feel belittled or brushed aside.
- That nuance fits Takeru’s exaggeratedly serious resolve to go anyway.
Vocabulary
事情 (Circumstances)
事情 means the circumstances of a situation, including what led to it and why.
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
- Grammar: Lack of interest with 知ったことか
- Kanji: Matters and events with 事
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