Testing one's detective ability with 能力

コナン:

「ハハ…　それでオレが薬(くすり)で小(ちい)さくされた事情(じじょう)を阿笠(あがさ)博士(はかせ)に聞(き)いて、こんな悪巧(わるだく)みを仕組(しく)んだってわけか…」

“So you heard from Dr. Agasa about how I was shrunk by a drug and cooked up this evil scheme, huh...”

父(とう)さん:

「悪巧(わるだく)みじゃないさ！　おまえの探偵(たんてい)としての能力(のうりょく)を試(ため)してんだよ…」

“It's not an evil scheme! I'm just testing your abilities as a detective...”

Key Points

1. 能力(のうりょく) = ability or capacity

   • Here 能力(のうりょく) means Conan’s capability as a detective.

   • It refers to overall ability, broader than one specific skill.

2. 探偵(たんてい)としての能力(のうりょく) means ability in the role of a detective

   • としての frames the standard or role being judged.

   • The father is specifically testing Conan’s competence as a detective, not as a child or son.

3. 試(ため)してんだよ is casual explanatory speech

   • 試(ため)してんだ is a contraction of 試(ため)しているんだ.

   • It gives the line a relaxed but explanatory tone: “I’m testing you, that’s all.”