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Tracking device performance with 性能

Kanji Explanation: Ability and capability with 能

Manga panel from 名探偵コナン showing example of Tracking device performance with 性能.
名探偵コナン » Volume 2 » Page 57

Professor Agasa gives Conan a tracking device. He eagerly looks for an opportunity to see how it works.

コナン:
「そうだ！蘭(らん)に付(つ)けてこれの性能(せいのう)試(ため)してみっか！！」
“I know! I'll stick it on Ran and see how it performs!!”

Key Points

  1. 性能(せいのう) = performance or capability

    • Here 性能(せいのう) refers to how well the tracking device works.

  2. これの性能(せいのう) points to the gadget in hand

    • これ means “this one” or “this thing”, namely the tracker Agasa gave Conan.

    • The phrase means “this thing’s performance”.

  3. 試(ため)してみっか is casual “shall I try testing it?”

    • 試(ため)してみっか is a rough spoken version of 試(ため)してみるか.