Underutilized talent with 才能

トウワタ:

「そのですね…　ベニセンパイは才能(さいのう)があるのにそれにかまけて、ぜんっぜん努力(どりょく)しないんです。」

“Well, you see... Beni-senpai has talent, but she takes it for granted and doesn't put in any effort at all.”

「いっつも一人(ひとり)で昼寝(ひるね)するってどっか行(い)って。」

“She always go off somewhere to take a nap alone.”

Key Points

1. 才能(さいのう) = “talent” here means natural ability

   • 才能(さいのう) refers to innate aptitude rather than a skill someone mainly built through practice.

   • Here, ベニセンパイは才能(さいのう)がある sets up the complaint: Beni-senpai already has the natural ability.

2. それにかまけて = “resting on that” and neglecting other effort

   • Ⓐにかまけて means “to get wrapped up in Ⓐ and neglect something else”.

   • それ refers back to 才能(さいのう), so the idea is: she is coasting on her talent.

   • A natural full reading is: 才能(さいのう)があるのに、それにかまけて、努力(どりょく)しない → “Even though she has talent, she leans on that and doesn’t make an effort.”

3. いっつも…ってどっか行(い)って is very casual spoken narration

   • いっつも is a casual, chatty version of いつも.

   • 一人(ひとり)で 昼寝(ひるね)するって uses って as a casual quote marker: “saying she’s going to nap alone”.

   • どっか is casual どこか (“somewhere”), and どっか行(い)って means she goes off somewhere.

   • A fuller reconstruction is: 『一人(ひとり)で 昼寝(ひるね)する』って、どこかへ行(い)って。.