Underutilized talent with 才能
Kanji Explanation: Ability and capability with 能
During a free day from training, Touwata and Mizubashou approach Tsubaki to request a favor. She would like Tsubaki to challenge Benisumomo to a one-on-one fight.
- トウワタ:
- 「そのですね… ベニセンパイは才能があるのにそれにかまけて、ぜんっぜん努力しないんです。」
- “Well, you see... Beni-senpai has talent, but she takes it for granted and doesn't put in any effort at all.”
- Literal: “Well... Beni-senpai has talent, but she relies on that and doesn't make any effort at all.”
- 「いっつも一人で昼寝するってどっか行って。」
- “She always go off somewhere to take a nap alone.”
Key Points
1才能 = “talent” here means natural ability
- 才能 refers to innate aptitude rather than a skill someone mainly built through practice.
- Here, ベニセンパイは才能がある 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, so the idea is: she is coasting on her talent.
- A natural full reading is: 才能があるのに、それにかまけて、努力しない “Even though she has talent, she leans on that and doesn’t make an effort.”
3いっつも…ってどっか行って is very casual spoken narration
- いっつも is a casual, chatty version of いつも.
- 一人で 昼寝するって 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 どっか行って means she goes off somewhere.
- A fuller reconstruction is: 『一人で 昼寝する』って、どこかへ行って。.
Vocabulary
才能 (Talent)
才能 means talent or aptitude in a particular field. It often suggests a natural gift, though training can also develop it.
努力 (Effort)
努力 means sustained effort or hard work toward a goal.
昼寝 (Nap)
昼寝 means a daytime nap or siesta.
行く (To go)
行く means to go or move toward a place away from the speaker.
See Also
- Kanji: Ability and capability with 能
- Grammar: Polite style with です and ます
- Grammar: Marking the topic with は and も
- Kanji: Daytime and noon with 昼
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