Visiting at every break with 〜ごとに
Grammar Explanation: Every 〜 with 〜ごとに
Due to concern about his sister’s ribbon, which seals away her need to attack people for their blood, Kenji takes every opportunity he can to check up on her in at school.
- キョーコ:
- 「休み時間ごとに来ないでって言ってるでしょー、そんなに心配しなくても大丈夫だって！」
- “I'm telling you, you don't need to check up on me every break period. I'll be fine even without you worrying about me!”
- Literal: “I told you not to come every break period, right? I'm saying I'll be okay even if you don't worry that much!”
- “I'm telling you, you don't need to check up on me every break period. I'll be fine even without you worrying about me!”
- ケンジ:
- 「いや… リボンが緩んだりしてないかと。」
- “No, I'm just checking whether your ribbon's come loose.”
- キョーコ:
- 「それくらい自分でやるよ！」
- “I can handle that much on my own!”
Key Points
1休み時間ごとに = “at every break”
- Noun + ごとに means “every [noun interval]”, so 休み時間ごとに means “every break period”.
2来ないでって言ってる is quoted casual speech
- 「来ないで」 means “don’t come”, and って言ってる means “(I) keep saying”.
3Tone: frustrated, not formal
- The stretched でしょー sounds conversational and annoyed, which fits Kyoko’s exasperated “I keep telling you…”
- 「そんなに心配しなくても大丈夫だって！」 pushes back against his overprotectiveness: “I’ll be fine even if you don’t worry that much.”
4Kenji’s reply shows what he is worried about
- 「リボンが緩んだりしてないかと」 means “whether the ribbon has come loose or something like that”.
- The たりして softens it slightly, giving an example-type feeling rather than naming only one exact problem.
Vocabulary
心配 (Worry)
心配 means worry, concern, or anxiety. It is used when the mind is occupied by fear that something may go wrong, and it often works with する as “to worry”.
自分 (Oneself)
自分 means oneself, myself, or yourself depending on context. It originally points to one’s own share or allotted part, and from there to the self.
大丈夫 (All right)
大丈夫 means all right, okay, safe, or problem-free. Historically it could mean a great or admirable man, but in modern Japanese it is a broad reassurance word.
See Also
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