Learn Japanese with Anime - I Can't Beat The S**t Out Of You Without Getting Closer

Analysis

The grammar used in this quote is “if one doesn’t do A, B won’t be achieved”. There are double negatives but it simply means “one needs to do A in order to achieve B”.

近づかなきゃ means “if I don’t get closer”.

近づかない is the negative form of 近づく meaning “to approach or get close”.

And きゃ is the casual way of saying ければ meaning “if”.

So when you make conditionals with verb negative form, just remove the い in the end and attach きゃ in casual speech or ければ in formal speech.

てめーをぶちのめせない means “I can’t beat the shit out of you”.

てめー means “you” in a very offensive way. This line is the prolonged sound mark which lengthens the previous vowel (e). It can also be written as てめえ with the same pronunciation.

を indicates the direct object of the following action.

ぶちのめせない is the negative form of ぶちのめせる which is the potential form of ぶちのめす.

It’s a compound verb made up of ぶつ meaning “to hit hard” and のめす meaning “to make someone fall”, so ぶちのめす directly means “to hit someone forcefully so they can’t get back up”.

So 近づかなきゃてめーをぶちのめせない means “If I don’t get closer, I can’t beat the shit out of you” which can be rephrased as “I need to get closer in order to beat the shit out of you”.

And it’s followed by んでな.

んで (conjunction) is the casual way of saying ので meaning “because” so 近づかなきゃてめーをぶちのめせないんで means “Because I can’t beat the shit out of you without getting closer”. So it’s an incomplete sentence added to what Dio previously said which is “you’re approaching me”.

And the な particle is often used with an incomplete sentence in male speech when making an addition to the previous statement.