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Learn Japanese with Anime - How Can a Guy Who Can’t Save One Friend Become Hokage?

In this video we are going to analyse famous quotes from anime. Today we’re going to look at Naruto’s quote from Naruto.

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Analysis

仲間 means “a friend” who shares the same goal or destiny and work together in a group or organisation.

一人 means “one person”.

救えねぇ is a rough way to say 救えない meaning “can’t save”.

奴 means “a fellow” or “a guy”. So 仲間一人救えねぇ奴 means “a guy who can’t save one friend”.

が is a subject marker which is often mixed up with a topic marker は. There are several rules about が and は but basically “が” is used to emphasise what comes before and “は” is used to emphasise what comes after. For example, for the sentence “Naruto is eating ramen” if you say ナルトがラーメンを食べている it implies the one who is eating ramen is Naruto, not anyone else. So the question for this answer would be “誰がラーメンを食べている?” (WHO is eating ramen?) On the other hand, if you say ナルトはラーメンを食べている Naruto is just a topic of the sentence and the important part is his action “to be eating ramen”. So the question for this answer would be “ナルトは何をしている?” (WHAT is Naruto DOING?)

火影 literally means “Fire Shadow” which is a word that only exists in the Naruto world. It’s the highest class of ninja and often the strongest, representing the Konoha village.

A noun + the target particle に + なる means “to become something” and the potential form of なる is なれる. So 火影になれる means “can become Hokage”.

なんて emphasises the word or sentence which comes before and usually express negative feelings of the speaker such as disgust, disbelief, belittling and so on. So Naruto is saying that there is no point in becoming Hokage if he can’t save his friend.

This か is used for a rhetorical question which is a question that you ask without expecting an answer. It’s used to make a point, to persuade or for literary effect. So Naruto is strongly persuading Kakashi that it’s impossible for him to become Hokage without saving his friend by using a rhetorical question.

This よ is simply used to emphasise his opinion and emotion in order to make listeners aware of it.

Sentences

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How can a guy who can’t save one friend become Hokage?

なんて

You are so stupid that you believe that kind of story.
Most politicians can’t be trusted.
It’s inappropriate to come at this time.

かよ

How can it be possible that there are aliens under ground? (It can’t be!)
How can I go out dressed like this? (No, I can’t!)

NOTE

かよ is usually used by men. If you are a woman, just drop かよ and rise the intonation at the end of the sentence.

How can it be possible that there are aliens under ground? (It can’t be!)
How can I go out dressed like this? (No, I can’t!)

Vocabulary

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arieru
noun or verb acting prenominally, expression
  1. possible; probable
anna
pre-noun adjectival
  1. such (about something or someone distant from both speaker and listener, or about a situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)
iku
godan verb (iku/yuku), intransitive verb
  1. to go
uchuujin
noun
  1. space alien
kuru
kuru verb, intransitive verb
  1. to come (spatially or temporally)
konna
pre-noun adjectival
  1. such (about something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or about ideas expressed by the speaker)
shinjiru
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to believe
shinyou
noun, suru verb
  1. trust
sukuu
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to save
seijika
noun
  1. politician
chika
noun, no adjective
  1. underground
nakama
noun
  1. comrade; mate
nante
particle, adverb
  1. things like; such a thing as (expresses disdain, dislike, astonishment, etc.)
hijoushiki
noun, na adjective
  1. lack of common sense
hitori
noun
  1. one person (esp. 一人, 1人)

Kanji

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1 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. one, one radical (no.1)
Readings
Kun'yomi: ひと、ひと.つ、はじめ、てん、かづ、かつ、いる、まこと、かず、おさむ、か、かた、くに、さね、すすむ、たか、ただ、ち、のぶ、はじむ、ひ、ひじ、ひで、ひとし、まさし、もと、もろ、ひと-。
On'yomi: イチ、イツ。
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2 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. person
Readings
Kun'yomi: ひと、-と、-り。
On'yomi: ニン、ジン。
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3 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. below, down, descend, give, low, inferior
Readings
Kun'yomi: -くだ.す、お.りる、お.ろす、さ.がる、さ.げる、した、しも、もと、くだ.す、くだ.り、くだ.る、くだ.さる。
On'yomi: カ、ゲ。
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3 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. large, big
Readings
Kun'yomi: おお、おお.きい、おお.いに、もと、まさる、ひろし、はじめ、とも、たかし、おう、わ、うふ、-おお.いに、おお-。
On'yomi: ダイ、ダ、タイ、タ。
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6 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. going, journey
Readings
Kun'yomi: い.く、ゆ.く、おこな.う、おこな.い、C、-い.き、-ゆ.き、-いき、-ゆき、おこ.なう。
On'yomi: C、A、ゴウ、コウ、アン、ヒン、A、ギョウ。
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7 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. come, due, next, cause, become
Readings
Kun'yomi: く.る、き、こ、き.たす、き.たる、きた.す、きた.る。
On'yomi: ライ、タイ。
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10 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. time, hour
Readings
Kun'yomi: とき、-どき。
On'yomi: ジ、シ。
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12 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. interval, space
Readings
Kun'yomi: あいだ、ま、あい。
On'yomi: ケン、カン。
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13 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. tale, talk
Readings
Kun'yomi: はな.す、はなし。
On'yomi: ワ、エ、カ。
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5 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. utilize, business, service, use, employ
Readings
Kun'yomi: もち.いる。
On'yomi: ユウ、ヨウ。
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6 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. ground, earth
Readings
Kun'yomi: つ↗ち↘。
On'yomi: ジ↗、チ↘、ジ、チ。
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6 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. possess, have, exist, happen, occur, approx
Readings
Kun'yomi: あ.る。
On'yomi: ウ、ユウ。
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7 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. body, substance, object, reality, counter for images
Readings
Kun'yomi: からだ、かたち。
On'yomi: タイ、テイ。
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10 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. house, home, family, professional, expert, performer
Readings
Kun'yomi: いえ、や、うち。
On'yomi: ケ、ク、カ、コ。
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6 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. fond, pleasing, like something
Readings
Kun'yomi: この.む、い.い、す.く、よ.い。
On'yomi: コウ。
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8 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. reign, be at peace, calm down, subdue, quell, govt, cure, heal, rule, conserve
Readings
Kun'yomi: おさ.める、おさ.まる、なお.す、なお.る。
On'yomi: ジ、チ。
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8 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. un-, mistake, negative, injustice, non-
Readings
Kun'yomi: あら.ず、そし.る。
On'yomi: ヒ。
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9 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. faith, truth, fidelity, trust
Readings
Kun'yomi: のぶ、まこと。
On'yomi: シン。
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9 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. politics, government
Readings
Kun'yomi: まつりごと、まん。
On'yomi: ショウ、セイ。
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10 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. status, rank, capacity, character, case (law, grammar)
Readings
Kun'yomi: いた.る、いた.す、ただ.す、から.む。
On'yomi: コウ、キャク、カク、ゴウ。

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