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Learn Japanese with Anime - What's The Colour Of Your Blood!

In this video we’re going to analyse Rei’s quote from Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star).

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Analysis

てめえ means “you” in a very aggressive and rude way and ら is the suffix which makes it plural, so てめえら means “you all” or “you guys”.

There is another similar suffix which is たち but with てめえ, ら is more commonly used than たち as ら also implies the speaker is looking down on the people, so it’s often used with disrespectful pronouns like てめえ, おめえ, 貴様 and so on, whereas たち doesn’t have that kind of nuance.

の is the possessive particle and 血 means “blood” so てめえらの血 means “your blood”. And は is the particle which indicates the topic of the sentence.

何色 is combined with 何 meaning “what” and the suffix 色 meaning “colours” so 何色 means “what colour”. By changing the suffix, you can modify the question, for example, 何人 (なにじん) meaning “what nationality”, 何語 meaning “what language”, and 何味 meaning “what flavour”. Remember that you read it as なに, not なん. It’s read as なん when it’s attached with a counter suffix such as 何時 meaning “what time”, 何歳 meaning “how old ” and 何人 (なんにん) meaning “how many people”.

Lastly, だ in the end of the sentence which contains a question word like 何 (what), 誰(who), どこ(where) and so on, is used to demand information in male speech which often sounds strong and authoritative. For example, when a teacher finds cigarettes in a student’s bag, he would say これはなんだ? meaning “what is this?”, or when a boss in the office is looking for his subordinate Yamada, he would say 山田はどこだ? meaning “where is Yamada?”.

Sentences

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Rei’s Quote

What’s the colour of your blood!

Personal Pronoun + ら (plural)

Hey! You guys, don’t draw graffitis on the wall of my house!
They shoplifted in a group? They are real idiots.
I will beat these guys altogether!

何 + Suffix (what …)

What is the closest train station?
What university did you graduate from?
What days are your days-off?

Interrogative + だ (used to demand information in male speech)

Where is the money? Give it to me now!
What is the reason why you were late to the important meeting?
Tell me the truth. Who is the mastermind?

NOTE

When you’re talking to yourself, both males and females can use it:

What is this? Delicious!

You can add the sentence ending particle:

Who the hell are you?

Vocabulary

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uchi
noun
  1. house
noun, no adjective
  1. one's home
okureru
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be late (usu. 遅れる)
omae
pronoun
  1. you (formerly honorific, now oft. derog. in ref. to an equal or inferior)
kaigi
noun, suru verb, no adjective
  1. meeting
kuromaku
noun
  1. wirepuller; power broker
koitsura
pronoun
  1. these guys; these fellows
kora
interjection
  1. hey! (used to scold or reprove)
shuudan
noun
  1. group
shusshin
noun, no adjective
  1. person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
shoujiki
na adjective, noun
  1. honest
daigaku
noun
  1. university
taosu
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to defeat; to beat

Kanji

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Stroke Count
15 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. who, someone, somebody
Readings
Kun'yomi: だれ、たれ、た。
On'yomi: ズイ、スイ。
Stroke Count
21 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. wear, wrap, tie, follow around, collect
Readings
Kun'yomi: まつ.わる、まと.う、まと.める、まと.まる、まと.い、ま.く。
On'yomi: デン、テン。
Stroke Count
3 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. ten thousand, 10,000
Readings
Kun'yomi: よろず。
On'yomi: マン、モン、バン。
Stroke Count
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。
Stroke Count
4 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings
Kun'yomi: -か、-び、ひ。
On'yomi: ジツ、ニチ。
Stroke Count
5 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude
Readings
Kun'yomi: -で、-だ.す、だ.す、で.る、い.だす、い.でる。
On'yomi: スイ、シュツ。
Stroke Count
5 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings
Kun'yomi: もと。
On'yomi: ホン。
Stroke Count
6 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. rest, day off, retire, sleep
Readings
Kun'yomi: やす.む、やす.まる、やす.める。
On'yomi: キュウ。
Stroke Count
7 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. what
Readings
Kun'yomi: なに、なん、あが、なに.の、なん.の、なん.ぞ、いず.れ、なに-、なん-。
On'yomi: ガ、カ。
Stroke Count
8 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. study, learning, science
Readings
Kun'yomi: まな.ぶ、まな、まなぶ。
On'yomi: ガク。
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8 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. gold
Readings
Kun'yomi: かね、かな、-がね、かな-。
On'yomi: コン、キン、ゴン。
Stroke Count
9 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. in front, before
Readings
Kun'yomi: まえ、さき、-まえ。
On'yomi: ゼン、セン。
Stroke Count
10 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. write
Readings
Kun'yomi: か.く、-が.き、-がき。
On'yomi: ショ。
Stroke Count
5 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. correct, justice, righteous, 10**40
Readings
Kun'yomi: ただ.しい、ただ.す、まさ.に、まさ。
On'yomi: ショウ、セイ。
Stroke Count
6 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
Readings
Kun'yomi: あ.う、あ.わせる、あつ.まる。
On'yomi: エ、ケ、カイ。
Stroke Count
6 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. early, fast
Readings
Kun'yomi: はや.い、はや.まる、はや.める、そ、さわ、さか、さ-、はや、はや-。
On'yomi: サッ、ソウ。
Stroke Count
6 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. color
Readings
Kun'yomi: いろ。
On'yomi: シキ、ショク。
Stroke Count
7 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. say
Readings
Kun'yomi: い.う、こと。
On'yomi: ゴン、ゲン。
Stroke Count
8 Strokes
English Meaning
  1. matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
Readings
Kun'yomi: こと、つか.う、つか.える。
On'yomi: ジ、シ、ズ。
Stroke Count
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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