What are the meaning of だろ, そりゃ and じゃ勝ち目 in the following sentence? The sentence is like this: 俺たちだけじゃ勝ち目ねーんだ。そりゃわかるだろ？ I wonder what are the meaning of 1. じゃ勝ち目 2. そりゃ 3. だろ 4. ねーんだ. (why there is

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What are the meaning of だろ, そりゃ and じゃ勝ち目 in the following sentence? The sentence is like this: 俺たちだけじゃ勝ち目ねーんだ。そりゃわかるだろ？ I wonder what are the meaning of 1. じゃ勝ち目 2. そりゃ 3. だろ 4. ねーんだ. (why there is a ’ー’? Does ねんだ have the same meaning?)

Mar 31, 2014 3:02 PM

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If none of the native speakers want to answer: This seems to be just colloquial (male) Japanese, i.e. phonetic shifts and simplifications in a somewhat rough style. じゃ=ではねー=ないんだ=のだそりゃ=それはだろ=だろう So you get 俺たちだけでは勝ち目ないのだ。それはわかるだろう？ Trying to imitate the style: We alone ain't got a chance, see? You got this, don't you?

April 2, 2014

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