【Demon Slayer】Zenitsu Goes Crazy – Memorable Quotes from Episode 2 in Entertainment District Art

はい、みなさん　こんにちは!Welcome to Sakura Neko’s Japanese Study Room, where you can learn Japanese from anime quotes! In this article, I will introduce some memorable quotes from Episode 2 of Demon Slayer – Entertainment District Arc (Season 2).

In this episode, Tanjiro, Inosuke and Zenitsu goes to 遊郭ゆうかく (yūkaku), the Entertainment District with Sound Hashira, Tengen Uzui (音柱おとばしら 宇髄天元うずいてんげん).

The English translation for each quote is from anime, and as you know, they are not necessarily the direct translation of the Japanese quote. Therefore, I put some explanation for each quote that can hopefully aid your understanding.

Quotes by Uzui Tengen

「いいか」is used to get listeners’ attention before you explain something. The polite variation would be 「いいですか」. These phrases can sound quite pushy as they are used in a similar way as ‘Can’t you see? / Don’t you understand?’

俺おれ (ore): I

神かみ (kami): god

お前まえら (omae ra): Plural version of お前まえ (omae), which is ‘you’

ゴミ (gomi): trash

The verb stem (なり in the middle of this sentence) can be used to connect 2 sentences – so this sentence can be broken into 2 shorter sentences.

俺おれが犬いぬになれと言いったら犬いぬになれ　Turn into dogs if I say so.

猿さるになれと言いったら猿さるになれ　Turn into monkeys if I say so.

Xに なれ (nare): The imperative form of なる (naru), which means ‘to become’

Verbたら + Consequence: If I did X, then [consequence]

犬いぬ (inu): dongs

言いう (iu): to say

猿さる (saru): monkeys

You can use「のだ」(and 「んだ」) for commands. As for the difference between this form and a simple imperative form, check this article on Tofugu.

全身全霊ぜんしんぜんれい (zenshin zenrei): complete devotion

へつらう (hetsurau): to flatter, to suck up to

「まだ早はやい」means ‘too early’. So, the actual translation would be more like ‘To you, it’s too early.’

「ダメ」can be used in some different ways. It can simply mean ‘no good’.

Ex. この靴くつはもうだめだ。 These shoes are no good anymore. (as in worn out)

It can also be used when one is decline someone else’s request

Ex. このジュースをのんでもいいですか。 Can I drink this juice?

ダメです。 No.

You can also use this word when someone or something is not achieving or serving its purpose.

Quotes by Zenitsu Agatsuma

「やべぇ」is a variant of 「やばい」, which is a very versatile word in Japanese. Originally, it means ‘dangerous’ or ‘risky’, it can also be used in a similar way as English ‘shoot’, ‘shit’, ‘damn’ etc. Additionally, many young people use this word when they are excited or happy, in a similar way as English “awesome!”.

やつ (yatsu): fellow

「うんでもない」means ‘unthinkable’, ‘impossible’ or ‘unexpected’.

「どっこいどっこい」is an expression that means ‘about the same’

「話はなし」can mean lots of things: ‘talk’, ‘speech’, ‘discussion’ etc. You can translate this phrase as ‘this conversion / what he is saying is outrageous’.

「ふざける」means ‘to joke’ or ‘to make fun of’. Its negative imperative form 「ふざけるな」(Stop messing around, Stop kidding. )is often used to express one’s frustration. As Tengen is Zenitsu’s superior, he tries to use polite language even while he expresses his frustration, using 「〜ていただきたい」instead of 「ください」.

「そういう」is ‘such’ or ‘like that’, and「妄想もうそう」means ‘fantasy’.

「していらっしゃる」is a polite version of 「している」(= is doing)