April 25th Daily Reading ブラックジャックによろしく: Community Reading Exercise

I’m sometimes completly lost noticing which reply is to which frame of the manga…

So here is an index…

Index:


I’ll also do H

Transcription:

間もなく春日部教授がいらっしゃる

今日は教授みずから執刀されるとの事だ

Vocabulary (only new) and interpretation:

  • 間もなく : lit. it is the adverbial form of “there is no time”; it is also an expression meaning “soon, in no time”
  • 春日部 (かすかべ) : that’s the name of the “God’s hand” professor
  • 教授【キョウ・ジュ】: professor
  • いらっしゃる : honorifi verb equivalent of 1. 行く, 2. 来る, 3. いる

間もなく春日部教授がいらっしゃる
=> “Professor Kasukabe will come very soon

  • みずから (自ら) : oneself, in person.
  • 執刀【シッ・トウ】: performing a surgical operation (note the anji 刀, katana, blade); made a verb with する, here in passive される (I think that passive is for politness/deference)
  • (smth)との事 : I heard that (smth), indicates hearsy of something.

今日は教授みずから執刀されるとの事だ
=> “Today, I have been told that the surgical operation will be done by the Professor in person.