Don't care if it troubles you with 知ったことか
Grammar Explanation: Lack of interest with 知ったことか
Oyaji presented Colors with a bomb to defuse via a riddle, which led to problems for Officer Saitou. After Colors successfully defuses the bomb, Saitou tells Oyaji to stop playing bothersome games.
- おやじ:
- 「子供のためだ。お前が迷惑被ろうと知ったことか」
- “It's for the kids. I don't care if it will cause you trouble.”
Vocabulary
- 子供
- children
- お前
- you (informal, masculine)
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- Informal and rough second-person pronoun
- 迷惑
- trouble
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- Refers to causing inconvenience or annoyance to others
- 被る
- to suffer
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- 被る
- 被ろう (volitional)
- 被ろうと (volitional + と even if)
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- Formal verb meaning to receive or suffer (usually something negative)
- Often used with damage, harm, or inconvenience
Grammar
- 〜のためだ
- It's for the sake of (something/someone)
- 〜ろうと
- Even if; whether or not (volitional form + と)
- 知ったことか
- Rhetorical expression meaning "I don't care" or "It's none of my concern"