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Corresponding letters of the alphabet with 相当

名探偵コナン » Volume 7 » Page 80

Following a series of murders, Conan discovers a message hidden in sheet music. He explains it to Ran.

コナン:
「ピアノの鍵盤(けんばん)左端(ひだりはし)から(じゅん)に、アルファベットをあてはめて…」
“Starting from the leftmost key on the piano keyboard, I assigned each key a letter...”
「メッセージの文字(もじ)相当(そうとう)する(おと)を、譜面(ふめん)()きしるしただけだよ…」
“I simply wrote down the notes corresponding to the letters of the message on the sheet music...”