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Don't care if it troubles you with 知ったことか

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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(こども)のためだ。お(まえ)迷惑(めいわく)(かうむ)ろうと()ったことか
“It's for the kids. I don't care if it will cause you trouble.”

Vocabulary

子供(こども)
children
(まえ)
you (informal, masculine)
  • Informal and rough second-person pronoun
迷惑(めいわく)
trouble
  • Refers to causing inconvenience or annoyance to others
(かうむ)
to suffer
  1. (かうむ)
  2. (かうむ)ろう (volitional)
  3. (かうむ)ろうと (volitional + と even if)
  • 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)
()ったことか
Rhetorical expression meaning "I don't care" or "It's none of my concern"