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Question about Virtua Fighter’s Akira Yuki’s iconic line: 十年早いんだよ！

十 (Juu): Ten

年 (Nen): Years

早い (Hayai): Quickly or Early

だ (Da): Copulative particle (to be)

よ (Yo): Emphasis particle (like an exclamation point)

Full Translation:
十年早いんだよ! (Juunen Hayain Da Yo!): You’re ten years too early.

What does the ん (N) in はやいん (Hayain) mean? Does anybody know?

4 comments

  4. “[xyz]んです” denotes an ‘explanatory’ tone. “I am explaining to you that [xyz] is the case”

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