• aliceblossom
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    4 days ago

    Did you translate this yourself? To me this reads more like: “Honestly, Sanae Takaichi’s emperor is a completely different person.” I.e its saying Trump is what she considers her emperor instead of the reigning Japanese emperor, Emperor Naruhito.

    • CarrotsHaveEars@lemmy.ml
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      3 days ago

      まったく means “truly” or “indeed”, but more importantly expresses the meaning of “as I have anticipated”.

      • Uruanna
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        3 days ago

        Are you confusing mattaku with yappari? I don’t think I’ve ever seen it used with that meaning. “Mattaku betsu no hito” simply means “someone else entirely.”