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Learning the ins and outs of even-ifs using 'ni shiro'

By Hitomi Tashiro and Akemi Tanahashi

Mar 28, 2016

Warugi-ga nakatta-ni shiro, higaisha-o kizutsuketa. (Even if they really didn't mean any harm, they did hurt the victim.)

Situation 1: Mr. and Mrs. Shiba are watching a TV program about the problem of bullying at a junior high school.

妻：　いじめる側の生徒達は、いつも「遊びのつもりだった」と言うのね。