ほんなら

Japanese

Noun

ほんなら • (hon nara) 

1. Kansai and Kagoshima form of そんなら (son nara, “in that case”)
   • 1984 November 15, Motoka Murakami, “鹿(カ)児(ゴ)島(ンマ)の猛(も)者(さ)たちの巻(まき)”, in 六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)の剣(けん) (六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)の剣(けん)), volume 17 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 18:

     よし！　さっそくおめたちと稽(けい)古(こ)さしたい！それがオレからの返(へん)礼(れい)だ！この夏(なつ)木(き)六(ム)三(サ)四(シ)殺(ころ)せるもんなら殺(ころ)してみろ！

     Yoshi! Sassoku ome-tachi to keiko sa shitai! Sore ga ore kara no henrei da! Kono Natsuki Musashi koroseru mon nara koroshite miro!

     Alright! I’ll practice with all of you at once! Consider that my thank-you for welcomin’ me! If any of you think you can destroy me, Natsuki Musashi, do give it a go!

     ほんなら夏(なつ)木(き)ー‼まず一(イッ)番(バン)にオイと勝(しょう)負(ぶ)じゃっ‼

     Hon nara Natsukī‼ Mazu ibban ni oi to shōbu ja'‼

     Awrite den, Natsuki!! Ah’ll be yer first opponent!!

     (literally, “In that case, Natsuki!! Settle with me first and foremost!!”)