#conditional structures

Itadori Yuuji—responding to his grandfather's complaints about hospital visits.

俺(おれ)だって暇(ひま)じゃなきゃいちいち見舞(みま)いなんてこねーよ。 → Even I wouldn't come visit you every single time if I didn't have free time!

俺 (おれ) = I (masculine, casual)

だって = even; also

暇 (ひま) = free time; leisure

じゃなきゃ = if it’s not (informal contraction of ではない＋ければ)

いちいち = every single time; one by one (typically implies annoyance or that something is a hassle)

見舞い (みまい) = visiting someone who is ill or distressed

なんて = (particle) things like; such as (used to downplay or show triviality)

こねー = won't come (casual/slang contraction of こない, the negative of 来(く)る)

～だって (Focus Particle)

While だって can sometimes be used as a conjunction meaning "but" or "because" at the start of a sentence, when it follows a noun like 俺, it acts as a focus particle meaning "even."

It emphasizes that the subject is no exception to the rule.

It is slightly more colloquial than using も.

Note: You can think of this だって as a combination of the copula だ + the particle も (via a historical とて). It essentially sets up the subject as a "hypothetical even if," similar to "Even if you're talking about me..."

The Conditional: ～じゃなきゃ

This is a triple-contraction! It is the casual version of the negative conditional ～でなければ (de nakereba).

ではない (de wa nai) → じゃない (ja nai)

なければ (nakereba) → なきゃ (nakya)

Combined: じゃなきゃ (ja nakya)

While なきゃ on its own often means "must" (short for なきゃいけない), when it follows another phrase like 暇(ひま)じゃ, it functions as a standard "if not" conditional. In this context, it creates a hypothetical counterfactual: "If I didn't have free time (which I currently do), I wouldn't come."

Annoyance and Triviality: いちいち & なんて

Yuuji uses two specific words to add a "bark" to his sentence, matching his grandfather's grumpy energy:

いちいち: This highlights the repetitiveness of the visits. It suggests that doing it "every single time" is a bit of a chore.

なんて: By putting this after 見舞い (visit), he is acting like the visits aren't a big deal or are somewhat trivial; doing something kind but using language that makes it sound like he doesn't care.