Literal meaning and parsing of 軽音部とかけて双六と解く


I am watching けいおん！ and in the Episode 17 「部室がない！」the club is trying to find a
room for rehearsals. After not finding a suitable room Yui says:

「軽音部{けいおんぶ}とかけて双六{すごろく}と解{と}く」

In response she is asked what she means, so I gather that she is talking in an
abstract way. My problems are that:

  * すごろく is obviously a kind of a board game, but to play it would be 双六をする
  * instead 双六と解く is used, but even if by thinking about a game as a kind of puzzle you could "solve/untangle a game" I would expect 解く to use the を-Particle instead of と
  * かける can have so many different meanings. I found that the combination of とかける is found often in "multiply x with y". But I don't think this meaning is correct here as "双六 multiplied with the Light Music Club" because IMO that would need to be 軽音部とかけ **た** 双六 or 軽音部とかけ **て(い)た** 双六

So what does the sentence literally mean? Thanks a lot!




Okay. It should be a word play called
[なぞかけ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%AA%E3%81%9E%E3%81%8B%E3%81%91).

The structure should be「AとかけてBと解{と}く」and you may be replying「その心{こころ}は」after
you have heard.「その心は」is bit hard to translate, but it normally implies "What
does it mean?" or alike.

There should be some relationships between A and B. The response should
explains similarities or points in common or whatever which is related.

I think 「軽音部{けいおんぶ}とかけて双六{すごろく}と解{と}く」is saying the both are " **just a
hobby** " and it is not treated as seriously as brass band club because the
rockband does not seem as beautiful as brass bands. And 双六 also sounds
gambling and you play the game relying on luck, so it can not be as serious as
chess or shogi or alike.

My answer should be "a hobby" or "an entertainment" or "killing time" compared
to other club activities which leads to Inter-High School Championships.
Therefore they can not find a rehearsal room. I hope it fits the context of
the manga:「けいおん」.




Okay. It should be a word play called
[なぞかけ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%AA%E3%81%9E%E3%81%8B%E3%81%91).

The structure should be「AとかけてBと解{と}く」and you may be replying「その心{こころ}は」after
you have heard.「その心は」is bit hard to translate, but it normally implies "What
does it mean?" or alike.

There should be some relationships between A and B. The response should
explains similarities or points in common or whatever which is related.

I think 「軽音部{けいおんぶ}とかけて双六{すごろく}と解{と}く」is saying the both are " **just a
hobby** " and it is not treated as seriously as brass band club because the
rockband does not seem as beautiful as brass bands. And 双六 also sounds
gambling and you play the game relying on luck, so it can not be as serious as
chess or shogi or alike.

My answer should be "a hobby" or "an entertainment" or "killing time" compared
to other club activities which leads to Inter-High School Championships.
Therefore they can not find a rehearsal room. I hope it fits the context of
the manga:「けいおん」.

