正々堂々勝負して's meaning


In [this anime trailer](https://youtu.be/2supSiC27XU?t=28) the protagonist say
this sentence:

> **正々堂々勝負して** 、あ、みやがれってんだ！

I can't figure out the meaning... Is maybe something like "Fight like a man!"
or "Don't play rough!"?

PS: here the [context scene.](https://youtu.be/tXeBkgiBTac?t=3m26s)




"Fight like a man!" is more or less exactly what it means in this context.

More generally, it could mean something to the effect of "fight/play fair and
square" or "fight/play without resorting to cowardly/underhanded means" etc.
Here, the speaker seems to refer to the fact that the sitting guy is making
the other two fight in his stead.

To break it down a bit more:

  * 正々堂々 means "fair and square", "without resorting to cowardly/underhanded means". "Like a man" is a very faithful translation in this context.
  * 勝負する means "to fight", "to compete", "to play (competitively)" etc.

  * ～てみやがれ！ (from ～てみろ) would literally mean "try to (x)!" or "how about you (x)!". In some contexts you would translate this, e.g.「この一撃に耐えてみやがれ」~ "(Go ahead,) try to withstand this attack." In this context, you could translate it as "Try fighting like a man!" or "How about fighting like a man!". Still, this sounds noticeably more literal (and clunky) in English.

  * ～ってんだ kind of has a similar vibe as adding "(...), is what I'm saying" to the end of a statement, or starting a sentence with "I'm telling you ~". So the sentence would even more literally become something like "How about fighting like a man, is what I'm saying!" or "I'm telling you to try fighting like a man!". However, the Japanese meaning is much less literal than this / mainly modifies the nuance, so these too would normally be lost in translation.




"Fight like a man!" is more or less exactly what it means in this context.

More generally, it could mean something to the effect of "fight/play fair and
square" or "fight/play without resorting to cowardly/underhanded means" etc.
Here, the speaker seems to refer to the fact that the sitting guy is making
the other two fight in his stead.

To break it down a bit more:

  * 正々堂々 means "fair and square", "without resorting to cowardly/underhanded means". "Like a man" is a very faithful translation in this context.
  * 勝負する means "to fight", "to compete", "to play (competitively)" etc.

  * ～てみやがれ！ (from ～てみろ) would literally mean "try to (x)!" or "how about you (x)!". In some contexts you would translate this, e.g.「この一撃に耐えてみやがれ」~ "(Go ahead,) try to withstand this attack." In this context, you could translate it as "Try fighting like a man!" or "How about fighting like a man!". Still, this sounds noticeably more literal (and clunky) in English.

  * ～ってんだ kind of has a similar vibe as adding "(...), is what I'm saying" to the end of a statement, or starting a sentence with "I'm telling you ~". So the sentence would even more literally become something like "How about fighting like a man, is what I'm saying!" or "I'm telling you to try fighting like a man!". However, the Japanese meaning is much less literal than this / mainly modifies the nuance, so these too would normally be lost in translation.

