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In a manga, a character thinks about the feelings he has about his opponent
(Jin) before a fight:

> いつもいらついてる
>
> むかつく 歯痒い ‥‥‥悔しい
>
> 仁【じん】、お前にも
>
> 自分にも
>
> だから

And then the two characters start to fight. What I don't understand is the
meaning of お前にも and 自分にも. I think there is something unsaid here, but I am not
sure what it is. Could it be "both you and me know that (the fact I can't
stand you)"?
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grammar translation meaning
Implicit meaning of お前にも and 自分にも
It is an inversion. It means お前にも自分にも, むかつく, 歯痒い, ‥‥‥悔しい.
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At least from the context provided, there seems to be nothing left unsaid or
implied. It is all written out there.

「いつもいらついている」("I am always irritated")

↓

「仁{じん}、お前{まえ} **にも** 」 = "by/towards you, Jin"

↓

「自分{じぶん} **にも** 」 = "and by/towards myself as well"

Japanese word order is far more flexible than some might think or even have
been taught ( ** _as long as the right particles are used at the right
places_** ).

A more common way of saying the above would be:

> 「（オレは）、仁、お前にも、（また/そして）自分にも、いつもいらついている。」

Finally, I will not go without saying that, by using the inverted word order
as in the orignal, the statement sounds much more "dramatic" in this case.
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