furimaapuri wa benrina ippou de, hanbaitesuuryou ga takai.

topic particle

Breakdown of furimaapuri wa benrina ippou de, hanbaitesuuryou ga takai.

• が: subject particle
• 便利べんり: convenient
• 高たかい: high

Questions & Answers about furimaapuri wa benrina ippou de, hanbaitesuuryou ga takai.

What does フリマアプリ mean?

フリマアプリ is short for フリーマーケットアプリ, literally flea market app.

In practice, it means an app where people buy and sell used or handmade items, like a mobile marketplace. Apps such as Mercari are often called フリマアプリ in Japanese.

• フリマ = short for フリーマーケット
• アプリ = app

So this is a very natural modern Japanese term.

Why is は used after フリマアプリ?

は marks フリマアプリ as the topic of the sentence.

The sentence is saying something like:

• As for flea market apps, they are convenient, but...

So フリマアプリは sets up the thing being discussed, and the rest of the sentence gives two comments about it:

1. it is convenient
2. the selling fee is high

This is very common in Japanese: first introduce the topic with は, then describe it.

Why is が used in 販売手数料が高い instead of は?