honyaki wa ashita hajimaru.

topic particle

Breakdown of honyaki wa ashita hajimaru.

• 明日あした: tomorrow
• 始はじまる: to start
• 本焼ほにゃき: final glaze firing

Questions & Answers about honyaki wa ashita hajimaru.

How do you read 本焼き, and what kind of word is it?

It is usually read ほんやき.

In this sentence, 本焼き is a noun. In contexts like pottery or ceramics, it often refers to the main firing or final firing. So grammatically, it is the thing being talked about, and the verb 始まる tells you what happens with it.

Why is は used after 本焼き?

は marks the topic of the sentence.

So 本焼きは明日始まる is something like:

• As for the main firing, it starts tomorrow
• The main firing starts tomorrow

The important nuance is that は sets up 本焼き as the thing the speaker is talking about. It can also suggest contrast depending on context, but here it most naturally just marks the topic.

Why is there no particle after 明日?