honyaki no ato, kihou ya hibi o shinpaisuru koto wa nai.

After the final firing, there is no need to worry about air bubbles or cracks.

Breakdown of honyaki no ato, kihou ya hibi o shinpaisuru koto wa nai.

• を: direct object particle
• の: possessive case particle
• 心配しんぱいする: to worry
• 後あと: after

Questions & Answers about honyaki no ato, kihou ya hibi o shinpaisuru koto wa nai.

How is this sentence read?

A natural reading is:

ほんやき の あと、きほう や ひび を しんぱいする こと は ない。

Without the learner-style spaces, it would normally be written as:

本焼きの後、気泡やひびを心配することはない。

A few key readings:

• 本焼き（ほんやき） = final firing / glaze firing, especially in pottery or ceramics
• 後（あと） = after
• 気泡（きほう） = air bubbles / bubbles
• ひび = cracks
• 心配する（しんぱいする） = to worry about
• ことはない = there is no need to

What does 本焼きの後 mean grammatically?

本焼きの後 means after the final firing.

Breakdown:

• 本焼き = final firing
• の = links the noun to what follows, similar to of
• 後 = after

So literally, it is something like:

the after of final firing
which becomes natural English as after the final firing.

This is a very common noun phrase pattern:

• 食事の後 = after the meal
• 授業の後 = after class
• 仕事の後 = after work

The comma after 後 just marks that this time expression is setting the scene for the rest of the sentence.

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