mizuyari no ato, ekitaihiryou o tsukau.

direct object particle

Breakdown of mizuyari no ato, ekitaihiryou o tsukau.

• の: possessive case particle
• 使つかう: to use
• 後あと: after

Questions & Answers about mizuyari no ato, ekitaihiryou o tsukau.

How do you read this sentence?

It is read:

みずやり の あと、えきたいひりょう を つかう。

More naturally without spaces:

水やりの後、液体肥料を使う。
みずやりのあと、えきたいひりょうをつかう。

What does 水やり mean here?

水やり means watering, especially watering plants.

It comes from:

• 水 = water
• やり = giving / doing

In this expression, it does not just mean water by itself. It means the act of giving water to plants.

So 水やりの後 means after watering.

Why is there a の in 水やりの後?

Here, 後 is a noun meaning after / later / the time after.

Japanese often connects one noun to another with の. So:

• 水やり = watering
• 後 = after
• 水やりの後 = the time after watering / after watering

This is a very common pattern:

• 食事の後 = after the meal
• 仕事の後 = after work
• 運動の後 = after exercise