hayake to gaichuu ga fueta.

noun-connector particle

Breakdown of hayake to gaichuu ga fueta.

• が: subject particle
• 増ふえる: to increase
• 葉焼はやけ: leaf scorch

Questions & Answers about hayake to gaichuu ga fueta.

How do you read this sentence?

It is read:

葉焼け（はやけ）と害虫（がいちゅう）が増えた（ふえた）。

So the full reading is:

はやけ と がいちゅう が ふえた。

What does と mean here?

Here, と means and.

It connects the two nouns:

• 葉焼け = leaf scorch / leaf burn
• 害虫 = harmful insects / pests

So 葉焼けと害虫 means leaf scorch and pests.

In this sentence, と is simply listing two things together.

Why is there only one が even though there are two things?

Because the two nouns are being treated as one combined subject:

• 葉焼けと害虫 = leaf scorch and pests
• が marks that whole phrase as the subject

So Japanese does not need:

• 葉焼けが、害虫が増えた

unless you are making a special stylistic or contrastive point.

The normal phrasing is:

• 葉焼けと害虫が増えた

which means Leaf scorch and pests increased.

Why is the particle が used instead of は?