Breakdown of nezumari ga susumu ni tsurete, mizuhake ga waruku naru.
Questions & Answers about nezumari ga susumu ni tsurete, mizuhake ga waruku naru.
In this sentence, 根詰まり(ねづまり) is a gardening term meaning a plant’s roots have become too crowded in the pot or soil, so they are packed together and have little room to spread.
In English, this is often described as being root-bound or pot-bound.
So 根詰まりが進む means something like:
- the root-bound condition gets worse
- the roots become more crowded
- root congestion progresses
This is different from some other words with 詰まる / 詰まり, which can mean to be clogged or to be blocked in other contexts.
Because the sentence has two parts, and each part has its own subject:
根詰まりが進むにつれて
→ root crowding progresses水はけが悪くなる
→ drainage becomes worse
In Japanese, the subject of each clause can be marked with が.
So this is not strange or repetitive. It is just:
- 根詰まり is the thing that progresses
- 水はけ is the thing that becomes worse
