unkousaikai no ato de, hunayoi wo sita.

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What does 運航再開 mean as one unit?

運航再開 is a compound noun.

  • 運航 = operation/navigation of a ship, ferry, flight, etc.
  • 再開 = restarting, resumption

So together, 運航再開 means the resumption of service/operations.

It is a fairly formal expression. For a ferry or ship, it can mean that service started again after being suspended.

Why is there の before あとで?

Because あと is a noun, and here it is attached to another noun phrase.

  • 運航再開 = a noun
  • あと = after
  • Noun + の
    • あと

So:

  • 運航再開のあとで = after the resumption of operations

This is similar to:

  • 食事のあとで = after the meal
  • 授業のあとで = after class

If the first part were a verb instead, you would not use の. For example:

  • 運航が再開したあとで = after operations resumed
What is the difference between あと and あとで here?

In this kind of sentence, the difference is small.

  • あと = after
  • あとで = after, afterward

Both can mark that one thing happens later than another. In many everyday sentences, あとで sounds very natural when introducing the later event.

So these are both possible:

  • 運航再開のあと、船酔いをした。
  • 運航再開のあとで、船酔いをした。

The で does not drastically change the meaning here; it just makes the time expression sound a little more complete and natural.

Why is it 船酔いをした instead of just 船酔いした?

船酔い is usually treated as a noun, and the common pattern is:

  • 船酔いをする = to get seasick / to be seasick

So:

  • 船酔いをした = got seasick / was seasick

This is similar to:

  • けがをした = got injured
  • くしゃみをした = sneezed

You may sometimes hear shortened forms in casual speech, but 船酔いをした is the standard, safer form for learners.

Does した literally mean did here?

Grammatically, yes: it is the past tense of する.

But in English, you usually would not translate it literally as did seasickness. In this pattern, する often means something more natural like:

So 船酔いをした is best understood as:

  • got seasick
  • was seasick

This is a very common thing in Japanese: the grammar may use する, but the natural English translation uses a different verb.

What exactly does 船酔い mean?

船酔い means seasickness—motion sickness caused by being on a boat or ship.

Related words:

  • 車酔い = carsickness
  • 乗り物酔い = motion sickness in general

So 船酔い specifically tells you the sickness came from being on the water.

Is 運航再開のあとで a natural phrase?

Yes, but it sounds somewhat formal because 運航再開 is formal.

This kind of phrasing is common in:

  • news
  • announcements
  • reports
  • official writing

In more conversational Japanese, someone might say:

  • 運航が再開したあとで、船酔いをした。

That version sounds less compressed and a bit more like spoken language.

Could this sentence have an omitted subject?

Yes. Japanese often leaves out the subject when it is clear from context.

So 船酔いをした could mean:

  • I got seasick
  • he got seasick
  • she got seasick
  • they got seasick

depending on the situation.

If your provided translation says I got seasick, that I is coming from context, not from an explicit word in the Japanese sentence.

What does あとで tell us about timing? Does it mean immediately after?

Not necessarily.

あとで mainly shows sequence: one event happened after another. It does not by itself say whether it was:

  • immediately after
  • much later
  • somewhere in between

So 運航再開のあとで、船酔いをした。 means that the seasickness happened after operations resumed, but the sentence alone does not tell you exactly how soon afterward.

Why is there a comma after あとで?

The comma marks a pause after the time expression:

  • 運航再開のあとで、 = after operations resumed, ...

This is very common when a sentence begins with a time phrase or other introductory phrase.

It helps readability, but punctuation in Japanese is often somewhat flexible. The sentence could also appear without a comma in some contexts.

Could this sentence be rewritten in other natural ways?

Yes. Some natural alternatives are:

  • 運航が再開したあとで、船酔いをした。
  • 運航再開後に、船酔いをした。
  • 運航再開後、船酔いになった。

These are slightly different in style:

  • 運航が再開したあとで = more verbal, more straightforward
  • 運航再開後に = compact, formal, written
  • 船酔いになった = focuses on became seasick

Your original sentence is perfectly understandable; it just has a somewhat formal feel because of 運航再開.

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