Breakdown of unkousaikai no ato de, hunayoi wo sita.
Questions & Answers about unkousaikai no ato de, hunayoi wo sita.
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:
- experience
- have
- get
- suffer
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?
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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