Breakdown of kono kikan ha iryou no kenkyuu wo suru.
Questions & Answers about kono kikan ha iryou no kenkyuu wo suru.
How is this sentence read aloud?
What does この do here, and why can’t I say これ機関?
What does 機関 mean here?
Here, 機関 means something like institution, organization, or agency.
In different contexts, 機関 can also mean things like mechanism or even engine, so learners often get confused. In this sentence, because it is doing research, the meaning is clearly institution/organization.
So この機関 means:
- this institution
- this organization
Why is the particle は used after 機関?
は marks the topic of the sentence.
So この機関は means:
- As for this institution, ...
- This institution, ...
It sets up what the sentence is about.
A very literal breakdown is:
- この機関は = As for this institution
- 医療の研究をする = does medical research
In natural English, we usually just say This institution does medical research.
Why is there a の between 医療 and 研究?
Here, の links two nouns together.
- 医療 = medical care / medicine
- 研究 = research
So 医療の研究 means research related to medicine / medical research.
You can think of の here as something like:
- of
- related to
- sometimes just a noun-linker
It does not always translate neatly into one English word. Its job is to connect the nouns naturally in Japanese.
Why is it 研究をする instead of just 研究する?
Both are possible.
- 研究をする
- 研究する
This is because 研究 is a verbal noun, often called a suru-noun. It can act like a noun plus する, or like a verb on its own with する attached.
So:
- 医療の研究をする = to do research on medicine / to do medical research
- 医療の研究をする sounds very straightforward and textbook-clear
- 医療の研究をする and 医療の研究をする are not different in meaning here
You will also often see:
- この機関は医療の研究をしている
for This institution is doing / conducts medical research
Could I say 医療を研究する instead?
Yes, but it is a little different in nuance.
- 医療の研究をする = do research in/about the medical field
- 医療を研究する = study medical care itself
So 医療を研究する treats 医療 more directly as the object being studied.
医療の研究をする sounds more like the general activity of conducting medical research.
In many situations, 医療の研究をする is the more natural phrasing for do medical research.
What is the function of を in this sentence?
を marks the direct object of the verb.
Here, the direct object is:
- 医療の研究 = medical research
So:
- 医療の研究をする = do medical research
Even though English says do research, Japanese uses を to mark research as the thing being done.
What tense is する here?
する is the plain non-past form.
Non-past in Japanese can mean:
- present habitual: does
- future: will do
So this sentence could mean:
- This institution does medical research
- This institution will do medical research
Without more context, the most natural interpretation is usually the habitual present: This institution does medical research.
Is this sentence formal or casual?
It is in the plain form, so grammatically it is less formal than a です / ます sentence.
- Plain form: この機関は医療の研究をする。
- Polite form: この機関は医療の研究をします。
That said, the vocabulary itself—especially 機関 and 医療—sounds fairly formal or academic. So even in plain form, the sentence feels somewhat formal in content.
What is the basic word order of this sentence?
The basic order is:
- この機関は = topic
- 医療の研究を = object
- する = verb
So the structure is:
Topic + object + verb
A very literal English-style breakdown would be:
- As for this institution, medical research does.
That sounds unnatural in English, but it helps show how Japanese puts the verb at the end.
A smoother literal translation is:
- This institution medical research does.
And natural English is:
- This institution does medical research.
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