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今日 は 運動 の 時間 を スマホ に 記録しました。kyou wa undou no jikan o sumaho ni kirokushimashita.
Meaning
Today I recorded my exercise time on my smartphone.
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Breakdown of kyou wa undou no jikan o sumaho ni kirokushimashita.
はwa
topic particle
をo
direct object particle
今日kyou
today
のno
possessive case particle
Questions & Answers about kyou wa undou no jikan o sumaho ni kirokushimashita.
Why does the sentence use は after 今日? Is 今日 the subject?
は marks 今日 as the topic, not strictly the grammatical subject.
- 今日 = “today”
- 今日は … = “As for today, … / Today, …”
Japanese often starts a sentence with what it wants to talk about (the topic), marked by は. The actual subject (like “I”) is omitted here but understood from context.
A fuller, very explicit version in English thinking would be:
- （私は）今日は運動の時間をスマホに記録しました。
“(As for me,) today I recorded my exercise time on my smartphone.”
So:
- 今日 is the topic.
- The implicit subject is 私 (“I”).
- は does not equal “subject-marker” here; it’s “topic-marker.”
What does 運動の時間 literally mean? Why is の used between 運動 and 時間?
