Breakdown of asa no sanpo ha kimoti ga ii desu.
Questions & Answers about asa no sanpo ha kimoti ga ii desu.
の here links two nouns and makes the first one describe the second one.
- 朝 = morning
- 散歩 = walk / stroll
- 朝の散歩 = a walk of the morning → “a morning walk”
This use of の is very common: it’s like saying X の Y = “Y related to X” or “Y that belongs to X”.
So 朝の散歩 literally means “morning’s walk” → “a morning walk” / “a walk in the morning”.
は marks the topic of the sentence – what you’re talking about.
- 朝の散歩 = a morning walk / morning walks
- 朝の散歩は = “As for morning walks, …” / “Speaking of morning walks, …”
The rest of the sentence (気持ちがいいです) is a comment about that topic.
So the structure is:
- Topic: 朝の散歩は (as for morning walks)
- Comment: 気持ちがいいです (they feel good)
This is why the sentence naturally means “Morning walks feel good” (a general statement about that activity).
When は is used as the topic particle, it is always pronounced “wa”, not “ha”.
- As a syllable in a word: 花（はな） = hana
- As the topic marker particle: 今日は = kyou wa
朝の散歩は = asa no sanpo wa
The spelling は is historical; modern pronunciation for the topic particle is wa.
In patterns like X が いい / 悪い / 好き / 嫌い, が marks X as the grammatical subject of the adjective.
- 気持ちがいい literally: “the feeling is good”
- 気持ち = feeling (the sensation)
- が = subject marker
- いい = good / pleasant
So the inner structure is:
- 気持ち (feeling) が いい (is good)
Meanwhile, 朝の散歩は is the topic (what we’re talking about).
So the whole structure is:
- Topic: 朝の散歩は (as for morning walks)
- Subject inside the comment: 気持ちが (the feeling)
- Predicate: いいです (is good)
You can think of it as: > As for morning walks, the feeling (they give) is good.
Japanese separates the ideas of topic and subject:
- は → topic of conversation (“as for X…”)
- が → grammatical subject of the verb/adjective (“X is what does/is Y”)
In this sentence:
- 朝の散歩は = topic (what we’re discussing)
- 気持ちが = subject of いい (what is good)
- いいです = predicate (is good)
So it’s completely natural for a sentence to have both は (topic) and が (subject) at the same time.
In English we don’t usually mark “topic” explicitly, so this feels redundant, but in Japanese it’s normal.
Breakdown:
- 朝 = morning
- の = linking particle (makes 朝 modify 散歩)
- 散歩 = walk
- は = topic marker
- 気持ち = feeling
- が = subject marker
- いい = good / pleasant
- です = polite copula (makes it polite)
Literal structure:
Morning’s walk (topic) / feeling (subject) / good / is (polite)
Natural English:
Morning walks feel good.
A morning walk feels good.
いい by itself is a complete predicate: it already means “is good”.
- Plain style: 朝の散歩は気持ちがいい。 (casual)
- Polite style: 朝の散歩は気持ちがいいです。 (polite)
Adding です:
- does not change the basic meaning,
- simply makes the sentence polite and a bit softer.
So いいです ≈ “(it) is good” in a polite register, while いい is more casual/plain.
Yes.
- 朝の散歩は気持ちがいい。
- Correct
- Plain/casual style (used with friends, family, etc.)
- 朝の散歩は気持ちがいいです。
- Correct
- Polite style (safer with strangers, teachers, customers, etc.)
Grammar is fine in both cases; the difference is politeness level, not meaning.
Both are valid but they’re slightly different structures:
朝の散歩は気持ちがいいです。
- Uses a noun phrase: 朝の散歩 (“a morning walk”)
- Feels like “Morning walks feel good.”
朝に散歩するのは気持ちがいいです。
- 朝に散歩する = “to take a walk in the morning” (verb phrase)
- 〜のは turns the verb phrase into a noun-like chunk (“doing X is …”)
- Whole meaning: “Taking a walk in the morning feels good.”
Nuance:
- 朝の散歩 sounds like talking about the activity as a thing (“morning walks”).
- 朝に散歩するのは emphasizes the action of doing it (“to walk in the morning”).
Everyday speech strongly favors the shorter 朝の散歩は気持ちがいいです。
Because 朝 is not being used as a time phrase here; it’s being used as a noun that modifies another noun via の.
- 朝に散歩する → 朝 is a time word, marked by に (“walk in the morning”)
- 朝の散歩 → 朝 modifies 散歩 as a descriptive noun (“a morning walk”)
So 朝の散歩 treats “morning walk” as a single noun phrase, rather than “walk (that happens) in the morning” with a separate time expression.
Yes, in everyday speech people very often say:
- 朝の散歩は気持ちいいです。
Here, 気持ちいい is treated as one “fused” expression meaning “feels good / pleasant”. The が is dropped in casual and even fairly polite speech.
Subtle difference:
- 気持ちがいい: more clearly shows the structure “(the) feeling is good”; slightly more careful/explicit.
- 気持ちいい: more colloquial/flowing; common in spoken Japanese.
Both are correct and natural.
Both can be translated “feel good”, but they focus on slightly different things:
気持ちがいい
- Focus: physical sensation, immediate pleasant feeling
- Good for: touch, temperature, breeze, stretching, massage, bath, etc.
- Ex: A shower, clean sheets, a breeze, a stretch in the morning → 気持ちがいい
気分がいい
- Focus: mood, emotional state
- Good for: being in a good mood, feeling cheerful, after getting good news, etc.
- Ex: Got a compliment, everything is going well today → 今日は気分がいい。
For a walk that physically feels pleasant and refreshing, 朝の散歩は気持ちがいいです。 is the natural choice.
By default, with は, this sounds like a general statement:
“Morning walks (in general) feel good.”
Japanese nouns usually do not mark singular/plural, but X は Y です often gives a generic reading:
- 犬はかわいいです。 = “Dogs are cute.” (dogs in general)
Similarly:
- 朝の散歩は気持ちがいいです。 = “Morning walks feel good (as a habit, generally).”
Context could make it refer to this particular morning’s walk, but with no context, it’s usually understood as a general truth or habitual statement.
Reading in hiragana:
- あさ の さんぽ は きもち が いい です。
In romaji:
- asa no sanpo wa kimochi ga ii desu.
Natural grouping when speaking:
- あさのさんぽは / きもちがいいです。
(asa no sanpo wa / kimochi ga ii desu.)
First chunk: topic (朝の散歩は)
Second chunk: comment (気持ちがいいです)