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やっと 手続き が 終わった ので、 駅 前 で 昼ご飯 を 買って 帰った。yatto tetsuzuki ga owatta node, eki mae de hirugohan o katte kaetta.
Meaning
The procedure finally ended, so I bought lunch in front of the station and went home.
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Breakdown of yatto tetsuzuki ga owatta node, eki mae de hirugohan o katte kaetta.
をo
direct object particle
がga
subject particle
でde
location particle
買うkau
to buy
Questions & Answers about yatto tetsuzuki ga owatta node, eki mae de hirugohan o katte kaetta.
Why is やっと used here, and what nuance does it add?
やっと means finally / at last. It suggests that the speaker had been waiting for the procedures to finish, and it took some time or effort. So it adds a feeling of relief, like it finally ended.
What does 手続き mean in this sentence?
手続き means procedure, formal process, or paperwork. It is often used for things like administrative steps, applications, registrations, official business, and similar tasks.
In this sentence, 手続きが終わった means the procedures finished or the paperwork was completed.
Why is the particle が used after 手続き instead of は or を?
が marks 手続き as the thing that ended.
- 手続きが終わった = the procedures ended / were finished
- The verb 終わる is intransitive, so the thing that ends is marked with が
If you used を, that would not work with 終わる.
If you used は, the sentence would sound more like a topic statement: as for the procedures, they finished. That is possible in some contexts, but が is the most natural basic choice here.
