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風 が 強い 日 は、 桜 が すぐ 散って しまいます。kaze ga tsuyoi hi wa, sakura ga sugu chitte shimaimasu.
Meaning
On windy days, the cherry blossoms quickly fall.
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Breakdown of kaze ga tsuyoi hi wa, sakura ga sugu chitte shimaimasu.
はwa
topic particle
がga
subject particle
日hi
day
風kaze
wind
Questions & Answers about kaze ga tsuyoi hi wa, sakura ga sugu chitte shimaimasu.
Why are there two が particles in this sentence?
They mark two different subjects in two different parts of the sentence.
- 風が強い日 = a day when the wind is strong
- Here, 風が is the subject of 強い
- 桜がすぐ散ってしまいます = the cherry blossoms quickly fall/scatter away
- Here, 桜が is the subject of 散ってしまいます
So the sentence is built like this:
- [風が強い日] は、[桜がすぐ散ってしまいます]。
A natural way to think of it is:
- As for days when the wind is strong, the cherry blossoms quickly fall.
Why is 強い directly before 日? Is this like a relative clause?
Yes. In Japanese, a whole clause can come before a noun to modify it.
- 風が強い日
- literally: wind is strong day
- natural English: a day when the wind is strong / windy day
This is a very common pattern in Japanese:
- 雨が降る日 = a day when it rains
- 人が多い店 = a store with lots of people / a busy store
- 私が好きな本 = a book that I like
So 強い is not standing alone here; 風が強い is modifying 日.
Why is the particle after 日 は instead of に or で?
