Breakdown of kanozyo ha asa kara netuppoi noni, muri ni sigoto he ikou to site imasita.
Questions & Answers about kanozyo ha asa kara netuppoi noni, muri ni sigoto he ikou to site imasita.
Can 彼女 mean both she and girlfriend? Which is it here?
Why is は used after 彼女 instead of が?
は marks 彼女 as the topic of the sentence: as for her...
So the sentence is basically setting her up as the person being talked about, then describing her condition and action.
If you used が, it would sound more like you were specifically identifying her as the subject in a more focused way. In many ordinary contexts, 彼女は is the natural choice.
What does 朝から mean here?
What exactly does 熱っぽい mean?
熱っぽい means feverish or slightly as if having a fever.
It does not necessarily mean a confirmed high fever with a thermometer. It often suggests that someone feels like they have a fever, seems warm, or looks unwell.
The っぽい part often gives a nuance like having the tendency/feeling/appearance of something. So:
- 熱 = fever
- 熱っぽい = feverish, somewhat fever-like
Why is there no です after 熱っぽい?
Because のに attaches to the plain form, not the polite です form.
So:
- 熱っぽいのに = even though she was/is feverish
- not 熱っぽいですのに in normal modern speech
This is very common in Japanese: even if the sentence ends politely, a clause before のに, けど, から, ので, etc. often uses the plain form.
Why is it 熱っぽい instead of 熱っぽかった, even though the sentence ends with いました?
Because 熱っぽい describes her state at the time she was trying to go to work.
Japanese often uses the non-past form in a subordinate clause to describe a condition that is simultaneous with the main past action:
- 熱っぽいのに、行こうとしていました = She was feverish, and yet she was trying to go.
Using 熱っぽかったのに is also possible, but it sounds a little more like you are looking back on that feverish state as a completed past fact. In this sentence, 熱っぽい keeps the condition feeling immediate and relevant at that moment.
What does のに mean here?
のに means even though, although, or despite the fact that.
Here it shows a contradiction between the two parts:
- she was feverish
- but she was still trying to go to work
So it carries a sense like:
Even though she was feverish since morning, ...
In many contexts, のに also adds a feeling of surprise, criticism, regret, or “that’s not what you’d expect.” In this sentence, it can sound a bit like the speaker thinks going to work in that condition was a bad idea.
What does 無理に mean in this sentence?
無理に here means something like:
- forcibly
- by pushing herself
- despite it being too much
- unreasonably
In natural English for this sentence, it often becomes:
- she was forcing herself to go to work
- she was trying to go to work anyway
So 無理に does not necessarily mean someone else physically forced her. It often means she was pushing herself beyond what was reasonable.
Why does 無理 become 無理に?
Because に turns 無理 into an adverb-like form here.
Think of it as:
- 無理 = unreasonable / too much / impossible / strain
- 無理に = unreasonably / forcibly / by forcing oneself
This is similar to how many na-adjectives or related words become adverbial with に:
- 静か → 静かに
- 丁寧 → 丁寧に
- 無理 → 無理に
So 無理に行こうとしていました means she was trying to go in a forced, unreasonable way.
Why is it 仕事へ行こう instead of 仕事に行こう or 会社へ行こう?
All of these can be possible, but they are slightly different.
- 仕事へ行く = go to work
- 仕事に行く = also go to work; very common
- 会社へ行く = go to the company/office
Here, へ marks direction toward something. With verbs like 行く, both へ and に can often be used.
A rough nuance:
- へ emphasizes direction: toward
- に more directly marks the destination
Also, 仕事 is broader than 会社. Saying 仕事へ行く means going to work in general, while 会社へ行く points more specifically to the office/company building.
How does 行こうとしていました work?
This is a very important pattern:
- 行こう = volitional form of 行く
- 〜ようとする = try to do / be about to do
- 〜ようとしている = be trying to do / be about to do
- 〜ようとしていました = was trying to do / was about to do
So:
- 行こうとしていました = was trying to go / was about to go
In this sentence, the most natural reading is was trying to go.
A key point: 行こう by itself can mean I’ll go or let’s go, but in 行こうとする, it is part of the grammar pattern volitional + とする. The と here is the particle used in that pattern.
So the whole chunk means: she was trying to go to work.
Does 行こうとしていました mean she actually went to work?
Not necessarily.
〜ようとしていました tells you about the attempt, intention, or about-to-happen stage. It does not by itself confirm that the action was completed.
So this sentence means she was in the state of trying to go or getting ready to go, but we cannot tell from this sentence alone whether she actually ended up going.
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