toriaezu konya ha ki ni nattakoto wo memosite, asita hudousanya ni kiku tumori desu.

Questions & Answers about toriaezu konya ha ki ni nattakoto wo memosite, asita hudousanya ni kiku tumori desu.

What does とりあえず mean in this sentence?

とりあえず means something like for now, for the time being, or anyway, as a first step.

It gives the feeling of: I’ll do this first for now, and deal with the rest later.

In this sentence, it suggests the speaker is not solving everything immediately. Instead, they are saying:

  • tonight, they will write down the issues,
  • and tomorrow, they will ask the real estate agent.

So とりあえず adds a practical, temporary first things first nuance.

Why is 今夜 followed by instead of ?

Here, marks 今夜 as the topic or time frame being focused on: as for tonight...

So the sentence has a contrastive or organizational feel:

  • 今夜は ... do this
  • 明日 ... do that

Using helps divide the plan into stages.

You could think of 今夜は as:

  • Tonight, as for what I’ll do...

A particle like is often used with specific times, but time words like 今日, 明日, 今夜 often appear without , and here is especially natural because it sets up the topic.

What does 気になったこと mean literally?

Literally, 気になったこと is something like:

  • things that became a concern
  • things that caught my attention
  • things that bothered me
  • things I was curious/worried about

Breaking it down:

  • 気にする = to mind, to care about, to be concerned about
  • 気になる = to become concerning / to catch one’s attention / to bother one’s mind
  • なった = became
  • こと = thing(s)

So 気になったこと means the things that I noticed and felt concerned about.

Why is it 気になったこと and not 気にしたこと?

This is a very good question, because 気にする and 気になる are related but not the same.

  • 気にする focuses more on someone actively caring/worrying about something
  • 気になる focuses more on something bothering or catching someone’s attention

So:

  • 気にしたこと = things I worried about / things I consciously minded
  • 気になったこと = things that came to bother me / things that stood out to me

In this sentence, 気になったこと sounds more natural because the speaker is talking about issues or points that came up when looking at something, such as a property.

Why is なった in the past tense?

Because it describes things that already became noticeable or concerning before the speaker wrote them down.

The speaker has already noticed those issues, so they say:

  • 気になったこと = the things that bothered me / caught my attention

This is a relative clause modifying こと:

  • [気になった] こと
  • the things [that became concerning]

Japanese often uses past tense in this way before a noun when describing something that happened earlier.

What is the role of こと here?

こと means thing or matter.

In 気になったこと, it turns the idea into the things that concerned me.

So the structure is:

  • 気になった = became concerning / caught my attention
  • こと = thing(s)

Together:

  • 気になったこと = things that caught my attention or things I was concerned about

This is very common in Japanese:

  • 知っていること = things I know
  • やりたいこと = things I want to do
  • 困ったこと = troubling things
Why is there an after 気になったこと?

Because 気になったこと is the direct object of メモして.

The speaker is memo-ing / writing down those things.

So:

  • 気になったことをメモして = write down the things that concerned me

The particle marks what is being written down.

What does メモして mean, and why is it in the て-form?

メモして comes from メモする, which means to make a note or to write down.

The て-form connects this action to the next one:

  • メモして、明日不動産屋に聞くつもりです
  • I’ll write it down, and tomorrow I plan to ask the real estate agent

So the て-form here works like:

It shows a sequence:

  1. write notes tonight
  2. ask tomorrow
Why is it 不動産屋に聞く? Why use with 聞く?

Because 聞く in the sense of ask often takes the person with .

So:

  • 不動産屋に聞く = ask the real estate agent

This is different from 聞く meaning hear/listen to, where the object may be marked differently depending on the structure.

Examples:

  • 先生に聞く = ask the teacher
  • 友だちに聞く = ask a friend

Here marks the person being asked.

What exactly does 不動産屋 mean?

不動産屋 literally refers to a real estate shop/business, but in everyday Japanese it often also refers to the real estate agent or real estate office handling the property.

So in this sentence, 不動産屋に聞く naturally means:

  • ask the real estate agent or
  • ask the real estate office

It is a very common everyday word. A more formal word is 不動産会社 for real estate company.

What does 聞くつもりです mean?

つもりです means intend to or plan to.

So:

  • 聞くつもりです = I intend to ask / I plan to ask

It expresses the speaker’s current intention.

This is slightly different from just describing a future action as a fact. It emphasizes that this is the speaker’s plan.

Why is it 聞くつもりです and not 聞きますつもりです?

Because つもりです attaches to the plain form of the verb, not the ます-form.

So the pattern is:

  • verb dictionary form + つもりです

Examples:

  • 行くつもりです = I plan to go
  • 買うつもりです = I plan to buy
  • 聞くつもりです = I plan to ask

So 聞きますつもりです is not correct Japanese.

Why does the sentence mix plain forms like 聞く with polite です at the end?

This is normal.

In Japanese, when a structure like verb + つもりです is used, the verb before つもり stays in the plain form:

  • 聞くつもりです

The politeness comes from です at the end, not from changing 聞く into 聞きます.

So this is still a polite sentence overall.

Who is the subject of this sentence? Is I omitted?

Yes. The subject is omitted because it is understood from context.

The sentence naturally means something like:

  • I’ll write down the things that concerned me tonight, and tomorrow I plan to ask the real estate agent.

Japanese often leaves out subjects like I, you, or they when they are obvious.

So even though does not appear, the listener understands that the speaker is talking about their own plan.

Can the word order be changed?

Yes, to some extent.

Japanese word order is more flexible than English, as long as the particles make the relationships clear. For example, parts like とりあえず, 今夜は, and 明日 can often move around.

But the original order sounds natural because it presents the plan clearly:

  • とりあえず = for now
  • 今夜は = tonight
  • 気になったことをメモして = write down the things I’m concerned about
  • 明日不動産屋に聞くつもりです = tomorrow I plan to ask the real estate agent

So while some reordering is possible, the given sentence has a smooth, natural flow.

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