gomi no dashikata ga wakaranai toki wa, kanrinin ni kikeba ii desu.

If you do not know how to take out the trash, you can ask the building manager.

Breakdown of gomi no dashikata ga wakaranai toki wa, kanrinin ni kikeba ii desu.

• は: topic particle
• です: to be
• が: subject particle
• いい: good

Questions & Answers about gomi no dashikata ga wakaranai toki wa, kanrinin ni kikeba ii desu.

What does 出し方 mean, and how is it built?

出し方（だしかた） means the way to put something out or how to dispose of something, depending on context.

It is made from:

• 出す = to put out / take out
• the stem 出し
• 方（かた） = way of doing something

So:

• 出す → 出し方
• literally: the way of putting out

In this sentence, ごみの出し方 means how to put out the garbage or the proper way to dispose of garbage.

Why is の used in ごみの出し方?

Here, の links two nouns.

• ごみ = garbage
• 出し方 = way of putting out

So ごみの出し方 means:

• the garbage disposal method
• more naturally, how to take out the garbage

You can think of の here as something like of or as a noun connector:

• A の B = B of A / A-related B

Examples:

• 日本語の勉強 = study of Japanese
• 車の運転 = driving a car
• ごみの出し方 = the way of putting out garbage

Why is が used after 出し方 in ごみの出し方が分からない?