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ame ga yande hottosita node, kanozyo ha beranda ni sentakumono wo hosi ni itta.

雨あめ　が　やんで　ほっとした　ので、　彼女かのじょ　は　ベランダ　に　洗濯物せんたくもの　を　干ほし　に　行いった。ame ga yande hottosita node, kanozyo ha beranda ni sentakumono wo hosi ni itta.
She felt relieved when the rain stopped, so she went to hang the laundry on the balcony.
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Questions & Answers about ame ga yande hottosita node, kanozyo ha beranda ni sentakumono wo hosi ni itta.

Why is が used after 雨 instead of は?

In 雨がやんで, が marks rain as the subject of やむ (to stop, for rain, snow, etc.).

So this part literally means the rain stopped.

Using は here would sound more like setting rain up as the topic, with a possible contrast nuance, such as as for the rain, it stopped. In this sentence, が is the most natural way to simply state the event.

What does やんで mean here?

やんで is the て-form of やむ.

  • やむ = to stop, to cease
  • やんで = having stopped / and then stopped / after stopping

In this sentence, it connects 雨がやんで to what follows:

  • The rain stopped, and...
  • After the rain stopped,...

So it links the rain stopping to her feeling relieved.

Why is it ほっとした? What does ほっとする mean?

ほっとする is a very common expression meaning:

  • to feel relieved
  • to feel a sense of relief

The っと is part of the expression and gives the feeling of a small sigh or release of tension.

So:

  • ほっとした = felt relieved

It is not usually translated word-for-word. It is best learned as a set phrase.

Who is the one who felt relieved? The sentence does not say it directly.

The subject is omitted, which is very common in Japanese.

From context, the person who felt relieved is understood to be 彼女. So the flow is:

  • The rain stopped
  • She felt relieved
  • So she went to the balcony to hang the laundry

Japanese often leaves out subjects when they are clear from context.

Why is ので used after ほっとした?

ので means because, so, or since. It gives the reason for the main action.

Here:

  • 雨がやんでほっとしたので = because the rain stopped and she felt relieved
  • 彼女はベランダに洗濯物を干しに行った = she went to the balcony to hang the laundry

So ので connects the reason to the result.

Also, ので often sounds a bit softer and more explanatory than から.

Why is ので attached to the past form ほっとした instead of the dictionary form?

Because the relief happened first, and that completed event becomes the reason for the next action.

  • ほっとした = she felt relieved
  • ほっとしたので = because she felt relieved

Japanese often uses a past/plain form before ので when the reason is a completed action or state.

Why is 彼女は marked with は?

は marks 彼女 as the topic of the main clause.

So after the reason clause, the sentence shifts to the main statement:

  • 彼女は = as for her
  • ベランダに洗濯物を干しに行った = went to the balcony to hang the laundry

This is very natural because the sentence is now talking about what she did.

Why is ベランダに used? What does に mean here?

Here, に marks the destination of movement.

  • ベランダに行った = went to the balcony

So に works like to in English in this sentence.

Why is it 干しに行った instead of 干すに行った?

This is the grammar pattern:

  • verb stem + に + 行く / 来る

It means to go/come in order to do something.

For 干す, the verb stem is 干し. So:

  • 干しに行った = went to hang
  • literally, went for the purpose of hanging

You cannot use the plain dictionary form directly here, so 干すに行った is incorrect.

Other examples:

  • 買いに行く = go to buy
  • 食べに行く = go to eat
  • 見に行く = go to see
What exactly is 洗濯物?

洗濯物 means laundry, washed clothes, or clothes to be dried.

In this sentence, it refers to the laundry she is going to hang out on the balcony.

So:

  • 洗濯物を干す = to hang out the laundry
Is 雨がやんでほっとしたので one reason or two?

It is best understood as a chain of events leading to the main action:

  1. The rain stopped
  2. She felt relieved
  3. So she went to hang the laundry

Grammatically, やんで links the first two events, and ので makes that whole situation the reason for the final action.

So it is not just because the rain stopped in a simple mechanical sense; it is more like:

  • The rain stopped, she felt relieved, and so she went to hang the laundry.
Could ので be replaced with から?

Yes, から would be grammatically possible:

  • 雨がやんでほっとしたから、彼女は...

But the nuance changes slightly.

  • ので sounds more explanatory, softer, and a little more objective
  • から sounds more direct and more like a personal reason or assertion

In a narrative sentence like this, ので sounds very natural.

Why is 行った in the past tense?

Because the sentence is describing a completed event in the past.

The whole sequence happened already:

  • the rain stopped
  • she felt relieved
  • she went to the balcony

So the main verb is in the past tense:

  • 行った = went

That past tense sets the time frame for the sentence as a whole.

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