ane wa fuyu no kooto o oshiire no ue no dan ni shimaimashita.

topic particle

Breakdown of ane wa fuyu no kooto o oshiire no ue no dan ni shimaimashita.

• を: direct object particle
• の: possessive case particle
• 冬ふゆ: winter

Questions & Answers about ane wa fuyu no kooto o oshiire no ue no dan ni shimaimashita.

Why is 姉 used here instead of お姉さん?

姉 means my older sister when talking about your own family to someone else.

Japanese often uses:

• 姉（あね） for my older sister
• お姉さん（おねえさん） for someone else’s older sister, or when directly addressing your own older sister

So in a plain statement like this, 姉 is the natural choice if the speaker is talking about their own sister.

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What does 冬のコート mean exactly? Is it “winter’s coat”?

Here, 冬のコート means a winter coat or a coat for winter.

The particle の does not only show possession. It can also connect nouns in a descriptive way. In this sentence:

• 冬 = winter
• 冬のコート = winter coat

So this is not really winter’s coat in a possessive sense. It is more like a coat associated with winter.

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Why are there so many の particles in 押し入れの上の段?