moushikomisho no ue no ran ni namae o kaite kudasai.

direct object particle

Breakdown of moushikomisho no ue no ran ni namae o kaite kudasai.

• の: possessive case particle
• 書かく: to write
• ください: please

Questions & Answers about moushikomisho no ue no ran ni namae o kaite kudasai.

How is this sentence broken down word by word?

A natural breakdown is:

• 申込書 = application form
• の = of / on / belonging to; it links nouns
• 上 = top, upper part
• の = another noun-linking of
• 欄 = box, column, field, blank
• に = in / on / into a place
• 名前 = name
• を = marks the direct object
• 書いてください = please write

So the structure is basically:

[application form] [top field] [in] [name] [write please]

More naturally in English: Please write your name in the upper field on the application form.

Why are there two の particles in a row?

Because Japanese often chains nouns together.

Here, the phrase is:

申込書 の 上 の 欄

This works like:

• 申込書の上 = the top of the application form
• 申込書の上の欄 = the field at the top of the application form

So each の connects one noun phrase to the next.

You can think of it like this:

• A の B = B of A / B on A / A’s B

Examples:

• 学校の先生 = the school’s teacher / teacher at the school
• 机の上 = the top of the desk / on the desk
• 机の上の本 = the book on the desk

So the double の is not strange; it is just a noun chain.

What does 上の欄 mean exactly?