tsuyu ga owaru to, sora ga akaruku mieru hi ga fuemasu.

When the rainy season ends, the number of days when the sky looks bright increases.

Breakdown of tsuyu ga owaru to, sora ga akaruku mieru hi ga fuemasu.

• が: subject particle
• 日ひ: day
• と: conditional particle
• 空そら: sky

Questions & Answers about tsuyu ga owaru to, sora ga akaruku mieru hi ga fuemasu.

What does と mean after 終わる here? Is it just and?

No. In this sentence, と is a conditional/time marker, not the and meaning.

梅雨が終わると means:

• when the rainy season ends
• or once the rainy season ends

In sentences like this, A と B often means when A happens, B happens or whenever A happens, B naturally follows.

So the sentence is describing a regular result:

• When the rainy season ends, the number of days when the sky looks bright increases.

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Why is 終わる in plain form instead of 終わります?

Because verbs before conditional と normally appear in plain form.

So:

• 終わると = when it ends
• not usually 終わりますと in everyday Japanese

This is true even if the main sentence ends politely:

• 梅雨が終わると、空が明るく見える日が増えます。

So the pattern is:

• subordinate clause: plain form
• main clause: polite form if the speaker wants to be polite

This is very common in Japanese.

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Why is it 明るく見える and not 明るい見える?