Word
昼 の 日差し が 強かった ので、 公園 の 木陰 で 休みました。hiru no hizashi ga tsuyokatta node, kouen no kokage de yasumimashita.
Meaning
The midday sunlight was strong, so I rested in the shade of a tree in the park.
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Breakdown of hiru no hizashi ga tsuyokatta node, kouen no kokage de yasumimashita.
がga
subject particle
のno
possessive case particle
でde
location particle
休むyasumu
to rest
Questions & Answers about hiru no hizashi ga tsuyokatta node, kouen no kokage de yasumimashita.
Why is there の in 昼の日差し?
Here の links two nouns, so 昼の日差し means something like the sunlight of midday / daytime sunlight.
- 昼 = daytime, noon
- 日差し = sunlight, sun’s rays
So 昼の日差し is a noun phrase. It describes what kind of sunlight it was.
If you used に instead, it would not make the same noun-modifying phrase. の is the natural particle here because 昼 is acting like a descriptor for 日差し.
What exactly does 日差し mean? Is it the same as 太陽 or 天気?
Not exactly.
- 太陽 = the sun itself
- 天気 = weather
- 日差し = sunlight, especially the sunlight shining down on you
日差し often suggests the strength of the sun’s rays and how they feel. So in this sentence, it fits very well with 強かった because the idea is that the sunlight was intense.
Why is が used after 日差し?
