Word
この 石けん は 匂い が 強すぎない ので、 毎日 使いやすい。kono sekken wa nioi ga tsuyosuginai node, mainichi tsukaiyasui.
Meaning
This soap’s smell is not too strong, so it’s easy to use every day.
Part of speech
sentence
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Breakdown of kono sekken wa nioi ga tsuyosuginai node, mainichi tsukaiyasui.
はwa
topic particle
がga
subject particle
毎日mainichi
every day
使うtsukau
to use
Questions & Answers about kono sekken wa nioi ga tsuyosuginai node, mainichi tsukaiyasui.
Why does the sentence use は after 石けん but が after 匂い?
This is a very common question.
- この石けんは sets this soap as the topic: As for this soap...
- 匂いが強すぎない says something about one feature of the soap: its smell is not too strong
So the structure is roughly:
- この石けんは = as for this soap
- 匂いが = the smell
- 強すぎない = is not too strong
A natural way to understand it is:
- As for this soap, its smell is not too strong, so it is easy to use every day.
Here, が marks 匂い as the thing that has the property 強すぎない.
How do I break down 強すぎない?
