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シャワー を 浴びた あと、 ひんやりした 部屋 で さっぱりした 気分 に なった。shawaa o abita ato, hinyarishita heya de sapparishita kibun ni natta.
Meaning
After taking a shower, I felt refreshed in the cool room.
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Breakdown of shawaa o abita ato, hinyarishita heya de sapparishita kibun ni natta.
をo
direct object particle
でde
location particle
あとato
after
なるnaru
to become
Questions & Answers about shawaa o abita ato, hinyarishita heya de sapparishita kibun ni natta.
Why is it シャワーを浴びたあと and not シャワーを浴びるあと?
Because あと means after, and when you say after doing X, Japanese normally uses the past plain form before あと.
- シャワーを浴びたあと = after taking a shower
- literally: the after of having taken a shower
This is a very common pattern:
- ご飯を食べたあと = after eating
- 勉強したあと = after studying
So even if the whole sentence is about the past already, the verb before あと still usually appears in the past plain form.
Why is 浴びる used with シャワー? Doesn’t 浴びる mean something like to pour over oneself?
Yes, and that is exactly why it is used here.
In Japanese, シャワーを浴びる is the standard expression for to take a shower.
It literally feels closer to to bathe in / be showered with water than to the English verb take.
Common set phrases:
- シャワーを浴びる = take a shower
- 日光を浴びる = be exposed to sunlight / soak up sunlight
- 雨を浴びる = get drenched in rain
So even though English says take a shower, Japanese says 浴びる a shower.
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