asa kara sukoshi memai ga shita node, kaisha o yasunde naika e ikimashita.

I felt a little dizzy since morning, so I took the day off from work and went to the internal medicine clinic.

Breakdown of asa kara sukoshi memai ga shita node, kaisha o yasunde naika e ikimashita.

• 行いく: to go
• を: direct object particle
• 朝あさ: morning
• 会社かいしゃ: company

Questions & Answers about asa kara sukoshi memai ga shita node, kaisha o yasunde naika e ikimashita.

Why is 朝から used here? Does it mean in the morning?

朝から literally means from morning or since the morning.

In this sentence, it suggests that the dizziness started in the morning and continued from that point. That is a little different from simply saying 朝, which can just mean in the morning as a time reference.

• 朝 = morning / in the morning
• 朝から = from the morning onward / since morning

So 朝から少しめまいがした gives the feeling of I’d been feeling a little dizzy since the morning.

Why is 少し placed before めまい?

少し means a little or slightly, and here it modifies the symptom.

So:

• 少しめまいがした = felt a little dizzy / had slight dizziness

Japanese often puts degree words like 少し, とても, かなり, etc. before the noun or phrase they affect.

Compare:

• 少し暑い = a little hot
• 少し頭が痛い = my head hurts a little
• 少しめまいがした = I felt a little dizzy

Why does the sentence use めまいがした instead of something like めまいをした?