asa kara sukosi memai ga sita node, kaisya wo yasunde naika he ikimasita.

Questions & Answers about asa kara sukosi memai ga sita node, kaisya wo yasunde naika he ikimasita.

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?

With physical symptoms in Japanese, が is very common because the symptom is treated as the thing that occurs or is present.

So:

  • めまいがする = to feel dizzy / to have dizziness
  • 頭痛がする = to have a headache
  • 音がする = to hear a sound / a sound occurs

Using を would sound unnatural here. めまいがする is the standard expression.

Why is the verb した used with めまい? Isn’t する usually to do?

Yes, する often means to do, but it also appears in many set expressions where it does not literally mean do.

めまいがする is a fixed expression meaning:

  • to feel dizzy
  • to have dizziness

So めまいがした is the past form:

  • めまいがする = I feel dizzy / I get dizzy
  • めまいがした = I felt dizzy / I had dizziness

This is just how the symptom is expressed in Japanese.

What does ので mean here, and how is it different from から?

ので means because or since. It gives the reason for what follows.

In this sentence:

  • 朝から少しめまいがしたので = because I felt a little dizzy since the morning

Compared with から, ので often sounds:

  • a bit softer
  • more explanatory
  • more neutral/polite

Very roughly:

  • から can sound more direct or personal
  • ので can sound more formal or less forceful

Both could work here, but ので fits well in a calm explanation of why the speaker missed work and went to the doctor.

Why is 会社を休んで used? Why is the particle を used with 休む?

In Japanese, 休む can mean to take a break, to be absent from, or to miss something like work or school.

So:

  • 学校を休む = to miss school / be absent from school
  • 会社を休む = to take the day off work / be absent from work

The を marks the place or activity that is being missed or taken a break from. This is a normal pattern with 休む.

So 会社を休んで means:

  • taking the day off from work and...
  • missing work and...
What is the role of 休んで in this sentence?

休んで is the て-form of 休む. Here it links two actions in sequence.

  • 会社を休んで、内科へ行きました
  • I took the day off work and went to the internal medicine department/clinic

The て-form often connects actions that happen one after another.

So the flow is:

  1. felt dizzy
  2. because of that, took time off work
  3. went to the doctor
What does 内科 mean exactly?

内科 literally means internal medicine.

In everyday Japanese, it usually refers to:

  • the internal medicine department at a hospital
  • a clinic/doctor for general physical illnesses, especially non-surgical ones

So 内科へ行きました usually means:

  • I went to the internal medicine department
  • I went to a doctor/clinic for internal medicine

A natural English translation may simply say I went to the doctor depending on context.

Why does the sentence use へ in 内科へ行きました? Could it use に?

Yes, に could also be used here.

With verbs of movement like 行く, both へ and に can mark the destination.

  • 内科へ行きました
  • 内科に行きました

The difference is small:

  • へ emphasizes direction: toward
  • に marks the destination more directly

In many everyday sentences, they are interchangeable.

Why is there no subject like 私 in the sentence?

Japanese often leaves out the subject when it is clear from context.

So instead of saying:

  • 私は朝から少しめまいがしたので、会社を休んで内科へ行きました。

it is very natural to just say:

  • 朝から少しめまいがしたので、会社を休んで内科へ行きました。

The listener will usually understand that the speaker means I.

This omission is one of the most common features of natural Japanese.

Why is everything in the past tense if the sentence starts with since morning?

The sentence is describing what happened as a completed past event.

  • めまいがした = felt dizzy
  • 行きました = went

Even though 朝から suggests a condition that started in the morning and may have continued for some time, the speaker is still telling the story from a past viewpoint.

So the tense is based on the overall narrative:

  • Since this morning I had been feeling a little dizzy, so I took the day off work and went to internal medicine.

Japanese does not always match English tense choices exactly.

Is the order of actions important in this sentence?

Yes. Japanese often presents actions in the order they happened.

This sentence goes step by step:

  1. 朝から少しめまいがしたので
    • Because I had felt a little dizzy since morning
  2. 会社を休んで
    • I took the day off work
  3. 内科へ行きました
    • and went to the internal medicine clinic/department

That order makes the sentence easy to follow and sounds very natural in Japanese.

Could this sentence be considered polite?

Yes. The sentence ends with 行きました, which is in the polite past form.

Also, ので sounds fairly polite and explanatory.

So this sentence would fit well in many normal situations, such as:

  • talking to a coworker
  • explaining something to a teacher
  • writing a simple message

A plain-style version might be:

  • 朝から少しめまいがしたので、会社を休んで内科へ行った。

But the original sentence is more polite and everyday-appropriate.

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