kono kuriimu wa te ni mo kao ni mo nureru.

topic particle

Breakdown of kono kuriimu wa te ni mo kao ni mo nureru.

• この: this
• も: also
• に: target particle

Questions & Answers about kono kuriimu wa te ni mo kao ni mo nureru.

Why are there spaces between the Japanese words?

Those spaces are just for learners. Normal Japanese would be written as:

このクリームは手にも顔にもぬれる。
or, with kanji, このクリームは手にも顔にも塗れる。

Japanese normally does not put spaces between words the way English does.

Why is このクリーム followed by は?

は marks the topic.

So このクリームは means something like:

• as for this cream
• this cream, ...

The sentence is talking about what this cream is like or what can be done with it. Using は makes this cream the thing under discussion.

A version with が is also possible in some contexts, but は is very natural when describing a product’s feature.

What does に mean after 手 and 顔?

Here, に marks the place or target where the cream is applied.

So:

• 手に塗る = apply it to the hands
• 顔に塗る = apply it to the face

In this sentence, the cream is the topic, and 手 and 顔 are the body parts it can be used on.

Why is used twice?