Word
朝 は 快速 より 各駅停車 の ほう が 空いて いること が あります。asa wa kaisoku yori kakuekiteisha no hou ga suite irukoto ga arimasu.
Meaning
In the morning, local trains are sometimes less crowded than rapid trains.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of asa wa kaisoku yori kakuekiteisha no hou ga suite irukoto ga arimasu.
はwa
topic particle
がga
subject particle
のno
possessive case particle
朝asa
morning
Questions & Answers about asa wa kaisoku yori kakuekiteisha no hou ga suite irukoto ga arimasu.
Why is it 朝は and not 朝に?
は marks 朝 as the topic: as for the morning / in the morning.
So 朝は sets the scene for the whole sentence:
- As for the morning, ...
- In the morning, ...
If you used 朝に, that would mark morning more directly as a time point, but in this sentence は sounds natural because the speaker is contrasting or describing what happens in the morning as a general tendency.
What do 快速 and 各駅停車 mean exactly?
- 快速 = rapid train / quick service
It skips some stations. - 各駅停車 = local train / train that stops at every station
Breaking down 各駅停車:
- 各駅 = each station / every station
- 停車 = stopping
So 各駅停車 literally means a train that stops at every station.
How does A より B のほうが work?
