Word
詰め物 が ありません。tsumemono ga arimasen.
Meaning
The filling is gone.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about tsumemono ga arimasen.
How do you read 詰め物?
It is read つめもの.
- 詰める（つめる） = to stuff, fill, pack
- 物（もの） = thing
So 詰め物 literally means a filled/stuffed thing or filling/stuffing, depending on context.
Why is the particle が used here?
が marks what exists / does not exist in sentences with ある or いる.
So in:
- 詰め物 が ありません。
the が marks 詰め物 as the thing that is absent.
This is very common in Japanese:
- 時間がありません。 = There is no time.
- お金がありません。 = I don’t have money. / There is no money.
- 問題がありません。 = There is no problem.
Even though English often says I don’t have..., Japanese often uses an existence pattern instead.
Why is it ありません and not いません?