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where と when Where and When: Relatives of Place and Time

Relative Clauses

は where、は when で接着します: the town where I grew up(った)、the day when we met(った)。は in which / on which の圧縮形。when はされることもく(the day we met)、では the place where より just where だけでけることもあります。

Places glue with where, times with when: the town where I grew up, the day when we met. Under the hood they compress in which and on which. When often vanishes (the day we met), and casual speech sometimes runs on where alone, no place noun needed.

「そこで・そのとき」を

Folding In the There and Then

I grew up in the town. の in the town(そこで)をんで接着すると the town where I grew up。where は「+ which」の圧縮です(= the town in which I grew up——こちらはかなりい)。when もじで、the day when we met = the day on which we met。圧縮だけきがくなるので、では where / when です。

Fold the in the town ("there") out of I grew up in the town and glue: the town where I grew up. Where compresses preposition + which (= the town in which I grew up — noticeably starchy). When works the same: the day when we met = the day on which we met. The compression lightens the sound, making where and when the default in speech and ordinary prose.

接着 Gluing places and times

This is the なぜ the なのか ろのつにまる】 of などがろからしていて、どれかがつにまるから the。 café where we first met.

ここが、たちがめてったカフェだよ。

+ where。出語りの Place + where — memory lane's staple.

I'll never forget the なぜ the なのか ろのつにまる】 of などがろからしていて、どれかがつにまるから the。 day we met.

ったのことは一生れない。

when は(the day (when) we met)。 The when routinely vanishes.

Is there a なぜ a なのか めてつ】 がまだらないものをめてすから a。じものをすときは the にわる。 reason why it was この be + 。「がしたか」をわずにませるためのでもあり、では日本語の「〜される」よりずっと使う。 canceled?

になったかあるの?

reason には why。この why も(a reason it was canceled)。 Reason takes why — also droppable.

where()

その「で」きたかをう。 What happened in or at the place.

the hotel where we stayed

たちがまったホテル

which / that(そのもの)

としてうなら Treating the place as an object takes the ordinary relative.

the hotel (that) we booked

たちがしたホテル

よくある Common Mistake

This is the restaurant which I told you.

ここが、してたレストランだよ。(のつもりで)

This is the restaurant I told you about.

ここが、してたレストランだよ。

tell you about the restaurant の about がえると接着になります。about をす(I told you about)か、を「そこで」のにするなら where(the restaurant where we had the party =パーティーをした)。「where にするか、すか」は、があるかでまります。

Tell you about the restaurant loses its about and the glue fails. Either keep the preposition at the end (I told you about) — or, if the clause is about what happened there, use where (the restaurant where we had the party). Where versus stranded preposition is decided mechanically by the original sentence.

  • That's where ... comes in. そこで〜のです。 べたさせる The pitch line — problem stated, hero enters.
  • That's when I realized ... そのときづいたんです。 りのつ when。 The turning-point when — the heart of every anecdote.
  • the moment (when) ... 〜した time + when。The moment I saw it, I knew.(かった) Time nouns with the when dropped: The moment I saw it, I knew.
  • in a world where ... 〜な 設定としても The scene-setting frame — famous as the movie-trailer opener.

まとめ Summary

  • = where、= when、= why で接着 Places glue with where, times with when, reasons with why.
  • + which の圧縮(in which はい)。 They compress preposition + which — the long form is starchy.
  • when / why は(the day we met)。 When and why drop freely: the day we met.
  • なしの where / when はりの(That's where ...)。 Antecedent-free where and when power storytelling.

: 2026-07-23 Last checked: 2026-07-23