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mathrawka | 2 years ago

Yes, but... 新しい扉が開き vs 新しい扉を開き

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lmm|2 years ago

Again, not a distinction that carries the same nuance that it would in English. The whole animate/inanimate distinction just isn't there in the same way in non-indo-european languages.

mathrawka|2 years ago

新しい扉が開き

が makes the subject the door, not JAXA. Plus it would be very uncharacteristic of a Japanese person in that position making such a bold claim. It goes against Japanese society norms.