Choukai discussing a business trip


I am practicing my choukai using this [link](https://jlptsensei.com/wp-
content/uploads/2017/10/JLPT-N3-Practice-Test-listening-script.pdf). In the
passage 6 of mondai 1

My understanding after reading the whole passage is that the lady is supposed
to plan a trip. However, I did not understand the following sentence.

> **M:** で、そこで何をするかだな。 食事しただけで終わるのは、ちょっとな。

I translated in my mind as follows:

> So, Next would be what to do there (after the arrival). After having a meal,
> we have a little time left.

I did not understand the relevance of this sentence here. Can somebody help?




Your understanding of the first sentence is fine, but you've parsed the second
sentence wrong. This ちょっと is a way of avoiding saying something negative
directly. Something along the lines of "a little...um..." or "...you know".
Everything before は is the subject (nominalized verb).

> [食事しただけで終わる **の** ]は、ちょっとな。  
>  [Just having dinner (together) and being done with it] is...y'know.




Your understanding of the first sentence is fine, but you've parsed the second
sentence wrong. This ちょっと is a way of avoiding saying something negative
directly. Something along the lines of "a little...um..." or "...you know".
Everything before は is the subject (nominalized verb).

> [食事しただけで終わる **の** ]は、ちょっとな。  
>  [Just having dinner (together) and being done with it] is...y'know.

