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        <div class="chapter_number">Chapter 10</div>
        <div class="chapter_name">Times and Seasons</div>
        <div class="blurb">It&rsquo;s time once again for some heavy-duty vocabulary
building. In this lesson we&rsquo;ll be learning the days of the week, the months of
the year, and so on.</div>
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<p class="bodycopy">Let&rsquo;s have at our first list, shall we?</p>

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                        <td class="vocab_header" width="33%">Roman Letters</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_odd_row vocab_clickable_odd" valign="top" id="v103_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v103_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v103_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v103_col1');" onclick="playSound('Seasons_kyou');"><span class="nw">きょう</span> </td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">kyou</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">today</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_even_row vocab_clickable_even" valign="top" id="v104_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v104_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v104_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v104_col1');" onclick="playSound('Seasons_kinou');"><span class="nw">きのう</span> </td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">yesterday</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_odd_row vocab_clickable_odd" valign="top" id="v105_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v105_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v105_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v105_col1');" onclick="playSound('Seasons_ashita');"><span class="nw">あした</span> </td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">ashita</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">tomorrow</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_even_row vocab_clickable_even" valign="top" id="v106_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v106_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v106_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v106_col1');" onclick="playSound('Seasons_ototoi');"><span class="nw">おととい</span> </td>
		        <td class="vocab_divider"><img src="spacer@2x.png" /></td>
		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">ototoi</td>
		        <td class="vocab_divider"><img src="spacer@2x.png" /></td>
		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">the day before yesterday</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_odd_row vocab_clickable_odd" valign="top" id="v107_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v107_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v107_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v107_col1');" onclick="playSound('Seasons_asatte');"><span class="nw">あさって</span> </td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">asatte</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">the day after tomorrow</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_even_row vocab_clickable_even" valign="top" id="v108_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v108_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v108_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v108_col1');" onclick="playSound('Seasons_kesa');"><span class="nw">けさ</span> </td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">kesa</td>
		        <td class="vocab_divider"><img src="spacer@2x.png" /></td>
		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">this morning</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_odd_row vocab_clickable_odd" valign="top" id="v109_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v109_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v109_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v109_col1');" onclick="playSound('Seasons_yoru');"><span class="nw">よる</span> </td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">yoru</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">night</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_even_row vocab_clickable_even" valign="top" id="v110_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v110_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v110_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v110_col1');" onclick="playSound('Seasons_yuube');"><span class="nw">ゆうべ</span> </td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">yuube</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">last night</td>
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        <div class="subheading_level_2">Notes</div>


<p class="bodycopy">Listen carefully to the pronunciation of the word <i>ashita.</i>
        You&rsquo;ll notice that the <i>i</i> in <i>shi</i> is hardly there. This is the same
        &ldquo;whispered vowel&rdquo; effect we observed in the words <i>desu</i>
        and <i>deshita</i>. In this case, it makes the word sound like <i>ash&rsquo;ta</i>.</p>



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<p class="bodycopy">In English, we have round-about ways of referring to &ldquo;the
        day before yesterday&rdquo; and &ldquo;the day after tomorrow,&rdquo; but there are bona fide
        words for these in Japanese, and they are used frequently.</p>

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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_odd_row vocab_clickable_odd" valign="top" id="v111_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v111_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v111_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v111_col1');" onclick="playSound('Seasons_nichiyoubi');"><span class="nw">にちようび</span> </td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">nichiyoubi</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">Sunday</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_even_row vocab_clickable_even" valign="top" id="v112_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v112_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v112_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v112_col1');" onclick="playSound('Seasons_getsuyoubi');"><span class="nw">げつようび</span> </td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">getsuyoubi</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">Monday</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_odd_row vocab_clickable_odd" valign="top" id="v113_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v113_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v113_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v113_col1');" onclick="playSound('Seasons_kayoubi');"><span class="nw">かようび</span> </td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">kayoubi</td>
		        <td class="vocab_divider"><img src="spacer@2x.png" /></td>
		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">Tuesday</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_even_row vocab_clickable_even" valign="top" id="v114_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v114_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v114_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v114_col1');" onclick="playSound('Seasons_suiyoubi');"><span class="nw">すいようび</span> </td>
		        <td class="vocab_divider"><img src="spacer@2x.png" /></td>
		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">suiyoubi</td>
		        <td class="vocab_divider"><img src="spacer@2x.png" /></td>
		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">Wednesday</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_odd_row vocab_clickable_odd" valign="top" id="v115_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v115_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v115_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v115_col1');" onclick="playSound('Seasons_mokuyoubi');"><span class="nw">もくようび</span> </td>
		        <td class="vocab_divider"><img src="spacer@2x.png" /></td>
		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">mokuyoubi</td>
		        <td class="vocab_divider"><img src="spacer@2x.png" /></td>
		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">Thursday</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_even_row vocab_clickable_even" valign="top" id="v116_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v116_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v116_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v116_col1');" onclick="playSound('Seasons_kinyoubi');"><span class="nw">きんようび</span> </td>
		        <td class="vocab_divider"><img src="spacer@2x.png" /></td>
		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">kin&rsquo;youbi</td>
		        <td class="vocab_divider"><img src="spacer@2x.png" /></td>
		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">Friday</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_odd_row vocab_clickable_odd" valign="top" id="v117_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v117_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v117_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v117_col1');" onclick="playSound('Seasons_doyoubi');"><span class="nw">どようび</span> </td>
		        <td class="vocab_divider"><img src="spacer@2x.png" /></td>
		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">doyoubi</td>
		        <td class="vocab_divider"><img src="spacer@2x.png" /></td>
		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">Saturday</td>
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<p class="bodycopy">The <i>youbi</i> suffix
        is similar to the <i>-day</i> suffix on the
        days of the week in English. Each day is named after something. For example, <i>getsuyoubi</i> literally means &ldquo;moon-day,&rdquo;
        which is interesting because the English word Monday means the same thing, and
        the Spanish word <i>lunes</i> also bears
        strong resemblance to the root <i>luna</i>,
        or moon. There might just be something inherently moonish about Mondays.</p>


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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_odd_row vocab_clickable_odd" valign="top" id="v118_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v118_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v118_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v118_col1');" onclick="playSound('Seasons_senshuu');"><span class="nw">せんしゅう</span> </td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">senshuu</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">last week</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">konshuu</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">this week</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">raishuu</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">next week</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_even_row vocab_clickable_even" valign="top" id="v121_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v121_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v121_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v121_col1');" onclick="playSound('Seasons_sensenshuu');"><span class="nw">せんせんしゅう</span> </td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">sensenshuu</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">the week before last</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_odd_row vocab_clickable_odd" valign="top" id="v122_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v122_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v122_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v122_col1');" onclick="playSound('Seasons_saraishuu');"><span class="nw">さらいしゅう</span> </td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">saraishuu</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">the week after next</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">sengetsu</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">raigetsu</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">next month</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">sensengetsu</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">the month before last</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_divider"><img src="spacer@2x.png" /></td>
		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">saraigetsu</td>
		        <td class="vocab_divider"><img src="spacer@2x.png" /></td>
		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">the month after next</td>
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<p class="bodycopy">This list is pretty easy once you notice a few patterns.
        First, notice that the prefix <i>sen-</i>
        means &ldquo;last-,&rdquo; <i>kon-</i> means &ldquo;this-,&rdquo;
        and <i>rai-</i> means &ldquo;next.&rdquo;</p>

<p class="bodycopy">You&rsquo;ll notice that, as with days, Japanese has explicit
        words for the week and month before last. And if you&rsquo;re wondering, yes, <i>sen-sen-shuu</i> really does literally mean
        &ldquo;last-last-week.&rdquo;</p>

<p class="bodycopy">The <i>getsu</i> in these
        words is the same as the one we saw in <i>getsuyoubi</i>,
        meaning &ldquo;moon,&rdquo; so it makes sense to see it again in the words relating to
        months.</p>


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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">-gatsu</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">ichi-gatsu</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">ni-gatsu</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">san-gatsu</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">March</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">shi-gatsu</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">April</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">shichi-gatsu</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">ku-gatsu</td>
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<p class="bodycopy">The names of the months are a cinch in Japanese. Just attach
        the number of the month to the suffix <i>-gatsu</i>
        (note: <b>not</b> -<i>getsu</i>). Using this rule, <i>ichi-gatsu</i>
        becomes January, <i>ni-gatsu</i> February,
        and so on. For the numbers that have multiple forms (four, seven, and nine), be sure to use the ones I
        indicate in the vocabulary list.</p>


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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_odd_row vocab_clickable_odd" valign="top" id="v135_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v135_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v135_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v135_col1');" onclick="playSound('Seasons_kyonen');"><span class="nw">きょねん</span> </td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">kyonen</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">kotoshi</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">this year</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">rainen</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">next year</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">ototoshi</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">the year before last</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">sarainen</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">the year after next</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">mai-</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">every- prefix</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">mainichi</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">every day</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">maishuu</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">every week</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">maitsuki</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">every month</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">maitoshi</td>
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<p class="bodycopy">With the words relating to weeks and months, things were
        pretty uniform. But they get shaken up a bit in this list. <i>Nen</i> and <i>toshi</i> are both
        roots that mean &ldquo;year.&rdquo; Be careful to put the right one with the right word!</p>

<p class="bodycopy">Incidentally, the <i>nichi</i>
        in <i>mainichi</i> is the same one as in <i>nichiyoubi</i>, or Sunday. It is a root that
        means &ldquo;sun&rdquo; or &ldquo;day,&rdquo; which has two consequences: First, Sunday is another word
        that miraculously means exactly the same thing in both languages (the Japanese meaning
        literally &ldquo;sun-day&rdquo;), and second, it makes <i>mainichi</i>
        more comprehensible as &ldquo;every day.&rdquo;</p>


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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_odd_row vocab_clickable_odd" valign="top" id="v145_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v145_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v145_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v145_col1');" onclick="playSound('Seasons_fuyu');"><span class="nw">ふゆ</span> </td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">haru</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">ii</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">otenki</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">kouen</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">ne</td>
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<p class="bodycopy">We&rsquo;ll be looking at adjectives in detail in a later lesson,
        but for now, let&rsquo;s briefly consider <i>ii</i>,
        a very common word. In Japanese, adjectives are placed directly before nouns,
        just like in English. So to say, &ldquo;good dog,&rdquo; it&rsquo;s <i>ii inu</i>.</p>

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                    <div class="example_japanese correct_japanese" id="s62" onclick="playSound('Seasons_ii-neko-desu');" ontouchstart="turnOn('s62');" ontouchend="turnOff('s62');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('s62');"><span class="nw">いい　</span><img src="spacer@2x.png" width="0" /><span class="nw">ねこ　</span><img src="spacer@2x.png" width="0" /><span class="nw">です。</span><img src="spacer@2x.png" width="0" /><span class="nw"></span><img src="spacer@2x.png" width="0" /></div>
                    <div class="example_roman"><span class="example_roman_show" id="rl62" onclick="showRoman('rl62', 'r62');" ontouchstart="turnOn('rl62');" ontouchend="turnOff('rl62');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('rl62');">(show romanization)</span><span id="r62" style="display:none;">Ii neko desu.</span></div>
                    <div class="example_translation"><span class="example_translation_show" id="b62" onclick="showTranslation('b62', 't62');" ontouchstart="turnOn('b62');" ontouchend="turnOff('b62');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('b62');">(show translation)</span><span id="t62" style="display:none;">It&rsquo;s a good cat.</span></div>
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                    <div class="example_japanese correct_japanese" id="s63" onclick="playSound('Seasons_ii-otenki-desu');" ontouchstart="turnOn('s63');" ontouchend="turnOff('s63');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('s63');"><span class="nw">いい　</span><img src="spacer@2x.png" width="0" /><span class="nw">おてんき　</span><img src="spacer@2x.png" width="0" /><span class="nw">です。</span><img src="spacer@2x.png" width="0" /><span class="nw"></span><img src="spacer@2x.png" width="0" /></div>
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<p class="bodycopy">Trying it with some other forms of <i>desu</i>, we get:</p>

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                    <div class="example_japanese correct_japanese" id="s64" onclick="playSound('Seasons_ii-inu-deha-arimasen');" ontouchstart="turnOn('s64');" ontouchend="turnOff('s64');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('s64');"><span class="nw">いい　</span><img src="spacer@2x.png" width="0" /><span class="nw">いぬ　</span><img src="spacer@2x.png" width="0" /><span class="nw">では　</span><img src="spacer@2x.png" width="0" /><span class="nw">ありません。</span><img src="spacer@2x.png" width="0" /><span class="nw"></span><img src="spacer@2x.png" width="0" /></div>
                    <div class="example_roman"><span class="example_roman_show" id="rl64" onclick="showRoman('rl64', 'r64');" ontouchstart="turnOn('rl64');" ontouchend="turnOff('rl64');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('rl64');">(show romanization)</span><span id="r64" style="display:none;">Ii inu dewa arimasen.</span></div>
                    <div class="example_translation"><span class="example_translation_show" id="b64" onclick="showTranslation('b64', 't64');" ontouchstart="turnOn('b64');" ontouchend="turnOff('b64');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('b64');">(show translation)</span><span id="t64" style="display:none;">It&rsquo;s not a good dog.</span></div>
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                    <div class="example_japanese correct_japanese" id="s65" onclick="playSound('Seasons_ii-otenki-deshita');" ontouchstart="turnOn('s65');" ontouchend="turnOff('s65');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('s65');"><span class="nw">いい　</span><img src="spacer@2x.png" width="0" /><span class="nw">おてんき　</span><img src="spacer@2x.png" width="0" /><span class="nw">でした。</span><img src="spacer@2x.png" width="0" /><span class="nw"></span><img src="spacer@2x.png" width="0" /></div>
                    <div class="example_roman"><span class="example_roman_show" id="rl65" onclick="showRoman('rl65', 'r65');" ontouchstart="turnOn('rl65');" ontouchend="turnOff('rl65');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('rl65');">(show romanization)</span><span id="r65" style="display:none;">Ii o-tenki deshita.</span></div>
                    <div class="example_translation"><span class="example_translation_show" id="b65" onclick="showTranslation('b65', 't65');" ontouchstart="turnOn('b65');" ontouchend="turnOff('b65');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('b65');">(show translation)</span><span id="t65" style="display:none;">It was good weather.</span></div>
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<p class="bodycopy">Commenting on the weather is common in every culture. But
        can you imagine passing a stranger in the park and authoritatively declaring,
        &ldquo;It is nice weather&rdquo;? Normally, we add a softening question on the end, like,
        &ldquo;It&rsquo;s nice weather, <i>isn&rsquo;t it</i>?&rdquo; By
        adding this, we seek the listener&rsquo;s agreement.</p>

<p class="bodycopy">In Japanese, you can do this with the particle <i>ne</i>. Simply tack <i>ne</i> onto the end of any sentence, and it makes it an agreement
        seeking sentence. So if <i>Inu desu</i>
        means &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a dog,&rdquo; then <i>Inu desu ne</i>
        means, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a dog, isn&rsquo;t it?&rdquo;</p>

<p class="bodycopy">You can use <i>ne</i>
        with any sentence at all, even negatives. So if <i>Kyou dewa arimasen</i> means &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not today,&rdquo; then <i>Kyou dewa arimasen</i> <i>ne</i> means, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not today, is it?&rdquo;</p>


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<p class="bodycopy">It&rsquo;s worth noting how much simpler this is in Japanese than
        in English. In English, the agreement seeker always has to match the subject
        and verb of the main sentence, which means it can take dozens of forms. For
        example, check out the following sentences:</p>

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                        <li class="example_english_only_item">They&rsquo;re not going, <b>are they</b>?</li>
                        <li class="example_english_only_item">He wasn&rsquo;t sick, <b>was he</b>?</li>
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<p class="bodycopy">In Japanese, the bolded part of each of those sentences
        would simply be <i>ne</i>. All <i>ne</i>, all the time. You&rsquo;ll be seeing this
        particle quite a bit because it is used in conversation <i>extremely</i> heavily. It sounds friendly because you&rsquo;re not forcing
        your opinion on people, you&rsquo;re gently seeking their agreement.</p>

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                    <div class="example_japanese correct_japanese" id="s66" onclick="playSound('Seasons_ii-neko-desune');" ontouchstart="turnOn('s66');" ontouchend="turnOff('s66');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('s66');"><span class="nw">いい　</span><img src="spacer@2x.png" width="0" /><span class="nw">ねこ　</span><img src="spacer@2x.png" width="0" /><span class="nw">ですね。</span><img src="spacer@2x.png" width="0" /><span class="nw"></span><img src="spacer@2x.png" width="0" /></div>
                    <div class="example_roman"><span class="example_roman_show" id="rl66" onclick="showRoman('rl66', 'r66');" ontouchstart="turnOn('rl66');" ontouchend="turnOff('rl66');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('rl66');">(show romanization)</span><span id="r66" style="display:none;">Ii neko desu ne.</span></div>
                    <div class="example_translation"><span class="example_translation_show" id="b66" onclick="showTranslation('b66', 't66');" ontouchstart="turnOn('b66');" ontouchend="turnOff('b66');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('b66');">(show translation)</span><span id="t66" style="display:none;">It&rsquo;s a good cat, isn&rsquo;t it?</span></div>
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                <div class="example_icon" onclick="showIngredients('ingredients-seasons-60');"><img class="example_icon_image" src="ingredients@2x.png" /></div>
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                    <div class="example_japanese correct_japanese" id="s67" onclick="playSound('Seasons_ii-otenki-deshitane');" ontouchstart="turnOn('s67');" ontouchend="turnOff('s67');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('s67');"><span class="nw">いい　</span><img src="spacer@2x.png" width="0" /><span class="nw">おてんき　</span><img src="spacer@2x.png" width="0" /><span class="nw">でしたね。</span><img src="spacer@2x.png" width="0" /><span class="nw"></span><img src="spacer@2x.png" width="0" /></div>
                    <div class="example_roman"><span class="example_roman_show" id="rl67" onclick="showRoman('rl67', 'r67');" ontouchstart="turnOn('rl67');" ontouchend="turnOff('rl67');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('rl67');">(show romanization)</span><span id="r67" style="display:none;">Ii o-tenki deshita ne.</span></div>
                    <div class="example_translation"><span class="example_translation_show" id="b67" onclick="showTranslation('b67', 't67');" ontouchstart="turnOn('b67');" ontouchend="turnOff('b67');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('b67');">(show translation)</span><span id="t67" style="display:none;">It was good weather, wasn&rsquo;t it?</span></div>
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<p class="bodycopy">To finish up, let&rsquo;s catch up with John and Mariko as they talk in a park.</p>

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                    <div class="example_japanese correct_japanese" id="s68" onclick="playSound('Seasons_konnichiha-mariko-san');" ontouchstart="turnOn('s68');" ontouchend="turnOff('s68');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('s68');"><span class="nw">こんにちは、</span><img src="spacer@2x.png" width="0" /><span class="nw">まりこさん。</span><img src="spacer@2x.png" width="0" /><span class="nw"></span><img src="spacer@2x.png" width="0" /></div>
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                    <div class="example_japanese correct_japanese" id="s69" onclick="playSound('Seasons_konnichiha-ii-otenki-desu-ne');" ontouchstart="turnOn('s69');" ontouchend="turnOff('s69');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('s69');"><span class="nw">こんにちは。</span><img src="spacer@2x.png" width="0" /><span class="nw">いい　</span><img src="spacer@2x.png" width="0" /><span class="nw">おてんき　</span><img src="spacer@2x.png" width="0" /><span class="nw">ですね。</span><img src="spacer@2x.png" width="0" /><span class="nw"></span><img src="spacer@2x.png" width="0" /></div>
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                    <div class="example_japanese correct_japanese" id="s70" onclick="playSound('Seasons_haru-ha-ii-desu-ne');" ontouchstart="turnOn('s70');" ontouchend="turnOff('s70');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('s70');"><span class="nw">はるは　</span><img src="spacer@2x.png" width="0" /><span class="nw">いい　</span><img src="spacer@2x.png" width="0" /><span class="nw">ですね。</span><img src="spacer@2x.png" width="0" /><span class="nw"></span><img src="spacer@2x.png" width="0" /></div>
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                            <div class="kana_animation_cell_name">NE</div>
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<p class="bodycopy">We&rsquo;re now up to the n- and h- series, meaning that by the
        end of this chapter, we&rsquo;ll be over halfway through this syllabary. As always,
        pay close attention to the proper stroke order and practice writing these
        characters largely with a good wooden pencil.</p>

<p class="bodycopy">Since this syllabary is parallel to hiragana, <i>ten-ten</i> cannot
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    Be sure to intersect the first stroke of <i>na</i> in the center.
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    You can remember <i>ni</i>
    because it has two horizontal lines, and <i>ni</i>
    is the word for &ldquo;two.&rdquo;
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    <i>Ne</i> will look a
    lot more balanced if you think of the third stroke as a central support pole
    around which the rest of the character should be distributed evenly.
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                            <div class="kana_animation_cell_name">HA</div>
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                            <div class="kana_animation_cell_name">HI</div>
                            <div class="kana_animation_cell_strokes">2 strokes</div>
                        </td>
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                            <div class="kana_animation_cell_name">FU</div>
                            <div class="kana_animation_cell_strokes">1 stroke</div>
                        </td>
                        <td class="kana_animation_cell_divider"><img src="spacer@2x.png" /></td>
                        <td class="kana_animation_cell_caption">
                            <div class="kana_animation_cell_name">HE</div>
                            <div class="kana_animation_cell_strokes">1 stroke</div>
                        </td>
                        <td class="kana_animation_cell_divider"><img src="spacer@2x.png" /></td>
                        <td class="kana_animation_cell_caption">
                            <div class="kana_animation_cell_name">HO</div>
                            <div class="kana_animation_cell_strokes">4 strokes</div>
                        </td>

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<p class="bodycopy">The characters in this series behave just like their
        counterparts in hiragana when it
        comes to adding <i>ten-ten</i> and <i>maru</i>. With <i>ten-ten</i>, 
        they all become b-sounds, and with <i>maru</i> (the circle) they become p-sounds.</p>

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                    <div class="tiny_example_content tiny_example_content_text_japanese tiny_example_content_not_clickable" id="tiny90" onclick=""><span class="tiny_example_kana_series">バビブベボ</span></div>

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                    <div class="tiny_example_caption">BA, BI, BU, BE and BO</div>

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                    <div class="tiny_example_content tiny_example_content_text_japanese tiny_example_content_not_clickable" id="tiny91" onclick=""><span class="tiny_example_kana_series">パピプペポ</span></div>

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<p class="bodycopy">Because this series is thus used for <i>h</i>, <i>b</i>, 
        and <i>p</i> sounds, we see it a lot. These sounds
        turn out to be very frequently used in foreign words, 
        such as <i>konpyuutaa</i> &ldquo;computer,&rdquo; <i>terebijon</i> 
        &ldquo;television,&rdquo; <i>haado doraibu</i> &ldquo;hard drive,&rdquo;
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    Don&rsquo;t let these strokes connect at the top. 
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    Make sure that second stroke forms a solid 90-degree
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    It&rsquo;s important with <i>fu</i>
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    look like a 7. It also helps to keep it slightly wider than it is tall.
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    If you learn anything from my notes on the two
    syllabaries, I hope it&rsquo;s that you should always be sure to include <i>hane</i> in characters that use them. Here
    we find a beautiful example at the end of stroke two.
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<p class="bodycopy">We&rsquo;re over halfway done with katakana! Drill yourself by reading through this friendly quiz.</p>

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<p class="bodycopy">In this lesson, we learned many sets of time-related words
        such as the days of the week, the months of the year, and so on. We also
        learned the particle <i>ne</i>, which
        attaches to the end of any fully-formed sentence and transforms it into an
        agreement seeking sentence.</p>

<p class="bodycopy">This allows us to create new sentences where,
        instead of pontificating authoritatively, we can seek the listener&rsquo;s agreement
        in a friendly tone. For example, instead of declaring <i>Ii o-tenki desu</i> (&ldquo;It&rsquo;s good weather&rdquo;), 
        we can now say <i>Ii o-tenki desu ne</i> (&ldquo;It&rsquo;s good weather, isn&rsquo;t it?&rdquo;).
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