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        <div class="chapter_number">Chapter 14</div>
        <div class="chapter_name">A Stroll Through Town</div>
        <div class="blurb">We&rsquo;ve taken a look at all manner of vocabulary for objects
        inside the house. Now let&rsquo;s step outside and see what we find there.</div>
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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_odd_row vocab_clickable_odd" valign="top" id="v170_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v170_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v170_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v170_col1');" onclick="playSound('Town_mise');"><span class="nw">みせ</span> </td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">store / shop</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_even_row vocab_clickable_even" valign="top" id="v171_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v171_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v171_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v171_col1');" onclick="playSound('Town_resutoran');"><span class="nw">れすとらん</span> </td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">restaurant*</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_odd_row vocab_clickable_odd" valign="top" id="v172_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v172_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v172_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v172_col1');" onclick="playSound('Town_suupaamaaketto');"><span class="nw">すうぱあまあけっと</span> </td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">supermarket*</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_even_row vocab_clickable_even" valign="top" id="v173_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v173_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v173_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v173_col1');" onclick="playSound('Town_suupaa');"><span class="nw">すうぱあ</span> </td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">supermarket (abbreviated form)*</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_odd_row vocab_clickable_odd" valign="top" id="v174_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v174_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v174_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v174_col1');" onclick="playSound('Town_yuubinkyoku');"><span class="nw">ゆうびんきょく</span> </td>
		        <td class="vocab_divider"><img src="spacer@2x.png" /></td>
		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">post office</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_even_row vocab_clickable_even" valign="top" id="v175_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v175_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v175_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v175_col1');" onclick="playSound('Town_eki');"><span class="nw">えき</span> </td>
		        <td class="vocab_divider"><img src="spacer@2x.png" /></td>
		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">train station</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_odd_row vocab_clickable_odd" valign="top" id="v176_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v176_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v176_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v176_col1');" onclick="playSound('Town_konbini');"><span class="nw">こんびに</span> </td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">convenience store*</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_even_row vocab_clickable_even" valign="top" id="v177_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v177_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v177_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v177_col1');" onclick="playSound('Town_kouban');"><span class="nw">こうばん</span> </td>
		        <td class="vocab_divider"><img src="spacer@2x.png" /></td>
		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">police box</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_odd_row vocab_clickable_odd" valign="top" id="v178_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v178_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v178_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v178_col1');" onclick="playSound('Town_ginkou');"><span class="nw">ぎんこう</span> </td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">bank</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_even_row vocab_clickable_even" valign="top" id="v179_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v179_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v179_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v179_col1');" onclick="playSound('Town_-ya');"><span class="nw">～や</span> </td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">store suffix</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_odd_row vocab_clickable_odd" valign="top" id="v180_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v180_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v180_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v180_col1');" onclick="playSound('Town_hon-ya');"><span class="nw">ほんや</span> </td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">bookstore</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_even_row vocab_clickable_even" valign="top" id="v181_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v181_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v181_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v181_col1');" onclick="playSound('Town_pan');"><span class="nw">ぱん</span> </td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">bread*</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_odd_row vocab_clickable_odd" valign="top" id="v182_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v182_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v182_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v182_col1');" onclick="playSound('Town_pan-ya');"><span class="nw">ぱんや</span> </td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">bread store (bakery)</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_even_row vocab_clickable_even" valign="top" id="v183_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v183_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v183_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v183_col1');" onclick="playSound('Town_-yasan');"><span class="nw">～やさん</span> </td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">person who operates store</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_odd_row vocab_clickable_odd" valign="top" id="v184_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v184_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v184_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v184_col1');" onclick="playSound('Town_hon-yasan');"><span class="nw">ほんやさん</span> </td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">bookseller</td>
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<p class="bodycopy">* Indicates a word that is properly written in katakana. We&rsquo;re on the home stretch!</p>


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<p class="bodycopy">The words <i>resutoran</i>,
        <i>suupaamaaketto</i>, <i>konbini</i>, and <i>pan</i> should
        be written in katakana. Since we are
        still learning that syllabary, I&rsquo;ve temporarily represented them in hiragana here. Why is the word for &ldquo;bread&rdquo;
        included? It&rsquo;s actually a
        loanword from the Portuguese, who were the first to introduce this food to the
        Japanese.</p>

<p class="bodycopy"><i>Konbini</i>, or
        convenience marts, are truly convenient in Japan. You can buy a variety of hot
        lunchboxes there, and most have a full aisle of fresh-baked bread products.
        This makes it possible to eat well, even when you&rsquo;re on the go and you only
        have a few hundred yen.</p>

<p class="bodycopy"><i>Kouban</i> can be seen
        on almost every other street corner in Japanese cities. These diminuitive
        &ldquo;police boxes&rdquo; are home to two or three officers whose beat is that small
        section of town. Being the local experts on their particular corner of the
        city, the police are happy to provide directions to lost foreigners, as well.</p>

<p class="bodycopy">The suffix <i>-ya</i> is
        a convenient device that allows you to turn any ordinary noun into a word
        meaning a store that sells that thing. For example, if <i>hon</i> means &ldquo;book,&rdquo; then <i>hon-ya</i>
        means &ldquo;bookstore.&rdquo; If <i>pan</i> means
        &ldquo;bread,&rdquo; then a <i>pan-ya</i> is a &ldquo;bakery.&rdquo;</p>

<p class="bodycopy">Adding <i>-san</i> to a
        &lt;noun&gt;<i>-ya</i> combination gives us
        a word for a person who operates such a store. So <i>hon-ya-san</i> means, &ldquo;person who runs a bookstore,&rdquo; or perhaps
        just, &ldquo;bookseller.&rdquo;</p>


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<p class="bodycopy">As a pronunciation note, listen carefully to the
        pronunciation of <i>hon-ya</i> and <i>pan-ya</i>. Note that it is <i>pa-n-ya</i>, not <i>pa-nya</i>. Just like in the pronunciation of <i>kin&rsquo;youbi</i>, the <i>n</i> does not
        merge with the following <i>ya</i> sound.</p>

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		        <td class="vocab_header vocab_radius_tl" width="50%">Word</td>
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                        <td class="vocab_header vocab_radius_tr" width="50%">Meaning</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_odd_row vocab_clickable_odd" valign="top" id="v185_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v185_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v185_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v185_col1');" onclick="playSound('Town_ki');"><span class="nw">き</span> </td>
		        <td class="vocab_divider"><img src="spacer@2x.png" /></td>
		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">tree</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_even_row vocab_clickable_even" valign="top" id="v186_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v186_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v186_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v186_col1');" onclick="playSound('Town_kusa');"><span class="nw">くさ</span> </td>
		        <td class="vocab_divider"><img src="spacer@2x.png" /></td>
		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">grass</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_odd_row vocab_clickable_odd" valign="top" id="v187_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v187_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v187_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v187_col1');" onclick="playSound('Town_hana');"><span class="nw">はな</span> </td>
		        <td class="vocab_divider"><img src="spacer@2x.png" /></td>
		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">flower</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_even_row vocab_clickable_even" valign="top" id="v188_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v188_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v188_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v188_col1');" onclick="playSound('Town_kawa');"><span class="nw">かわ</span> </td>
		        <td class="vocab_divider"><img src="spacer@2x.png" /></td>
		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">river</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_odd_row vocab_clickable_odd" valign="top" id="v189_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v189_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v189_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v189_col1');" onclick="playSound('Town_mizuumi');"><span class="nw">みずうみ</span> </td>
		        <td class="vocab_divider"><img src="spacer@2x.png" /></td>
		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">lake</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_even_row vocab_clickable_even" valign="top" id="v190_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v190_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v190_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v190_col1');" onclick="playSound('Town_yama');"><span class="nw">やま</span> </td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">mountain</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_odd_row vocab_clickable_odd" valign="top" id="v191_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v191_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v191_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v191_col1');" onclick="playSound('Town_sora');"><span class="nw">そら</span> </td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">sky</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_even_row vocab_clickable_even" valign="top" id="v192_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v192_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v192_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v192_col1');" onclick="playSound('Town_taiyou');"><span class="nw">たいよう</span> </td>
		        <td class="vocab_divider"><img src="spacer@2x.png" /></td>
		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">sun</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_odd_row vocab_clickable_odd" valign="top" id="v193_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v193_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v193_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v193_col1');" onclick="playSound('Town_kumo');"><span class="nw">くも</span> </td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">cloud</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_japanese vocab_even_row vocab_clickable_even" valign="top" id="v194_col1" ontouchstart="turnOn('v194_col1');" ontouchend="turnOff('v194_col1');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('v194_col1');" onclick="playSound('Town_ame');"><span class="nw">あめ</span> </td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">rain</td>
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<p class="bodycopy">Keep in mind, as always, that these words can all be plural
        or singular. So <i>ki</i> can mean either &ldquo;a
        tree&rdquo; or &ldquo;trees.&rdquo;</p>


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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">bicycle</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">motorized cycle*</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">automatic bicycle = motorcycle*</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">taxi*</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">bus*</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_even_row" valign="top">train</td>
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		        <td class="vocab_english vocab_odd_row" valign="top">subway</td>
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<p class="bodycopy">Be careful to remember that the loanword <i>baiku</i> (which should be written in
        katakana) actually refers to a motorcycle or similar motorized cycle. The word <i>outobai</i> is an abbreviated version of the
        phrase &ldquo;automatic bicycle.&rdquo;</p>

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                    <div class="photo_caption">A bike parking lot at a train station.<span class="photo_location"></span></div>
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<p class="bodycopy"><i>Jitensha</i>, or
        bicycles, are used extremely heavily in Japan. Every day, you&rsquo;ll see
        students and businesspeople bicycling to school or work. People who take the
        train often ride to the station, lock up their bike, and take the train to
        another station, where they have a second bike waiting to ride the rest of the
        way to their destination.</p>

<p class="bodycopy">If you take a taxi in Japan, be careful not to try to
        open the door, or you might hurt yourself! The passenger doors are rigged so
        that the driver can open it with a handle near the side brake, so as a cab
        sidles up to the curb, the door will usually fling open automatically.</p>

<p class="bodycopy">Of course, <i>densha</i> and <i>chikatetsu</i> are the real bread and butter
        of commuting in Japan.
        The nation is literally crisscrossed with rail lines, making it easy to get
        around without a car. Punctual, inexpensive, and reliable, trains are what moves the nation.
        For more information, see the Cultural Notes chapter on trains.</p>

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<p class="bodycopy">Here we are, at our last two sets. Your hard work is going
        to pay off soon. Since we&rsquo;re near the end of this syllabary, let&rsquo;s review its
        purpose briefly.</p>

<p class="bodycopy">Katakana is used
        almost exclusively for words of foreign origin. Words like <i>teeburu</i> (table), <i>suupaamaaketto</i>
        (supermarket), and <i>banana</i> (banana) are
        all written in katakana because they
        aren&rsquo;t native Japanese words. When these words were introduced into the Japanese
        language, the pronuciation was simply copied, as far as it was possible using the
        sounds of Japanese.</p>

<p class="bodycopy">Up until now, when we&rsquo;ve encountered words of foreign
        origin, we&rsquo;ve written them in hiragana.
        But now that we&rsquo;re finishing off this syllabary, we&rsquo;ll write all loanwords
        properly. For example, the name of our character John is not a Japanese word,
        so from here on out, we&rsquo;ll represent it in katakana.</p>


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    This character is simply a <i>fu</i> with a line on top, 
    but since <i>fu</i> and <i>ra</i> should take
    up the same vertical space, you&rsquo;ll need to compress the 
    <i>fu</i> part a bit. 
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    The end of stroke two in <i>ru</i> is nothing more than a glorified <i>hane</i>. Flick the pencil up like you&rsquo;re making a check mark and
    it&rsquo;ll look perfect.
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    Be sure to note that the path marked by the red arrow here
    is actually one large stroke. It&rsquo;s important to write this character
    correctly, using three strokes, not four.
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                    <td class="kana_practice_table_cell" id="kanaPractice283" onclick="playSound('Hiragana2_darou');" ontouchstart="turnOn('kanaPractice283');" ontouchend="turnOff('kanaPractice283');" ontouchcancel="turnOff('kanaPractice283');">ダロー</td>
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<p class="bodycopy">Here they are: the final three characters 
        from katakana. With these three, you can now
        write any word in its correct syllabary.</p>

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                    Actually, you&rsquo;ll really only use <i>wa</i> and <i>n</i>. The <i>wo</i> only exists because this syllabary is
                    parallel to its cousin hiragana.
                    You&rsquo;ll recall that <i>wo</i> is used only
                    for grammatical purposes, but katakana
                    is only used to represent foreign words, never grammatical parts of sentences.
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    <i>Wa</i> is the same
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<p class="bodycopy">In this lesson, we learned a great deal more vocabulary
        about the world outside your house, and we finished up the katakana syllabary. 
        Congratulations! From here on out, we&rsquo;ll be able to represent all loanwords properly.</p>

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