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ming..of-age Day) Kenkoku lcineobl (National Foundation Day)

Shunbun no hi (Vernal Equinox Day) Midori no hi (Greenery Day) Keopc> kineobi (O:>nstitution Day) Kodomo no hi (Cbild.ren's Day) Umi no hi (Marine Day) Keiro no hi (Respect-for-the-aged Day)

Shiibun no hi (Autumnal Equinox Day) Taiiku no hi (Sports Day)

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Bunka no hi (Culture Day) KinrO kansha no hi (Labour Thanksgiving Day)

Teon.O tanjObi (Emperor's Birthday)

When any of the above falls on a Sunday, the following Monday • treated as a holiday (furikae kyiijitsu transfer holiday). During Kllruden uiku (the week between April 29 and May 5), which t untains three public holidays, most employers grant a week's hC>Iiday. Any day other than Sunday between May 3 and 5 also lwcomes a holiday. Offices and banks are generally dosed for a three- to five-day rwriod over the New Year (0-shogatsu), whereas shops are d osed on 1st (and often 2nd) of January only. Shops and department stores are usually open all day on Saturdays and Sundays (they are normally dosed on one weekday instead). Hanks, post offices and government offices are now closed on ~aturdays.

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' ,ltto goruden uiku ni natta. Anzai-san-tachi wa eki ni iru. Kore 1• .un, densha ni notte umi e iku no da keredomo, noriokureru ka

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Boku wa uchi de tomodachi to asobitai n' da. Umi e ikitakunai. Watashi mo so yo. Ken-san to issho ni Karuizawa e ikitakatta wa. (TarO-kun to Michiko-san ni) li kagen ni shi nasai yo! (Anzai-sensei ni) Kippu wa? Koko ni aru. Shimoda-yuki wa nanbansen kashira? JQji-han-hatsu wa sanban yo. Otosan, okasan, hayaku, hayaku! Mo nijOgofun sugi da wa.

nar.u to become • S2 kore kara after this, now densha train • LS1 nor.u to get on train, etc. (NOTE [vehicle] ni noru) keredomo but, however

{functions like ga • Unit 5 S4) [vehicle] nl norl-okure.ru to be late for [vehicle] • LS2 (noun] to • S3 [-masu base]-tal to want to [verb] • S4 Watashi mo so yo Note omission of da • LS3 II kagen ni shi nasal yol Behave yourselves!

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