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Existence and location.

Two verbs for 'exist':

  • あります for non-living things (books, buildings, events)
  • います for living things (people, animals — and by convention, anything that moves on its own like a moving car)

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Culture

Japanese Houses (traditional)

Features: tatami (straw mat flooring), fusuma (sliding doors), genkan (entryway where shoes are removed). Rooms measured in tatami mats (e.g., 6-mat room).

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Japanese National Holidays

Japan has 16 national holidays. When a holiday falls on Sunday, the following Monday becomes a substitute holiday (振替休日). Golden Week is late April to early May.