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店・施設の案内(営業時間・料金)

In this section you read information boards for businesses and public facilities, such as cafés, the city swimming pool, and libraries. The vocabulary that appears most often is 営業時間(えいぎょうじかん, business hours) for shops and cafés, 開館時間(かいかんじかん, opening hours of a building) for facilities, and 休館日(きゅうかんび, closing day) for the dates when the place does not operate. All three are easy to confuse, so you must first recognize the type of place before deciding which word to use. In the 料金(りょうきん, fee) section there is usually a separation between 大人(おとな, adults) and 子ども(こども, children), and sometimes there is a 割引(わりびき, discount) for students. The pattern 「〜円引き」 means a discount of a certain number of yen, so you calculate the discount per portion before multiplying by the number of orders. The words 無料(むりょう, free of charge) and 有料(ゆうりょう, paid) also need to be distinguished, because they determine whether there is any charge at all. In sentences, 「〜てください」 is used for polite instructions, while 「〜ことができます」 expresses permission or ability. Example sentences: 「大人二人と子ども一人で、プールに行きます。」(I go to the pool with two adults and one child.) 「月曜日は休館日です。」(Monday is the closing day.) 「学生は、料金が百円安くなります。」(The fee for students becomes one hundred yen cheaper.)