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Usages of hoomu
地下 の 急行 ホーム は とても 静か だった。tika no kyuukou hoomu ha totemo sizuka datta.
The express platform in the basement was very quiet.
電車 が 来る まで、 ホーム で 待ちます。densya ga kuru made, hoomu de matimasu.
I will wait on the platform until the train comes.
駅 の ホーム で 長い 列 に 並びました。eki no hoomu de nagai retu ni narabimasita.
I stood in a long line on the station platform.
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