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Usages of michi o kiku
交番 で 道 を 聞きました。kouban de michi o kikimashita.
I asked for directions at the police box.
外国人 は 駅 で 道 を 聞いて いました。gaikokujin wa eki de michi o kiite imashita.
The foreigner was asking for directions at the station.
初めて の 町 で 道 を 聞きました。hajimete no machi de michi o kikimashita.
I asked for directions in the town I visited for the first time.
私 は 知らない 人 に 道 を 聞きました。watashi wa shiranai hito ni michi o kikimashita.
I asked a stranger for directions.
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