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Japanese Café Reading: Closing Time and Last Orders
Distinguish when a café closes from when food and drinks can last be ordered. The notice includes a separate takeaway rule, so each answer needs the correct label as well as a time.
An original fictional learning text by LavaJapanese. Places, prices and rules in the passage are invented for practice.
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の
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今日は午後六時に。
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のは午後五時までです。
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のは午後五時半までです。
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パンはができます。
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のも午後五時半までです。
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明日は休みです。
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Do not use the closing time to answer every question. The café stops taking food orders an hour before it closes, while drinks and takeaway share a later deadline. Read the noun before の注文 or の受付 to decide which rule applies.
も links takeaway acceptance to the same 5:30 deadline as drinks. The notice only says bread is available for takeaway; it does not say all menu items can be taken away. Keep your answer within what is actually written.
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1. When does the café close today?
午後六時
Closing is 6 p.m.; the other two times are order deadlines. Evidence: 今日は午後六時に閉まります。
2. At 5:15 p.m., which new order is still within the stated order hours?
飲み物
Food orders end at five, but drink orders continue until half past five. Evidence: 食事の注文は午後五時までです。 / 飲み物の注文は午後五時半までです。
3. What can be taken away? Copy the item.
パン
パン is the item explicitly available for takeaway. Evidence: パンは持ち帰りができます。
4. When do takeaway orders end?
午後五時半
持ち帰りの受付 has its own 5:30 p.m. deadline. Evidence: 持ち帰りの受付も午後五時半までです。
5. Copy the word saying that the café is closed tomorrow, without です.
休み
明日は休みです states tomorrow’s closure. Evidence: 明日は休みです。
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