前橋のデパート「スズラン」で最後の物産展、行列に

Welcome to Japanese Daily News. I'm Maya. Today is October nineteenth. A department store in Gunma is closing soon, and its last food fair is drawing long lines. Let's listen.

Now let's break it down.

At a department store in Maebashi, in Gunma Prefecture, the store's last regional food fair is being held.

It means a department store.

It means a fair that sells special foods and goods from different regions.

The Maebashi store is going to close on November thirtieth.

It means to close, or to shut.

Sixty-five shops from Hokkaido and all over the country have come to this fair.

It means the whole country.

On the first day, about three hundred people lined up before the store opened.

It means to open.

It means to line up, or to wait in a line.

Because there were so many people, the store opened five minutes earlier than usual.

A pork bun shop from Osaka was especially popular, and some people lined up from seven in the morning.

It means a steamed pork bun.

It means especially.

It means popular, or popularity.

The company started as a clothing shop in nineteen fifty-two, and became a department store in nineteen sixty-eight.

It means clothes, especially Western-style clothes.

When the Maebashi store closes, the city of Maebashi will have no department store.

It means to be closed. The store itself closes.

It means to disappear, or to be gone.

A store worker said, "Closing is very sad, but so many customers have come, and we are truly grateful."

It means too bad, or a pity.

It means thanks, or gratitude.

Now listen to the full story again.

Quiz time. Listen and answer.

On November thirtieth.

About three hundred people.

Until October twentieth.

That's all for this morning. Thanks for listening. See you next time.