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this; doing things like this and that). If there is only one

alternative in the sentence, it is a representative or typical
action. Here are some examples:

Kinō wa nettosāfin o shitari Tsuittā o shitari shimashita.

Yesterday I did things like surf the Web and use
Twitter.

Tegami o kaitari hon o yondari shimasu.
I write letters and read books (in alternation, or

typically).

Shinbun o mitari rajio o kiitari shite imashita.

He was looking at the paper and listening to the
radio (in alternation, or simultaneously, or

typically).

Tōkyō e iku to Ginza o sanpo shitari shimasu.
When I go to Tokyo, I walk around Ginza (and so
on).

Konogoro wa o-tenki ga yokattari warukattari shimasu

ne.
Lately the weather is good one day, bad the
next, isn’t it?