With pen recorders, pen offset (phase differences) between pens along the time axis are inevitable when measurement data is recorded on chart paper. Phase differences are one of the factors that prevent the accurate plotting line of measurement data.

This article explains the principles and working of the pen offset compensation function, which is included in the Pen Recorder µR10000 and µR20000 series, and corrects pen offsets.

A:	Is this shirt on sale?	Kono shatsu wa se-ru hin desu ka?
B:	Yes it is. That would be 10% off.	Hai, sou desu. 10% ofu ni narimasu.
A:	Can I try it on?	Shichaku shite mo ii desu ka?
B:	Sure. Please use this dressing room.	Hai. Kochira no oheya de onegaishimasu.
A:	It doesn't fit. Do you have a slightly smaller size?	Saizu ga aimasen. Mou sukoshi chiisai saizu wa arimasu ka?
B:	That would be this one.	Kochira ni narimasu.
A:	Are there other colors?	Betsu no iro wa arimasu ka?
B:	Yes, we have black.	Hai. Kuroiiro ga arimasu.
A:	I like black better, so I'll take this please. Can I use a credit card?	Kuroi no hou ga ki ni itta node, kore wo kudasai. Kurejitto kaado wa tukaemasu ka?
B:	Yes that's fine. The total comes to 5400 yen.	Hai, tsukae masu. Goukei de go-sen yon-hyaku (5400) en ni narimasu.

Grammar Points!

1. "Loan Words"
   The Japanese love to import English (and other languages') words and incorporate them into everyday Japanese speech. However they pronounce these "loan words" using the Japanese phonetic system, making them somewhat difficult for native speakers to recognize. Here are some examples from our lesson:
   
   

   shatsu	shirt
   se-ru	sale
   saizu	size
   kurejitto kaado	credit card

   
   
   
2. Katakana
   Japanese have 3 different writing systems; 1) Kanji for Chinese characters, 2) hiragana for native Japanese words and inflections of kanji-based words, and 3) katakana for the loan words described above. There are about 60 katakana characters—more than the English alphabet, but not so many that you can't learn them in a relatively short amount of time if you put some effort into it. Learning Katakana is fun because if you do, you will be able to read loan words, whose meaning you will probably recognize. This comes in handy, for example, when reading menus in Japan.
   Try to learn some katakana from the examples below,then check out http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http for a complete list of characters.
   

	ko ka   ko-ra	coca cola
	ra i su	rice
	bi-ru	beer
	hotto  ko-hi-	hot coffee
	ma ku do na ru do	McDonald's