How is it that wo can be used with intransitive verbs?

Sometimes you may see the particle wo (を) used with intransitive verbs, such as mado wo deru (窓を出る) "go out of the window", or kōen wo aruku (公演を歩く), "walk through the park". This is a different use of the wo particle than the one where it marks the object of a sentence. In this use, it marks a location through which an action is done, "go out of the window" or "walk through the park".

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