YOU SAID:
she went to the store
INTO JAPANESE
彼女は店に行った
BACK INTO ENGLISH
She went to a shop.
INTO JAPANESE
彼女は店に行った。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
She went to the store.
INTO JAPANESE
彼女は店に行った。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
She went to the store.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.