Anny Verb へ and で

The directional 「へ」 particle
Vocabulary

    日本 【に・ほん】 - Japan
    行く 【い・く】 (u-verb) - to go
    家 【1) うち; 2) いえ】 - 1) one's own home; 2) house
    帰る 【かえ・る】 (u-verb) - to go home
    部屋 【へ・や】 - room
    来る 【く・る】 (exception) - to come
    医者 【い・しゃ】 - doctor
    なる (u-verb) - to become
    勝ち 【か・ち】 - victory
    向かう 【むか・う】 (u-verb) - to face; to go towards

While 「へ」 is normally pronounced /he/, when it is being used as a particle, it is always pronounced /e/ （え）. The primary difference between the 「に」 and 「へ」 particle is that 「に」 goes to a target as the final, intended destination (both physical or abstract). The 「へ」 particle, on the other hand, is used to express the fact that one is setting out towards the direction of the target. As a result, it is only used with directional motion verbs. It also does not guarantee whether the target is the final intended destination, only that one is heading towards that direction. In other words, the 「に」 particle sticks to the destination while the 「へ」 particle is fuzzy about where one is ultimately headed. For example, if we choose to replace 「に」 with 「へ」 in the first three examples of the previous section, the nuance changes slightly.
Examples

    ボブは日本へ行った。
    Bob headed towards Japan.
    家へ帰らない。
    Not go home toward house.
    部屋へくる。
    Come towards room.

Note that we cannot use the 「へ」 particle with verbs that have no physical direction. For example, the following is incorrect.

    医者へなる。
    （Grammatically incorrect version of 「医者になる」.）

This does not mean to say that 「へ」 cannot set out towards an abstract concept. In fact, because of the fuzzy directional meaning of this particle, the 「へ」 particle can also be used to talk about setting out towards certain future goals or expectations.

    勝ちへ向かう。
    Go towards victory.

The contextual 「で」 particle
Vocabulary

    映画館 【えい・が・かん】 - movie theatre
    見る 【み・る】 (ru-verb) - to see
    バス - bus
    帰る 【かえ・る】 (u-verb) - to go home
    レストラン - restaurant
    昼ご飯 【ひる・ご・はん】 - lunch
    食べる 【た・べる】 (ru-verb) - to eat
    何 【なに／なん】 - what
    暇 【ひま】 - free　(as in not busy)

The 「で」 particle will allow us to specify the context in which the action is performed. For example, if a person ate a fish, where did he eat it? If a person went to school, by what means did she go? With what will you eat the soup? All of these questions can be answered with the 「で」 particle. Here are some examples.
Examples

    映画館で見た。
    Saw at movie theater.
    バスで帰る。
    Go home by bus.
    レストランで昼ご飯を食べた。
    Ate lunch at restaurant.

It may help to think of 「で」 as meaning "by way of". This way, the same meaning will kind of translate into what the sentence means. The examples will then read: "Saw by way of movie theater", "Go home by way of bus", and "Ate lunch by way of restaurant."