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- Lucas: Hey Luna, welcome back to Learn Japanese with Fexingo. This is episode two hundred, can you believe it? Luna: Two hundred episodes, that's amazing. And today we're doing something perfect for a milestone, numbers. Lucas: Exactly. And you know, Fexingo has been with us through all of those episodes. If it's been helping you make real progress with Japanese, we'd love it if you could support us. Luna: Yeah, we keep the show ad-free on purpose, and listener support is what makes that possible. The link is buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Lucas: So today, let's go beyond the numbers we've learned before. We know up to twenty, right? Luna: Right. I can count to twenty, but after that, I get a bit stuck. Like, what is twenty-one? Lucas: Great question. In Japanese, numbers are really logical. Twenty-one is just two-ten-one. So you say にじゅういち. Listen again, にじゅういち. Luna: にじゅういち. Twenty-one. That's so easy. What about thirty? Lucas: Thirty is さんじゅう. It's three-ten. さんじゅう. Luna: さんじゅう. So forty is よんじゅう, four-ten. And fifty is ごじゅう, five-ten. I see the pattern. Lucas: You got it. And one hundred is ひゃく. Let's practice. Repeat after me: にじゅういち. さんじゅう. よんじゅう. ごじゅう. ひゃく. Luna: にじゅういち, さんじゅう, よんじゅう, ごじゅう, ひゃく. That was fun. Lucas: Now let's use these in a real situation. Imagine you're at a market and you see a price tag. You want to ask how much it costs. You already know いくらですか, right? Luna: Yes, いくらですか. So I could ask, いくらですか, and the seller might say さんじゅうです. That would be thirty. Lucas: Exactly. And if it's thirty-five, you'd say さんじゅうごです. But today, let's focus on the tens and one hundred. Let's hear a mini conversation. I'll be the seller, you be the customer. Lucas: いくらですか. Luna: Lucas, that's a nice hat. いくらですか. Lucas: ひゃくです. Luna: ひゃく. That's a hundred. A bit pricey, but okay. Lucas: Let's try another one. This time, I'm buying a drink. いくらですか. Luna: よんじゅうです. Lucas: Forty. Perfect. Now let's do a quick review. What's the pattern for twenty-one again? Luna: It's two-ten-one, so にじゅういち. Lucas: And thirty? Luna: さんじゅう. Lucas: What about forty-five? Luna: That would be よんじゅうご. Four-ten-five. So easy. Lucas: You're a natural. Let's do one more round, but faster. I'll say the number, you say it in Japanese. Twenty-one. Luna: にじゅういち. Lucas: Thirty. Luna: さんじゅう. Lucas: Forty. Luna: よんじゅう. Lucas: Fifty. Luna: ごじゅう. Lucas: One hundred. Luna: ひゃく. Lucas: Perfect. Now you can count up to one hundred. Remember, just put the tens word first, then the ones. Practice these five numbers: にじゅういち, さんじゅう, よんじゅう, ごじゅう, ひゃく. Luna: Thanks, Lucas. This was really helpful. I'll practice these until next time. Lucas: And we'll be here with more Japanese. See you next episode on Learn Japanese with Fexingo.