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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Japanese with Fexingo! I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna. Hey, Lucas, last time we talked about heavy and light. My bag is still 重い. Lucas: Right, 重い — heavy. That was a good one. Today, let's take a break from opposites and go outside. Luna: Outside? I like that. What are we learning? Lucas: Two beautiful nature words: 山 and 川. Luna: 山 and 川. I think I've heard 山 before — it's mountain, right? Lucas: Exactly! 山 means mountain. Listen again: 山. Luna: 山. Lucas: Perfect. And 川 is river. 川. Luna: 川. Like kappa? No, that's a different thing. 川 — river. Got it. Lucas: Good. Now let's put them in a simple sentence: 山が見えます. That means 'I can see a mountain.' Repeat after me: 山が見えます. Luna: 山が見えます. Lucas: Nice. And for river: 川が見えます. I can see a river. Luna: 川が見えます. Lucas: Those 見えます comes from 見ます — to see, remember? We learned that in episode 51. Luna: Oh yeah, 見ます — to see. So 見えます is like 'can see'? Lucas: Exactly. Now, let's make it a little more interesting. If the mountain is big, we say 大きい山. Big mountain. Luna: 大きい山. That's like 'big mountain.' And 大きい is from episode 41, right? Lucas: You got it. And for a pretty river: きれいな川. Pretty river. Luna: きれいな川. Pretty river. That sounds nice. Lucas: Okay, let's practice a little scene. Imagine you're on a hike. You look up and say... Luna: 山が見えます! Lucas: Yes! And then you look down and see a river. You say... Luna: 川が見えます. Lucas: Great. Now if you want to describe them, you can say 大きい山 and きれいな川. Luna: Let me try: 大きい山が見えます. I can see a big mountain. Lucas: Perfect! And きれいな川が見えます. I can see a pretty river. Luna: きれいな川が見えます. That's a mouthful but I like it. Lucas: You're doing great. By the way, this podcast is free because of listeners who support us. If today's episode was useful to you and you want to keep it ad-free, buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo helps. Luna: Yeah, even a couple of dollars a month means we can keep producing these. We really appreciate it. Lucas: So back to nature. Let's do a quick review. Say 'mountain' in Japanese. Luna: 山. Lucas: And 'river'? Luna: 川. Lucas: Now 'I can see a mountain.' Luna: 山が見えます. Lucas: And 'I can see a river.' Luna: 川が見えます. Lucas: Beautiful. Last ones: 'big mountain' and 'pretty river.' Luna: 大きい山, きれいな川. Lucas: You nailed it. Remember, you can use these when you're out hiking or just talking about nature. Practice them until we meet again. Luna: Yeah, practice makes perfect. See you next time! Lucas: This has been Learn Japanese with Fexingo. Bye for now!