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- Lucas: Okay Luna, ready for another shopping trip? Luna: Yes! Last time we bought fish, and it was so useful. What's today? Lucas: Today we're going to the meat counter. Let's learn how to buy meat in Japanese. Luna: Nice! I love cooking with meat. So what's the word for meat? Lucas: Meat is 肉. Repeat after me: 肉. Luna: 肉. Lucas: Great. Now, there are different types. Beef is 牛肉. Luna: 牛肉. Lucas: Pork is 豚肉. Luna: 豚肉. Lucas: And chicken is 鶏肉. Luna: 鶏肉. That's a lot of kanji, but I'll remember them. Lucas: You will. Now, let's say you want to buy some beef. You can say 牛肉をください. Luna: 牛肉をください. Lucas: Perfect. But you usually need to say how much. The word for gram is グラム. Luna: グラム. Lucas: So if you want 200 grams, you say 二百グラムください. Luna: 二百グラムください. Lucas: Let's put it together. 牛肉を二百グラムください. Luna: 牛肉を二百グラムください. That means 'Please give me 200 grams of beef'. Lucas: Exactly. Let's practice with pork. How would you ask for 300 grams of pork? Luna: Umm... 豚肉を三百グラムください. Lucas: Yes! That's right. And chicken? Luna: 鶏肉を... hundred grams? 鶏肉を百グラムください. Lucas: Perfect. You're a natural. Now, let's imagine a scene. You're at a supermarket meat counter. Luna: Okay, I'm ready. Lucas: The butcher asks 何にしますか? Meaning 'What will it be?' You say 牛肉をください. Luna: 牛肉をください. Lucas: They ask どのくらい? 'How much?' You say 二百グラムください. Luna: 二百グラムください. Lucas: And they'll say かしこまりました, 'Certainly.' Then you pay and say ありがとうございます. Luna: Nice. Simple and useful. Lucas: Hey, if this episode helped you feel more confident shopping in Japanese, that's what we're here for. Fexingo stays ad-free because of listener support. If you'd like to help, you can buy me a coffee at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Every little bit keeps these lessons coming. Luna: Yeah, it really does make a difference. And we appreciate everyone who supports us. Lucas: Now, let's review the phrases one more time. First, 肉. Luna: 肉. Lucas: 牛肉. Luna: 牛肉. Lucas: 豚肉. Luna: 豚肉. Lucas: 鶏肉. Luna: 鶏肉. Lucas: And the key phrase for buying: 牛肉を二百グラムください. Luna: 牛肉を二百グラムください. Lucas: Great. Practice these before your next shopping trip. See you next time! Luna: See you! またね.