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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Japanese with Fexingo. I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna. Episode 79, can you believe it? Lucas: I know. And today we're going to talk about something you use every day. The bathroom. Luna: Oh, that's useful. We already learned トイレ in a previous episode, right? For asking where it is? Lucas: Exactly. We did トイレはどこですか in episode 68. So that's a nice starting point. If Fexingo has been helping you make actual progress, we'd love it if you considered supporting the show. We deliberately don't run ads, and listener support keeps it that way. You can find us at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Luna: Yeah, totally. It's a small way to keep things ad-free. Anyway, back to the bathroom. So トイレ is toilet, but what about the whole room? Lucas: Great question. In Japanese, トイレ can mean both the toilet and the restroom. But we also have お風呂 for bath, and 洗面所 for washroom, where the sink is. Luna: お風呂. That sounds like a relaxing word. o fu ro. Lucas: It does. お is an honorific prefix, and 風呂 is bath. So お風呂 is the bath or bathroom specifically for bathing. Luna: And 洗面所 is the washroom, like for washing your face? Lucas: Right. 洗 means wash, 面 means face, 所 means place. So literally 'face-washing place'. Luna: That makes sense. Let me try: 洗面所. 洗面所. Lucas: Perfect. Now let's put them in sentences. Can you ask 'where is the bathroom?' using トイレ? Luna: トイレはどこですか. Lucas: Yes. And if you want to say 'I take a bath', you'd say お風呂に入ります. Luna: お風呂に入ります. So 入ります means enter, right? Lucas: Exactly. So literally 'I enter the bath'. Let's practice a mini dialogue. I'll ask you: トイレはどこですか. Luna: あそこです. Lucas: Good. Now if I ask 洗面所はどこですか. Luna: ここです. Lucas: Nice. And one more: お風呂に入りますか. Luna: はい、お風呂に入ります. Lucas: Beautiful. So today's phrases: トイレ, お風呂, 洗面所, トイレはどこですか, and お風呂に入ります. Luna: I like that we can combine them with location words from before. This feels really practical. Lucas: That's the goal. Practice these a few times, and you'll be ready for any bathroom situation in Japan. Luna: Till next time, keep practicing! Lucas: See you in episode 80.