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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Japanese with Fexingo! I'm Lucas, and with me is the wonderful Luna. Luna: Hey everyone! Ready to practice some Japanese today? Lucas: So in our last episode, we talked about 厚い and 薄い — thick and thin. I thought we'd do a little review with a fun story. Luna: Oh, I love stories! Let's hear it. Lucas: Okay, imagine we go to a bookstore. You pick up a big thick book and a small thin magazine. Luna: So the thick book would be 厚い本, and the thin magazine would be 薄い雑誌? Lucas: Exactly! 厚い本 and 薄い雑誌. Great memory. Luna: But how do I say 'this book is thick'? Is it この本は厚いです? Lucas: Perfect! この本は厚いです. Let's say it together: この本は厚いです. Luna: この本は厚いです. Lucas: And if you want to say 'that blanket is thin' — その毛布は薄いです. Luna: その毛布は薄いです. That's a handy one for winter! Lucas: Right? So let's practice both. Repeat after me: この本は厚いです. Luna: この本は厚いです. Lucas: その毛布は薄いです. Luna: その毛布は薄いです. Lucas: Excellent! Now, let's put them in a mini story. So we're at the bookstore, and you pick up a thick book. Luna: I say, この本は厚いです. Lucas: Then you see a thin magazine and say, この雑誌は薄いです. Luna: この雑誌は薄いです. That works! Lucas: Now, quick thing — if Fexingo has been helping you make actual progress with Japanese, a handful of listeners chip in monthly through buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo, and that's literally what funds making this many of these. Luna: Yeah, it's totally listener-supported. No ads or anything. We appreciate anyone who helps keep it going. Lucas: So back to our story. You buy the thick book and the thin magazine. At home, you put the blanket on the bed. It's thin, so you say...? Luna: その毛布は薄いです. Lucas: And then you compare it to your thick winter coat. How would you say 'this coat is thick'? Luna: このコートは厚いです. Lucas: Yes! このコートは厚いです. You're getting really good at this. Luna: Thanks! So to wrap up, we have 厚い for thick and 薄い for thin. And you can use them with この, その, あの. Lucas: Right. Keep practicing, and we'll see you next time on Learn Japanese with Fexingo! Luna: Bye everyone!