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- Lucas: Hey, welcome back to Learn Japanese with Fexingo. I'm Lucas, and I've got Luna here with me. Luna: Hey hey! Ready to learn some new Japanese words. What's on the menu today? Lucas: Well, since we've talked about food and eating, I thought we'd go one step further and learn some kitchen items. You know, things you actually use to cook with. Luna: Oh, that's useful. I've been trying to follow Japanese recipes online, but I always get stuck on the names of tools. Lucas: Exactly. So let's start with a basic one: the knife. In Japanese, knife is 包丁. Luna: 包丁. Lucas: Good. 包丁. That's the kitchen knife. Now, what do you use with a knife? A cutting board. That's まな板. Luna: まな板. So 包丁 and まな板. Knife and cutting board. Lucas: Perfect. Now, let's put them in a simple sentence: これは包丁です。This is a knife. And: これはまな板です。This is a cutting board. Luna: これは包丁です。これはまな板です。Great. Lucas: Now, for cooking, you often need a frying pan. That's フライパン. Luna: フライパン. That sounds like 'fry pan'. Lucas: It does, it's a loanword. Easy to remember. And a pot is 鍋. Luna: 鍋. That's a new one. 鍋. Lucas: Yes. So フライパン and 鍋. Frying pan and pot. Let's practice: これはフライパンです。This is a frying pan. これは鍋です。This is a pot. Luna: これはフライパンです。これは鍋です。Got it. Lucas: Now, two more useful items. A bowl is ボウル. Luna: ボウル. Another loanword, like 'bowl'. Lucas: Right. And a colander or strainer is ざる. Luna: ざる. That's a new one. So ボウル and ざる. Lucas: Yes. And a sentence: これはボウルです。これはざるです。 Luna: これはボウルです。これはざるです。Okay, I think I've got them all. Lucas: If Fexingo has been helping you make real progress with Japanese, and you want to keep these episodes ad-free, a couple of dollars a month genuinely makes a difference. Buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo helps cover the costs. Luna: Yeah, it really does. We love making these, and your support keeps them coming. Thanks for considering. Lucas: Now, let's put these words into a little scenario. Imagine you're making dinner. You take out the まな板 and the 包丁 to chop vegetables. Then you use a ボウル to mix them, and cook in a フライパン or a 鍋. Finally, you drain the noodles with a ざる. Luna: That's a full meal! So I'm using 包丁, まな板, ボウル, フライパン, 鍋, and ざる. Lucas: Exactly. Let's repeat them all one more time: 包丁, まな板, フライパン, 鍋, ボウル, ざる. Luna: 包丁, まな板, フライパン, 鍋, ボウル, ざる. Lucas: Great job. Next time you're in a Japanese kitchen or reading a recipe, you'll know exactly what's what. Luna: This was really practical. I'm going to label my kitchen items in Japanese now. Lucas: That's a fantastic idea. Practice these words by using them in sentences like これは包丁です。Or ask これは何ですか？ if you forget. Luna: Perfect. Thanks Lucas, and thanks to everyone listening. Practice these words, and we'll see you next time. Lucas: Take care, and keep learning with Fexingo.