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- Lucas: Hey, Luna, welcome back to the show. How was your week? Luna: It was good! I've been practicing our likes and dislikes from the last episode. I'm really starting to get the hang of it. Lucas: That's awesome. Building on that, today let's learn some very useful vocabulary — body parts. Specifically, the face area. Luna: Oh, like eyes and ears? I think I know a few already from anime. Lucas: Exactly. Let's start with the word for 'eye'. In Japanese, eye is '目'. Say it with me: 目. Luna: 目. Lucas: Perfect. Now the word for 'ear' is '耳'. Try it: 耳. Luna: 耳. That sounds like 'mimi' — cute. Lucas: It is cute. Next, 'nose' is '鼻'. Repeat after me: 鼻. Luna: 鼻. Hana — like the flower? Same word? Lucas: Same pronunciation, different kanji. And finally, 'mouth' is '口'. Say it: 口. Luna: 口. Kuchi. That one's a bit tricky. Lucas: You got it. And to put it all together, 'face' is '顔'. Can you say that? Luna: 顔. So ka-o. Lucas: Yes. Let's practice by pointing to your own face. Point to your eye and say 目. Luna: 目. Now ear — 耳. Nose — 鼻. Mouth — 口. Face — 顔. Lucas: Excellent. Now let's put them in a simple sentence. For example, 'My eyes are big' — you could say '目が大きいです'. But for today, just focus on the words. Luna: Okay, I think I have them. But maybe I need to hear them a bit more. Lucas: Sure. Let's do a quick drill. I'll say the English, you say the Japanese. Eye. Luna: 目. Lucas: Ear. Luna: 耳. Lucas: Nose. Luna: 鼻. Lucas: Mouth. Luna: 口. Lucas: Face. Luna: 顔. Lucas: You're doing really well. Now let's imagine we're at a store and you see a cute mask. You could ask, 'What about this face mask?' but let's keep it simple. Just say the parts again. Luna: 目、耳、鼻、口、顔. Got it. Lucas: Perfect. Now, before we move on, I want to mention something. If you're finding these lessons helpful and want to support the show, you can buy us a coffee at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. It helps us keep the lessons ad-free and focused on what you need. Luna: Yeah, it's a great way to say thanks if you're learning. We really appreciate it. Lucas: So back to body parts. Let's do a little quiz. I'll point to a part on my own face — you say the Japanese word. Ready? Luna: Ready. Lucas: Points to eye. Luna: 目. Lucas: Points to ear. Luna: 耳. Lucas: Points to nose. Luna: 鼻. Lucas: Points to mouth. Luna: 口. Lucas: Points to face. Luna: 顔. Lucas: You got them all. Great job, Luna. Luna: Thanks! This was fun. Now I can describe someone's face in Japanese — well, just the parts. Lucas: Exactly. Next time we can add colors and sizes to describe them. But for now, practice these words. Listeners, repeat them throughout your day. Say them when you look in the mirror. That's it for today. Luna: See you next time! Practice these until we meet again.