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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Japanese with Fexingo. We are so glad you are here. Luna: Hi everyone! I am ready to learn something new today. Lucas: Today we are going to a very specific place. A hair salon. Luna: Oh, I love getting a haircut. It is so relaxing. Lucas: It is. But in Japan, there are some polite ways to ask for what you want. Luna: I do not want to confuse the stylist. Let us start with the first phrase. Lucas: Okay. To say you want to go to a hair salon, we say: 美容院に行きたいです. Luna: 美容室に行きたいです? Wait, that is different from dentist. Lucas: Right. In episode 241 we learned 歯医者さん, which is the dentist. This is different. Luna: Ah, yes. So it is beauty room. Okay. Let me try: 美容院に行きたいです. Lucas: Perfect. That means I want to go to the beauty salon. Luna: I want to go to the beauty salon. Got it. Lucas: Now, once you sit down, they usually wash your hair first. Luna: Yes, that is important. I need a good wash. Lucas: So the phrase is: シャンプーしてください. Luna: Shampoo shite kudasai. Please do shampoo. Lucas: Exactly. It is polite and clear. Try it with me. Luna: シャンプーしてください. Shampoo please. Lucas: Good job. Now, let us talk about the cut. Luna: This is the hard part. I never know how to describe the length. Lucas: A simple way to ask for a trim is: 少しだけ短くしてください. Luna: Sukoshi dake mijikaku shite kudasai. Make it a little shorter please. Lucas: Correct. Sukoshi dake means a little bit. Mijikaku means shorter. Luna: So I can say: 少しだけ短くしてください. Lucas: Yes. And if you only want the ends trimmed, you can say: 毛先を切ってください. Luna: Kesaki o kitte kudasai. Cut the tips please. Lucas: That is right. Kesaki refers to the tips of your hair. Luna: I will use that one. I like keeping just a tiny bit off the ends. Lucas: Let us practice all three cut phrases together slowly. Luna: Okay. 少しだけ短くしてください. Lucas: And then: 毛先を切ってください. Luna: Moshi moshi... no, that is phone. 毛先を切ってください. Lucas: You did great. Now, one more thing. You might want to know how long it takes. Luna: Yes, I have an appointment after. I need to know the time. Lucas: The question is: どのくらい時間がかかりますか. Luna: Dno kurai jikan ga kakarimasu ka. How much time does it take? Lucas: Exactly. Jikan means time. Kakarimasu means to take time. Luna: So I ask: どのくらい時間がかかりますか. Lucas: Perfect. Let us review the full set of phrases now. Luna: First: 美容院に行きたいです. Lucas: Then: シャンプーしてください. Luna: Then: 少しだけ短くしてください. Lucas: Or: 毛先を切ってください. Luna: And finally: どのくらい時間がかかりますか. Lucas: Excellent work today. You are ready for a salon visit. Luna: I feel much more confident. Thank you, Lucas. Lucas: Before we go, I want to share something important with you. Luna: Sure. What is on your mind? Lucas: We deliberately choose not to run ads on these episodes. Luna: That is true. It keeps the focus entirely on learning. Lucas: If Fexingo has been helping you make actual progress with this language, you can support that choice directly. Luna: Yeah, it really matters to keep it clean and focused. Lucas: The link is buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Luna: Thank you for considering it. It helps us keep creating. Lucas: Back to our lesson. Let us do one last quick scene. Luna: Okay. Imagine I walk into the salon. Lucas: You say: 美容院に行きたいです. Luna: Then I sit down. シャンプーしてください. Lucas: Then you ask for the cut. 少しだけ短くしてください. Luna: And before leaving, I ask: どのくらい時間がかかりますか. Lucas: You nailed it. That was perfect. Luna: I am happy I got those right. They felt natural. Lucas: They are very useful. Practice them until we chat again. Luna: I will repeat them every morning. See you next time. Lucas: See you next time. Goodbye.