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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Japanese with Fexingo! I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna. Episode 183, can you believe it? Lucas: I know, it's amazing. And we've been building up your pharmacy vocab the last couple episodes. Luna: Yeah, so if you missed those, definitely check them out. Today, I feel like we need to know how to say where it hurts. Lucas: Exactly. When you're at the pharmacy or doctor, you need to describe your pain. So let's start simple. How do you say 'my head hurts'? Luna: Umm... I think it's 頭が痛い? あたまがいたい? Lucas: Perfect! 頭が痛い. 頭 means head, が is the particle, and 痛い means painful or hurts. So 頭が痛い means 'my head hurts' or 'I have a headache'. Luna: 頭が痛い. I can use that for sure. Lucas: Let's hear you say it once more. Luna: 頭が痛い. Lucas: Great. Now, what about stomach? お腹. Luna: お腹が痛い? おなかがいたい. Lucas: Yes! お腹が痛い. That means 'my stomach hurts'. Luna: お腹が痛い. I ate too much ramen last night, so that might be useful. Lucas: And tooth? 歯. Luna: 歯が痛い? はがいたい. Lucas: Exactly. 歯が痛い. Toothache. Luna: 歯が痛い. I hope I don't need that one. Lucas: Now, what if you want to point to a specific spot and say 'it hurts here'? You can say ここが痛い. Luna: ここが痛い. So ここ means 'here'? Lucas: Right. So if you point to your back, you could say ここが痛い. Luna: ここが痛い. That's really practical. Lucas: And a more general phrase is just 痛いです. 'It hurts.' You can use that for anything. Luna: 痛いです. Lucas: Let's put these in a little scene. Imagine you're at the pharmacy. Luna: OK, I'll be the customer. すみません、頭が痛いです。 Lucas: Ah, 頭が痛いですか。それでは、この薬をどうぞ。 Luna: ありがとうございます。 Lucas: See how natural that is? You can swap in any body part. Luna: And I imagine お腹が痛い and 歯が痛い work the same way. Lucas: Totally. Now, let's do a quick review. Luna, how do you say 'my head hurts'? Luna: 頭が痛い. Lucas: And 'my stomach hurts'? Luna: お腹が痛い. Lucas: Tooth? Luna: 歯が痛い. Lucas: And 'it hurts here'? Luna: ここが痛い. Lucas: And just 'it hurts'? Luna: 痛いです. Lucas: You've got it. You know, if Fexingo has been helping you make actual progress with Japanese, we'd love if you could support the show. Luna: Yeah, even a couple of dollars a month genuinely makes a difference. It keeps these episodes ad-free and coming. Lucas: If you'd like to help, you can go to buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. No pressure, but if you've gotten value out of it, we appreciate it. Luna: Totally. And now back to practice. Lucas, can we try a longer sentence? Lucas: Sure. How about 'I have a headache and a stomachache'? Luna: Umm... 頭が痛いとお腹が痛い? With と meaning 'and'? Lucas: Almost. You can say 頭が痛いし、お腹も痛い. But that's a bit advanced. For now, just saying 頭が痛いです。お腹も痛いです works fine. Luna: 頭が痛いです。お腹も痛いです。 Lucas: Great. Let's practice one more time all together. Luna: OK. 頭が痛い. Lucas: お腹が痛い. Luna: 歯が痛い. Lucas: ここが痛い. Luna: 痛いです. Lucas: Perfect. Keep practicing these, and next time you're at a pharmacy in Japan, you'll be ready. Luna: See you next episode! Practice these till we chat again. Lucas: Bye for now!