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- Lucas: Hey Luna, welcome back to Learn Japanese with Fexingo. Luna: Hey Lucas! Ready for another episode? I've been practicing our post office phrases. Lucas: That's great! Today we're going somewhere you might need in Japan: the pharmacy. Luna: Oh, good idea. I always get lost in those big drugstores. Lucas: Let's start with a key word: 薬. That means medicine. Luna: 薬. Lucas: Perfect. Now, if you're sick, you might say 風邪をひきました — I caught a cold. Luna: 風邪をひきました. That's a mouthful. Lucas: Let's break it down: 風邪 is cold, the illness. So 風邪をひきました means I caught a cold. Luna: Okay, 風邪. And then をひきました. Lucas: Exactly. Now, to ask for medicine, you can say 薬をください — please give me medicine. Luna: 薬をください. Lucas: Good. So imagine you're at the pharmacy counter. You say すみません、風邪をひきました. 薬をください. Luna: すみません、風邪をひきました. 薬をください. That feels natural. Lucas: The pharmacist might ask about your 症状 — symptoms. Luna: 症状. That's symptoms. So I could say 咳が出ます — I have a cough. Lucas: Nice! You remembered from a previous episode. 咳 is cough. Luna: Yeah, we did body parts and some health stuff a while back. Lucas: So let's practice a full exchange. I'll be the pharmacist. You come in sick. Luna: Okay. すみません、風邪をひきました. Lucas: 症状は？ — What are your symptoms? Luna: 咳が出ます. それと、鼻水が出ます. That's runny nose. Lucas: 鼻水 — perfect. Then I might say この薬をどうぞ — here's this medicine. Luna: この薬をどうぞ. Thank you! ありがとうございます. Lucas: See, you just had a full pharmacy conversation. Luna: That was actually pretty smooth. Lucas: Let's review our phrases: 薬, 風邪, 風邪をひきました, 薬をください, 症状. Luna: 薬, 風邪, 風邪をひきました, 薬をください, 症状. Lucas: And an extra: 咳 and 鼻水 are useful too. Luna: 咳, 鼻水. Got it. Lucas: You know, if this episode helped you feel more prepared for a trip, that's what Fexingo is all about. If it was worth a coffee to you, you can find us at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Luna: Yeah, it really helps us keep making these. Every bit of support goes into keeping it ad-free. Lucas: So next time you're at a pharmacy in Japan, try saying 風邪をひきました and see what happens. Luna: I will! Thanks, Lucas. This was super practical. Lucas: See you next episode. Keep practicing!