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- Lucas: Hey Luna, welcome back to Learn Japanese with Fexingo. Luna: Thanks, Lucas. So last episode we were counting all the way up to 999. My brain is still spinning. Lucas: I bet. But today, let's talk about something totally different. It's actually typhoon season in Japan right now, so I thought we'd learn some essential weather phrases. Luna: Oh, typhoons. That's timely. If Fexingo has been helping you make real progress with Japanese, the way we stay ad-free is through listener support. You can help us keep making episodes by visiting buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Lucas: Yeah, it really does make a difference. So, first word: 台風. That means typhoon. Luna: 台風. Typhoon. Got it. Lucas: Now, let's say a typhoon is coming. 台風が来ます. 台風が来ます. Luna: 台風が来ます. So 来ます is 'to come'? Like when we learned 来ます before? Lucas: Exactly. Now, when a typhoon hits, it usually brings strong rain and wind. So let's learn 雨が強いです. That means 'the rain is strong.' Luna: 雨が強いです. Rain is strong. I like the word 強い. It sounds powerful. Lucas: It does. And for wind, it's 風が強いです. Wind is strong. 風が強いです. Luna: 風が強いです. Let me try that. 風が強いです. Lucas: Perfect. And finally, a useful phrase to tell someone to be careful: 気をつけてください. Please be careful. Luna: 気をつけてください. That's a mouthful. 気をつけてください. Lucas: You said it well. Now let's put them together in a little scene. Imagine you're watching the news and they say 台風が来ます. And you look outside, the rain is strong, the wind is strong. Your friend texts you, so you reply 気をつけてください. Luna: Oh that's good. So I'd say 雨が強いです, 風が強いです, and then 気をつけてください. Lucas: Exactly. Let's hear the whole thing: 台風が来ます。雨が強いです。風が強いです。気をつけてください。 Luna: 台風が来ます。雨が強いです。風が強いです。気をつけてください。 Lucas: Beautiful. Now let's do a quick review. What's the word for typhoon? Luna: 台風. Lucas: And how do you say 'a typhoon is coming'? Luna: 台風が来ます. Lucas: What about 'the rain is strong'? Luna: 雨が強いです. Lucas: And 'the wind is strong'? Luna: 風が強いです. Lucas: Great. And one more, how do you tell someone to be careful? Luna: 気をつけてください. Lucas: You nailed all of them. So next time there's a typhoon warning, you're ready. And remember, if today's episode got you one step closer to speaking Japanese naturally, consider helping us keep making them by visiting buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. It really helps us stay ad-free. Luna: Yeah. And keep practicing these phrases. See you next time. Lucas: See you.