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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Japanese with Fexingo. I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna. Hey Lucas, last episode we learned some basic pharmacy phrases, right? Lucas: Yeah, we covered '薬' and '風邪'. Today, let's get more specific — we're going to learn how to ask for medicine for a cold, fever, and headache. Luna: Oh, that's super useful. I always get confused when I need to say which medicine I want. Lucas: Exactly. So first up: '風邪薬'. This means cold medicine. Repeat after me: 風邪薬. Luna: 風邪薬. 風邪薬. Lucas: Great. Now, if you want to ask for it, you say '風邪薬をください'. That means 'Please give me cold medicine'. Try it. Luna: 風邪薬をください. 風邪薬をください. Lucas: Perfect. Now let's learn '熱' which means fever. Say it: 熱. Luna: 熱. 熱. Lucas: To say 'I have a fever', you say '熱がある'. Listen: 熱がある. Luna: 熱がある. 熱がある. Lucas: Good. Now if you need medicine for fever, you could say '熱の薬をください'. But let's also learn '頭痛' — headache. Say it: 頭痛. Luna: 頭痛. 頭痛. Lucas: And 'I have a headache' is '頭痛がある'. Repeat: 頭痛がある. Luna: 頭痛がある. 頭痛がある. Lucas: Awesome. Let's put it together. Imagine you're at a pharmacy. You can say 'すみません、風邪薬をください'. That's 'Excuse me, please give me cold medicine'. Luna: すみません、風邪薬をください. That sounds natural. Lucas: Now, if the pharmacist asks what symptoms you have, you can say '熱があります' or '頭痛があります'. Let's practice a little dialogue. Luna, you be the customer. Luna: Sure. 'すみません、風邪薬をください'. Lucas: And I'll say 'どんな症状ですか？' — what symptoms? You say '熱があります'. Luna: 熱があります. Lucas: Then I'll say 'かしこまりました。この風邪薬をどうぞ。' — understood, here is this cold medicine. And you say 'ありがとうございます'. Luna: ありがとうございます. That was fun. Lucas: Yeah, you did great. Now, a quick reminder: if these phrases are helpful for you, Fexingo stays ad-free thanks to listeners like you. If you'd like to support, you can buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Luna: Yeah, it really helps us keep making episodes. So, back to practice — let's try '頭痛がある' in a sentence. Lucas: Good idea. So '頭痛があるので、頭痛薬をください' — 'I have a headache, so please give me headache medicine'. Repeat after me: 頭痛があるので、頭痛薬をください. Luna: 頭痛があるので、頭痛薬をください. That's a bit long, but I got it. Lucas: You did. Let's break it down: '頭痛がある' — I have a headache, 'ので' — so, '頭痛薬をください' — please give me headache medicine. Luna: Ah, 'ので' is 'so' — I remember that from earlier episodes. Lucas: Exactly. Okay, let's review all the new phrases: 風邪薬, 熱, 頭痛, 風邪薬をください, 熱がある, 頭痛がある. Luna: 風邪薬, 熱, 頭痛, 風邪薬をください, 熱がある, 頭痛がある. Lucas: Perfect. Now, imagine you're at the pharmacy and you need something for a headache. How would you say it? Luna: すみません、頭痛があるので頭痛薬をください. Lucas: That's perfect. And if you have a fever? Luna: すみません、熱があるので熱の薬をください. Lucas: Awesome. You're ready for the pharmacy. That's all we have time for today. Keep practicing these phrases, and we'll see you next time on Learn Japanese with Fexingo. Luna: Bye for now!