# First steps: Buying clothes

**Language:** Japanese  
**CEFR Level:** A1  

> Master shopping for clothes by listening to Fujimoto and Uchida's conversation about finding the right size. It may feel challenging at first, but by the end of this course you will be able to fully understand and participate.

**Setting:** A small clothes shop on a back street in Shimokitazawa, Tokyo, on a quiet weekday afternoon. Fujimoto came in to look around and Uchida is the only person working. Both hold polite です・ます form from the first line.

## Lessons

### 1. Browsing without buying

Uchida offers to help, Fujimoto says she is only looking, and then she spots a shirt.

### 2. Saying what size you are

Uchida asks Fujimoto what size she takes.

### 3. Asking for another colour

Fujimoto asks Uchida what colours the shirt comes in, and picks black.

### 4. Asking to try something on

Fujimoto asks to try the shirt on, and Uchida points out the changing room.

### 5. Saying something is too big

The medium is too big, so Uchida fetches Fujimoto a small.

### 6. Saying something fits well

Fujimoto tells Uchida the smaller shirt is just right.

### 7. Buying what you chose

Fujimoto buys the shirt and Uchida bags it up.