Trying on a shirt in a clothing shop | Learn Japanese in English

Japanese lesson set in a contemporary Tokyo everyday setting: In a clothing shop, a customer asks about a shirt, tries it on, and checks the fit..

EN → JA / Level: A1

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Use Trying on a shirt in a clothing shop to practice Japanese conversation, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and quizzes.

Dialogue

A

新しいシャツが必要です。

ah-tah-rah-SHEE SHAH-tsu gah hee-tsuh-YOH dess I need a new shirt.
B

何色をお探しですか。

NAH-nee-roh oh oh-sah-GAH-shee dess kah What color are you looking for?
A

青いものがあれば、それがいいです。

ah-OH-ee MOH-noh gah ah-REH-bah, soh-REH gah EEE dess Something blue, if you have it.
B

こちらがお客様のサイズです。

koh-CHEE-rah gah oh-KYAH-koo-SAH-mah noh SAI-zoo dess Here is one in your size.
A

試着してもいいですか。

shee-CHAH-koo SHEE-teh moh EEE dess kah Can I try it on?
B

試着室はすぐそこです。

shee-CHAH-koo-shee-tsu wah SOO-goo SOH-koh dess The changing room is just over here.
A

サイズがとてもよく合います。

SAI-zoo gah toh-TEH-moh YOH-koo ah-ee-MAHSS It fits really well.
B

お客様によく似合います。

oh-KYAH-koo-SAH-mah nee YOH-koo nee-ah-ee-MAHSS It looks nice on you.

Word by Word

新しい 新しい means “new” here and describes the shirt in 新しいシャツ. It comes before the noun it describes; use it when identifying a new item, such as when shopping.
シャツ シャツ means “shirt” in 新しいシャツが必要です. It names the clothing item the speaker needs; use it when asking for or discussing a shirt in a shop.
が が marks 新しいシャツ as the item that is needed in 新しいシャツが必要です. It follows the needed item before 必要です; use this position to identify what is necessary.
必要 必要 means “needed” or “necessary,” stating that a new shirt is required in 新しいシャツが必要です. It is used with が to identify what is needed; in a shop, use it to explain why you are looking for an item.
です です is the polite statement ending in 新しいシャツが必要です. Here it presents the need as a polite statement; use it to finish a polite declarative sentence.
何色 何色 means “what color,” asking for the desired color in 何色をお探しですか. It comes before を and the polite looking-for expression; use it when asking which color someone wants.
を を marks 何色 as what is being looked for in 何色をお探しですか. It comes after the object or target of the action; use it to show what someone is looking for.
お探し お探し means “looking for” in the shop staff’s polite question 何色をお探しですか. It refers to the customer’s search for a color; use this customer-service wording when asking what a customer wants.
か か marks 何色をお探しですか as a question. It appears at the end of this polite question; use it to turn a polite statement into a question.
青い 青い means “blue,” describing the requested item in 青いものがあれば. It comes before もの to identify which item the speaker wants; use it when specifying a blue item in a shop.
もの もの means “thing” or “one” in 青いもの, referring to a blue item without repeating the type of clothing. It follows a description such as 青い to identify an item by its quality or appearance; use it when the specific item is understood.
があれば があれば means “if there is one” or “if it is available,” making the condition in 青いものがあれば. It lets the speaker give a preference only when that item exists in the shop; use this conditional pattern when availability matters.
それ それ means “that one,” referring back to the blue item in それがいいです. It points to an option already mentioned instead of repeating its name; use it when selecting a previously identified item.
いい いい means “good” or “preferred,” expressing the speaker’s choice in それがいいです. It says that the previously mentioned option is wanted; use it after indicating an option when confirming a preference.
こちら こちら means “this one” or “here,” politely pointing out the shirt in こちらがお客様のサイズです. Shop staff can use it when presenting or indicating an item to a customer.
お客様 お客様 means “customer” and is the polite way the shop staff refers to the customer in お客様のサイズです. Here it identifies whose size is meant; use it in customer-service speech when addressing or referring to a customer.
の の shows the association between お客様 and サイズ in お客様のサイズ, meaning “the customer’s size.” It links a person or thing to a noun such as an attribute or possession; here it identifies the size for the customer.
サイズ サイズ means “size” in お客様のサイズ and サイズがとてもよく合います. It identifies the clothing measurement or fit being discussed; use it when asking about or evaluating clothing size.
試着 試着 means “trying on clothes,” naming the action in 試着してもいいですか. In this sentence it is followed by して to make a request for permission; use it when asking to try clothing before buying.
して して connects 試着 to the permission request in 試着してもいいですか, contributing the action of trying something on. It is the form of する used after 試着 here; use this position when asking whether an action is allowed.
も も helps form the permission request in 試着してもいいですか. It appears after the action and before いいですか; use this position to ask politely whether an action is okay.
試着室 試着室 means “changing room,” the place named in 試着室はすぐそこです. It is useful in a clothing shop when directing someone to where clothes can be tried on.
は は marks 試着室 as the topic in 試着室はすぐそこです. It sets the place being discussed before the location information; use it to introduce the topic of a statement.
すぐ すぐ means “right nearby” in すぐそこです, showing that the changing room is very close. Use it when giving a short direction to something close by.
そこ そこ means “there,” referring to the nearby location in すぐそこです. It can point to a place in the listener’s field of attention; here the staff uses it while directing the customer.
とても とても means “very” or “really,” intensifying よく in とてもよく合います. It strengthens the positive evaluation of how the size fits; use it before a description when emphasis is needed.
よく よく means “well,” describing the quality of the fit in とてもよく合います. It modifies 合います to say that the size matches closely; use it before a verb when describing how well something fits or works.
合います 合います means “fits” or “matches,” describing the size in サイズがとてもよく合います. Its citation form is 合う; here it says that the shirt’s size matches the speaker well. Use it when evaluating whether a size or fit is suitable.
に に marks お客様 as the person to whom the shirt looks good in お客様によく似合います. It follows the person receiving the effect of 似合います; use this position when saying that clothing or an appearance suits someone.
似合います 似合います means “suits you” or “looks good on you,” as the staff’s positive assessment in お客様によく似合います. Its citation form is 似合う; here it describes how the shirt looks on the customer. Use it when complimenting someone’s clothing or appearance.

Grammar Points

お＋動詞のます形の語幹＋ですか

新しいシャツをお探しですか。

ah-tah-rah-SHEE SHAH-tsu oh oh-sah-GAH-shee dess kah

Are you looking for a new shirt?

「お探しですか」は、店員がお客様に丁寧に「探していますか」と尋ねる表現です。

Nが合います／似合います

こちらのサイズが合います。

koh-CHEE-rah noh SAI-zoo gah ah-ee-MAHSS

This size fits.

合うはサイズなどが適していること、似合うは服などが人によく見えることを表します。

Japanese Vocabulary

いい adj
EEE good; preferred

青いものがあれば、それがいいです。

お客様 noun
oh-KYAH-koo-SAH-mah customer; you

こちらがお客様のサイズです。

こちら pron
koh-CHEE-rah here; this one

こちらがお客様のサイズです。

サイズ noun
SAI-zoo size

こちらがお客様のサイズです。

シャツ noun
SHAH-tsu shirt

新しいシャツが必要です。

もの noun
MOH-noh thing; one

青いものがあれば、それがいいです。

何色 phrase
NAH-nee-roh what color

何色をお探しですか。

試着する verb
shee-CHAH-koo soo-roo try on 試着して

試着してもいいですか。

新しい adj
ah-tah-rah-SHEE new

新しいシャツが必要です。

青い adj
ah-OH-ee blue

青いものがあれば、それがいいです。

探す verb
sah-GAH-soo look for; search お探しですか

何色をお探しですか。

必要 adj
hee-tsuh-YOH need; necessary 必要です

新しいシャツが必要です。

Quiz

Spelling

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need; necessary

Show Answer必要です

look for; search

Show Answerお探しですか

try on

Show Answer試着して

customer; you

Show Answerお客様