🇯🇵 🛒 Daily life · Greetings and self-introductions (A1)

🛍️ Shopping for clothes and souvenirs

🎯 Ask for sizes, colors and prices; try things on

Use the usual 50-minute plan: warm-up → key phrases → challenges → role-play → discussion → wrap-up. Share this page on Zoom so the student can see the phrases, but keep "Your card" to yourself.

💬 Warm-up questions

すきないろは？ (Favorite color?)
にほんでなにをかいたいですか？ (What do you want to buy in Japan?)

🔑 Key phrases

これの Mサイズはありますか (kore no emu saizu wa arimasu ka)Do you have this in medium?
ほかのいろはありますか (hoka no iro wa arimasu ka)Any other colors?
しちゃくしてもいいですか (shichaku shite mo ii desu ka)Can I try it on?
ちょっとおおきいです (chotto ōkii desu)It's a bit big
プレゼントようにつつんでください (purezento yō ni tsutsunde kudasai)Please gift-wrap it
めんぜいできますか (menzei dekimasu ka)Is it tax-free?

📚 Useful words

おおきい・ちいさい (ōkii, chiisai) — big, small
たかい・やすい (takai, yasui) — expensive, cheap
あか・あお・しろ・くろ (aka, ao, shiro, kuro) — red, blue, white, black
おみやげ (omiyage) — souvenir
セール (sēru) — sale
わりびき (waribiki) — discount

⚡ Speaking challenges

Describe what you're wearing (color + item).
Compare 2 items with ちょっと〜です.
Bargain at a flea market (it's okay there!).
Ask for tax-free shopping.

🎭 Role-play

A clothing shop and a souvenir shop in Osaka.

🧑‍🎓 Student's card

Find a shirt in your size and color, try it on, then buy a souvenir as a gift and ask for wrapping.

🧑‍🏫 Your card (tutor)

Be the shop staff. Offer help ('なにかおさがしですか？'), and say the size is sold out.

🌀 Twist (halfway through): The student finds it's ¥1,000 more than the tag says. They ask why.

🗣️ Discussion questions

かいものはすきですか？ (Do you like shopping?)
おみやげになにをかいますか？ (What souvenirs would you buy?)
どんなふくがすきですか？ (What clothes do you like?)

📌 Homework

Learn 8 color words and write what your family members usually wear色の言葉を8つ覚え、家族がよく着る服を書く