N4 · 40 words
At the department store
Floors, departments, trying things on, discounts, paying and having it wrapped.
A Japanese department store is organised by floor and by 売り場, the sales area for one kind of goods, with food in the basement. Two things trip English speakers up. Discounts are counted in tenths: 三割引 is thirty per cent off, not three. And floors are counted from the ground, so 二階 is the British first floor.
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似合うto suit; to look good onVerbN4
その青いセーター、よく似合っていますよ。That blue jumper really suits you.
The clothes are the subject: 服が似合う.
包むto wrapVerbN4
プレゼントなので、きれいに包んでいただけますか。It is a present, so could you wrap it nicely?
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