Convert a Japanese size to a European size

Japan grades womenswear in odd numbers: 7, 9, 11, 13. A Japanese 11 is a French 38. For menswear, letters double rather than stack: LL instead of XL, 3L instead of XXL.

Shoes are the easy part: they are given in centimetres of foot length. A Japanese 25 is a European 39, and measuring your foot settles it.

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Women's clothing

Standard	France	Europe (DE, ES)	UK	US	Italy	Japan	South Korea	China
XXS	32	30	4	0	36	5	—	155/76
XS	34	32	6	2	38	7	44	155/80
S	36	34	8	4	40	9	55	160/84
M	38	36	10	6	42	11	66	165/88
L	40	38	12	8	44	13	77	170/92
XL	42	40	14	10	46	15	88	175/96
XXL	44	42	16	12	48	17	99	180/100
3XL	46	44	18	14	50	19	—	185/104

Men's clothing

Standard	France	Europe (DE, ES)	UK	US	Italy	Japan	South Korea	China
XS	42	42	32	32	42	S	90	165/84
S	44	44	34	34	44	M	95	170/88
M	46	46	36	36	46	L	100	175/92
L	48	48	38	38	48	LL	105	180/96
XL	50	50	40	40	50	3L	110	185/100
XXL	52	52	42	42	52	4L	115	190/104
3XL	54	54	44	44	54	5L	120	195/108

Women's shoes

Europe (DE, ES)	UK	US	Japan	South Korea
35	2.5	4.5	22	220
36	3.5	5.5	22.5	225
37	4	6.5	23.5	235
38	5	7	24	240
39	6	8	25	250
40	6.5	9	25.5	255
41	7.5	9.5	26	260
42	8	10.5	26.5	265
43	9	11	27.5	275

Men's shoes

Europe (DE, ES)	UK	US	Japan	South Korea
39	6	6.5	24.5	245
40	6.5	7	25	250
41	7.5	8	26	260
42	8	8.5	26.5	265
43	9	9.5	27.5	275
44	9.5	10	28	280
45	10.5	11	29	290
46	11	11.5	29.5	295
47	12	12.5	30.5	305

These are standard grading equivalents, not guarantees. Two brands from the same country cut differently.

The catch

Japanese brands generally cut narrow through the hips and short in the sleeve. On a structured garment, the conversion gives the right line but not always the right comfort.

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