Japanese clothing and shoe sizes

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Please refer the following information about size correspondence when buying apparel and shoes of Japanese brands. In some cases Japanese S, M, L sizes may be smaller than European or USA S, M, L sizes.

Women Clothes (Japanese sizes 1)

Sizes	Height (cm.)	Bust (cm.)	Hips (cm.)
9AR	158	83	91
11AR	158	86	93
13AR	158	89	95
9YR	158	83	87
9ABR	158	83	95
9AP	150	83	89
9AT	166	83	93

Women Clothes (Japanese sizes 2)

Sizes	Bust (cm.)	Hips (cm.)	Waist (cm.)
S	72~80	82~90	58~64
M	79~87	87~95	64~70
L	86~94	92~100	69~77
LL	93~101	97~105	77~85
EL, 3L	100~108	102~110	85~93

Women Clothes (Size comparison)

Japan	USA		Europe	Great Britain
7	XS	4	36	8
9	S	6	38	10
11	S	8	40	12
13	M	10	42	14
15	M	12	44	16
17	L	14	46	18
19	L	16	46	20
21	XL	18	48	22
23	XL	20	48	24

Women shoes (Size comparison)

Japan	USA	Europe	Great Britain
21.5	4½	3	33
22	5	3½	34
22.5	5½	4	35
23	6	4½	36
23.5	6½	5	37
24	7	5½	38
24.5	7½	6	39
25	8	6½	40
25.5	8½	7	41
26	9	7½	42

Ladies underwear (Bra sizes comparison)

Bottom band (cm.)	Bust (cm.)	Japan	France	USA	Europe
63~67	77~79	A65	80A	30A	65A
63~67	79~81	B65	80B	30B	65B
63~67	81~83	C65	80C	30C	65C
63~67	83~85	D65	80D	30D	65D
63~67	85~87	E65	80E	30E	65E
68~72	82~84	A70	85A	32A	70A
68~72	84~86	B70	85B	32B	70B
68~72	86~88	C70	85C	32C	70C
68~72	88~90	D70	85D	32D	70D
68~72	90~92	E70	85DD	32DD	70DD
73~77	87~89	A75	90A	34A	75A
73~77	89~91	B75	90B	34B	75B
73~77	91~93	C75	90C	34C	75C
73~77	93~95	D75	90D	34D	75D
73~77	95~97	E75	90DD	34DD	75DD
78~82	92~94	A80	95A	36A	80A
78~82	94~96	B80	95B	36B	80B
78~82	96~98	C80	95C	36C	80C
78~82	98~100	D80	95D	36D	80D
78~82	100~102	E80	95DD	36DD	80DD
83~87	97~99	A85	100A	38A	85A
83~87	99~101	B85	100B	38B	85B
83~87	101~103	C85	100C	38C	85C
83~87	103~105	D85	100D	38D	85D
83~87	105~107	E85	100DD	38DD	85DD
88~92	102~104	A90	105A	40A	90A
88~92	104~106	B90	105B	40B	90B
88~92	106~108	C90	105C	40C	90C
88~92	108~110	D90	105D	40D	90D
88~92	110~112	E90	105DD	40DD	90DD

Ladies underwear (panties size comparison)

Hips (cm.)	Japan	France	USA	Europe	Italy
80~88	S	36	S	34	0~1
85~93	M	38	S/M	36	1~2
90~98	L	40	M	38	2~3

Men's Clothes(Japanese sizes)

Sizes	Bust (cm.)	Waist (cm.)	Height (cm.)
S	82~90	72~80	158~165
M	87~95	79~87	165~175
L	92~100	86~94	175~185

Men's Clothes(size comparison)

Japan	USA/Britain	Italy	France
S	34	44	38
S	36	46	40
M	38	48	42
M	40	50	44
L	42	52	46
L	44	54	48

Mens shirts (size comparison)

Japan/Europe	USA/Britain
36	14
37	14½
38	15
39	15½
40	16
41	16½
42	17
43	17½

Mens shoes (size comparison)

Japan	USA	Europe	Britain
24.5	6½	39	6
25	7	40	6½
25.5	7½	41	7
26	8	42	7½
26.5	8½	43	8
27	9	44	8½
27.5	9½	45	9
28	10	46	9½
28.5	10½	47	10
29	11	48	10½

Mens underwear (size comparison, underpants)

Sizes	Waist (cm.)
S	68~76
M	76~84
L	84~94
LL	94~104

Japanese babies wear sizes

Sizes	Age (months)	Height (cm.)	Weight (kg.)	Head wear sizes (см.)	Socks sizes, shoes (см.)
50~70	0~6	60	5	46	8~11
70	6~12	70	9	46	9~12
80	12	80	11	48	11~13
90	24	90	13	50	12~14
95	36	95	14	52	13~15

Japanese children clothes sizes

Sizes	Age (years)	Height (cm.)	Bust (cm.)	Waist (cm.)	Head size (cm.)	Socks, shoes sizes (cm.)
100	3~4	95~100	49~55	46~52	52	14~16
110	5~6	105~115	53~59	48~54	54	17~18
120	7~8	115~125	57~63	50~56	-	19~20
130	9~10	125~135	61~67	52~58	56	21~22
140	11~12	135~145	64~72	54~60	-	22~24
150	13~14	145~155	70~78	56~64	58	-
160	-	155~165	76~84	58~66	-	-
170	-	165~175	82~90	-	-	-

Children diapers size

Children age	Baby	3 months	6 months	12 months	18 months	24 months	36 months
Weight (kg.)	3	6	9	10	11	13	14
Height (cm.)	50	60	70	75	80	90	95
Wear size	50	60	70	75	80	90	95
Diapers size by weight	Baby 0~6	S 4~8	M 6~11	M 6~11	L 9~14	L 9~14	L 9~14

Jewelry parameters (Gold carat system)

Carat, Japanese symbol 金	Carat sign, 1/24	Gold content, %
24金	К24	99.9
22金	К22	91.7
20金	К20	833"	83.3
18金	К18	75
14金	К14	58.3
10金	К10	41.7
9金	К9	37.5
8金	К8	33.3

Jewelry parameters (Platinum carat system)

Carat, Japanese symbol	Carat mark, 1/1000	Platinum content, %
プラチナ1000	PT1000	100
プラチナ950	PT950	95
プラチナ900	PT900	90
プラチナ850	PT850	85

Gold color scheme

Color, Japanese symbol	Precious metal content (for K18 - 585")	Color characteristics	Mark
イエローゴールド	gold - 75% silver - 15% bronze - 10%	yellow gold	YG
ピンクゴールド	gold - 75% silver - 10% bronze - 15%	pink gold	PG
ホワイトゴールド	gold - 75% silver - 15% nickel (or palladium) - 10%	White gold	WG

Ring size

Sizes, №	Ring diameter (mm.)	Finger circumference (mm.)
1	13.0	40.8
2	13.4	41.9
3	13.7	42.9
4	14.0	44.0
5	14.4	45.8
6	14.7	46.1
7	15.0	47.1
8	15.4	48.2
9	15.7	49.2
10	16.0	50.3
11	16.4	51.3
12	16.7	52.4
13	17.0	53.4
14	17.4	54.5
15	17.7	55.5
16	18.0	56.6
17	18.4	57.6
18	18.7	58.6
19	19.0	59.7
20	19.4	60.7
21	19.7	61.8
22	20.0	62.8
23	20.4	63.9
24	20.7	64.9
25	21.0	66.0
26	21.4	67.0
27	21.7	68.0
28	22.0	69.0

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