服

Meaning

服 centers on clothing and the idea of wearing or submitting to something: clothes you put on, admitting or obeying as if accepting a garment, and discharging duties as part of wearing a role.

• 服ふく
  N5

  clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; costume; suit; outfit

• 制服せいふく
  N1

  uniform

• 服装ふくそう
  N3

  attire; dress; clothes; clothing; costume; garb

• 洋服ようふく
  N5

  Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)

• 征服せいふく
  N1

  conquest; subjugation

• 克服こくふく
  N3

  conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control

• 衣服いふく
  N3

  clothes

• セーラー服セーラーふく

  sailor suit; middy uniform

• 服用ふくよう
  N1

  taking medicine; dosing

• 私服しふく

  ordinary clothes (i.e. non-uniform); plain clothes; civilian clothes; casual wear; mufti

• 服従ふくじゅう
  N1

  obedience; submission; resignation

• 軍服ぐんぷく
  N1

  military uniform

• 和服わふく
  N2

  Japanese clothes

• 服役ふくえき

  penal servitude; serving time in prison

• 呉服ごふく

  cloth (for Japanese clothes); kimono fabrics; textile; drapery; dry goods; piece goods

• 不服ふふく
  N1

  dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest; disagreement

• 服飾ふくしょく
  N1

  clothing and accessories; attire

• 喪服もふく

  mourning clothes; mourning attire; mourning dress

• 礼服れいふく
  N1

  formal dress; ceremonial dress; morning dress; evening dress; dress suit

• 着服ちゃくふく

  embezzlement; misappropriation; pocketing

• 被服ひふく

  clothing

• 承服しょうふく

  accepting; consenting; agreeing; submission; compliance; agreement; consent

• 既製服きせいふく

  ready-made clothes; ready-to-wear clothes; off-the-rack clothes; off-the-peg clothes

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