服ぶく

noun

mourning clothes

Archaic term for clothing worn during mourning. In modern Japanese, 喪服 (もふく) is used instead.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには「服ぶくを着きる」とあり、これは喪も服ふくを指さす。

  In old documents, '服を着る' appears, referring to wearing mourning clothes.

noun

mourning; period of mourning

Archaic term for the state or period of mourning. Modern equivalents include 喪 (も) or 喪中 (もちゅう).

• 「服ぶくに入はいる」という表ひょう現げんが、古ふるい文ぶん献けんで服ふく喪も期き間かんに入はいる意い味みで使つかわれている。

  The expression '服に入る' is used in old texts to mean entering a period of mourning.