制せい服ふく

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

Refers to a standardized set of clothes worn by members of a group, such as school uniforms, company uniforms, or military uniforms.

この学がっ校こうの制せい服ふくは紺こん色いろです。
This school's uniform is navy blue.
彼かれは制せい服ふくを着きて出しゅっ勤きんした。
He went to work wearing his uniform.

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Usage patterns

制せい服ふくを着きるto wear a uniform
彼かの女じょは毎まい朝あさ制せい服ふくを着きて学がっ校こうに行いく。
She wears her uniform to school every morning.
制せい服ふくを脱ぬぐto take off one's uniform
家いえに帰かえるとすぐに制せい服ふくを脱ぬいだ。
As soon as I got home, I took off my uniform.
制せい服ふく姿すがたで〈動どう詞し〉to do something while dressed in uniform
制せい服ふく姿すがたで写しゃ真しんを撮とった。
I took a photo while wearing my uniform.
制せい服ふくを着ちゃく用ようするto wear/put on a uniform (formal)
この職しょく場ばでは制せい服ふくを着ちゃく用ようすることが義ぎ務む付づけられている。
Wearing a uniform is mandatory at this workplace.

Expressions

制せい服ふくデートschool-uniform date

Kanji

制system, law, rule
服clothing, admit, obey

Related words

ユニフォームN1
ユニフォーム is a loanword typically used for sports team or casual work uniforms, while 制服 is the standard term for school, company, and institutional uniforms.
学がく生せい服ふく
学生服 refers specifically to a student's school uniform, while 制服 is the general term covering school, company, or military uniforms.
作さ業ぎょう着ぎ
作業着 means work clothes for manual labor, whereas 制服 is the broader term for any standardized uniform, formal or otherwise.
セーラー服ふく
制服 is the general word for any uniform, while セーラー服 names specifically the sailor-collar two-piece uniform worn by Japanese schoolgirls.
軍ぐん服ぷくN1
制服 is the general word for any organizational uniform (school, work, etc.), while 軍服 refers specifically to a military uniform.

Opposites

私し服ふく
私服 means one's own private clothes, the opposite of 制服, which is the mandatory uniform of a group.

Don't confuse with

征せい服ふくN1
制服 (uniform) is a completely different word that happens to share the same reading せいふく with 征服 (conquest).

Counted with

着ちゃくN2
arrival at ... · counter for suits of clothing · nth place (in a race) · counter for moves (in go)

Word family

制せい服ふく組ぐみ
uniformed personnel; uniformed group
制せい服ふく制せい帽ぼう
uniform and cap

Etymology

Compound of 制 (regulation, system) and 服 (clothing), literally 'regulated clothing'. The word has been used since the Meiji era to refer to standardized attire for schools, military, and organizations.