also: しゅんぷく
spring clothing; spring clothes
General term for clothes worn in spring, including new spring fashion items.
It's getting warmer, so let's get out our spring clothes soon.
The spring clothing sale has started at the department store.
New Year clothing
Only with reading しゅんぷく
Rare reading しゅんぷく for clothes worn during the New Year period; not commonly used in modern Japanese.
In the past, people would prepare their finest clothes as New Year clothing.
Standard kanji spelling for spring clothing; the reading はるふく is the most common.
Rare reading used only for the New Year clothing sense.
Compound of 春 (spring) and 服 (clothing). The reading しゅんぷく is the on'yomi reading of the same characters, used in a more limited, traditional context.