私し服ふく

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Meanings

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

Clothes worn instead of a uniform, especially in contrast with 制服. Used as a noun and in の-modifying phrases such as 私服の学生.

私し服ふくで〈動どう詞し〉to do something while dressed in ordinary clothes (not a uniform)
休やすみの日ひは私し服ふくで出でかけることが多おおい。
On days off, I often go out in plain clothes.
私し服ふくに着き替がえるto change out of a uniform into ordinary clothes
部ぶ活かつが終おわったら私し服ふくに着き替がえて帰かえった。
After club activities finished, I changed into plain clothes and went home.
私し服ふく姿すがたの〈人ひと〉a person dressed in ordinary clothes (rather than a uniform)
私し服ふく姿すがたの先せん生せいを見みて、生せい徒とたちは驚おどろいた。
The students were surprised to see their teacher dressed in plain clothes.

普ふ段だん着ぎN3sense 1
私服 specifically contrasts with a uniform (as at school or work), while 普段着 just means everyday clothes with no such contrast implied.
私し服ふく刑けい事じ sense 2
私服 is often used as a shortened, informal way to say 私服刑事, which spells out explicitly that the person is a plainclothes detective.

制せい服ふくN1sense 1
私服 is clothing worn instead of a required uniform, while 制服 is the uniform itself.
ユニフォームN1
私服 means one's own plain clothes, the opposite of wearing a ユニフォーム issued by a team or organization.
スーツN5
私服 means everyday casual clothes, contrasting with スーツ, which is formal business attire.
軍ぐん服ぷくN1
私服 means civilian/plain clothes, the direct opposite of wearing an official 軍服.

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

A Sino-Japanese compound of 私, associated with private or personal matters, and 服, clothing. The spelling transparently contrasts with 制服, a uniform.