服
ふく · fuku
Clothes
- clothes (esp. Western clothes), clothing, dress, costume, suit, outfit
- counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
- mourning, period of mourning
falls on the next particle · what is pitch accent?
Example sentences
制服と帽子を着ます。
せいふくとぼうしをきます。
I wear a uniform and a hat.
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脱衣所で服を脱ぎます。
だついしょでふくをぬぎます。
I take off my clothes in the changing room.
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制服をクリーニングに出した。
せいふくをくりーにんぐにだした。
I sent the uniform to the cleaners.
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ここで制服に着替えてください。
ここでせいふくにきがえてください。
Please change into your uniform here.
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What does 服 mean?
Clothes. It can also mean: clothes (esp. Western clothes), clothing, dress, costume, suit, outfit; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.; mourning, period of mourning.
How do you pronounce 服?
ふく (fuku). Pitch accent: odaka — falls on the next particle. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 服?
JLPT N3 — intermediate. See the JLPT N3 guide.
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