VocabularyJLPT N5 · core

ふく
hepburn fuku

clothes

Part of speech · noun

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Examples

  1. 新しい服を買いました。
    I bought new clothes.
  2. 今日の服はきれいです。
    Today's outfit is nice.

Collocations

服 (fuku, clothes)洋服 (yousai, Western)和服 (wafuku)制服 (seifuku, uniform)私服 (shifuku, casual)

Mnemonic

Fuku (服) is "clothes" — B + cluster (clothing TPO and kitsuke cluster). Split: (1) youfuku (Western, daily); (2) wafuku (Japanese traditional, kimono, yukata); (3) seifuku (uniform, school, work); (4) shifuku (casual, off-duty). Japans TPO (Time-Place-Occasion) rite depth and kitsuke culture. Korean yangbok / hanbok / gyobok split and Chinese yifu / xifu / hefu split parallel; Japans TPO precision.

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  1. Fuku 4 split?

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