JLPT N5 · Noun

服 (fuku)

服 (ふく, fuku) is a Japanese noun meaning “clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ふく
Romaji: fuku
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; costume; suit · noun, suffix noun
counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc. · counter

Example sentences

彼は濡れた服を火にあぶってかわかした。

He dried his wet clothes by the fire.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 服

clothing, admit, obeyフク · 8 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 服.

洋服ようふくWestern-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)衣服いふくclothes克服こくふくconquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.)服装ふくそうattire和服わふくJapanese clothes軍服ぐんぷくmilitary uniform制服せいふくuniform征服せいふくconquest不服ふふくdissatisfaction

Source: JMdict entry 1500940 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.