WORD DETAIL
服
ふく
Examples
Included kanji
Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure:
服, readふく, means clothing worn on the body. - Basic usage: It refers to clothes as things one prepares, wears, or dries.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- Modification by a verb clause
- In the example,
明日着る服means clothes to wear tomorrow. 雨でぬれた服means clothes that became wet in the rain.
- In the example,
- Time relationships
- In the first example, the clothes will be worn tomorrow but prepared tonight.
明日belongs to the modifying clause, so its time differs from the time of preparation.

