冬服

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 冬服 is read ふゆふく and is a noun broadly referring to clothing worn during the cold winter season.
• Basic usage: Use 冬服を出す for taking seasonal clothes out of storage and 子どもの冬服 to identify whose clothes they are.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Range of clothing
  • 冬服 does not specify only one coat; depending on context, it covers winter clothing as a category or an item from that category.
• 冬服 and コート
  • コート is one specific outer garment, while 冬服 is a seasonal category that can include sweaters, trousers, and coats.
• 出す at a seasonal change
  • In 冬服を出した, 出す means taking stored winter clothes out for use. It does not mean discarding them or launching a new product.