セーラー服
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
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| 服 |
| ふく Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi |
Etymology
From セーラー (sērā, “sailor”) + 服 (-fuku, “clothes”).
Pronunciation
Noun
- (literal) sailor uniform
- sailor fuku
- 2004 July 20 [2003 September 22], Naoko Takeuchi, “Act 1 うさぎ SAILORMOON [Act 1: Usagi: SAILOR MOON]”, in 美少女戦士セーラームーン [Pretty Guardian SAILOR MOON], 5th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 37:
Descendants
- → English: sailor fuku (partial calque)
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN