セーラー服

Japanese

Kanji in this term
服
ふく Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

セーラー (sērā, “sailor”) +‎ 服 (-fuku, “clothes”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) セーラーふく [sèéráꜜà fùkù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [se̞ːɾa̠ː ɸɯ̟̊kɯ̟]

Noun

セーラー服(ふく) • (sērā-fuku) 

1. (literal) sailor uniform
2. sailor fuku: uniform for middle- or high-school girls, typically with a pleated skirt, and a top inspired by sailor uniform
   • 2004 July 20 [2003 September 22], Naoko Takeuchi, “Act(アクト) 1(ワン)　うさぎ　SAILORMOON(セーラー　ムーン) [Act 1: Usagi: SAILOR MOON]”, in 美少女戦士(Pretty Guardian)セーラームーン(SAILORMOON) [Pretty Guardian SAILOR MOON], 5th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 37:

     ———愛(あい)と正(せい)義(ぎ)のセーラー服(ふく)美(び)少(しょう)女(じょ)戦(せん)士(し)！セーラー☆☾ムーンよ！

     —Ai to seigi no sērā-fuku bishōjo senshi! Sērā☆☾Mūn yo!

     —Pretty warrior of love and justice in sailor uniform! Sailor☆☾Moon is here!