セーラー服

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ふく
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

From セーラー (sērā, sailor) +‎ (-fuku, clothes).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーラ [sèéráꜜà fùkù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1][2][3]
  • IPA(key): [se̞ːɾa̠ː ɸɯ̟̊kɯ̟]

Noun

セーラー(ふく) • (sērāfuku

  1. (literal) sailor uniform
  2. sailor fuku

Descendants

  • English: sailor fuku (partial calque)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ 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