fuku

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noun

A Japanese-style school uniform, especially a sailor fuku.

“Oh the joys of wearing fuku in public. - https://web.archive.org/web/20240327143122/https://cosplay.com/index.php/s/3n65bmjw9”

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Meanings

fuku1

nounfuku (countable and uncountable, plural fuku or fukus)

plural fukus

  1. countableuncountableA Japanese-style school uniform, especially a sailor fuku.

    Mankichi attends a middle school in a small village, which has gakuran for guys and fukus for girls. - https://official-tropes.fandom.com/wiki/Sailor_Fuku

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    I think that since the Sailor Senshi of the Sol System have Sailor fuku similar to school uniforms, then the Sailor Starlight's fuku are similar to their planet's school uniforms.^_^

    1997 September 6, Crimson Jacket, “Sailor Starlights”, in alt.fan.sailor-moon (Usenet), archived from the original on 21 Jun 2025
  2. countableuncountableA costume, as of an anime character.

    Oh the joys of wearing fuku in public. - https://web.archive.org/web/20240327143122/https://cosplay.com/index.php/s/3n65bmjw9

    1 more example

    The moisture wicking is excellent, which is great for wearing fuku to hot Texas summer cons. - https://thegeekyseamstress.com/2019/06/14/costume-notes-sailor-pluto-3-0/

Fuku2

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Fugu.

    Recently Dr. Sze¹ has described many species from Shihpanwan, 110 li west of Fuku Hsien (府谷縣), North Shensi.

    1936 September, C. H. P'an, Older Mesozoic Plants from North Shensi, Nanking: Geological Survey of China, →OCLC, page 6
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    But things differed in Fuku County, Shensi Province. Located on the loess plateau, the county is full of barren hills, and therefore it is very difficult to develop production.

    坚持无产阶级专政下的继续革命——开展农业学大寨运动的一些经验

    1975 January 13 [1975 January 10], “Persist in Continuing the Revolution Under the Dictatorship of the Proletariat--Some Experiences in Developing the Movement To Learn From Tachai in Agriculture [坚持无产阶级专政下的继续革命——开展农业学大寨运动的一些经验]”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 8, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Red Flag, No 1, 1975, starting on p. 57 and Peking Domestic Service, translation of original by Chao Feng-nien [赵丰年] (in Mandarin), →ISSN, →OCLC, page E 7, page 目录

Origin

  1. Japanese服“clothes”
  2. Englishfuku

From Japanese 服 (fuku, “clothes”).

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APA

fuku. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fuku

MLA

“fuku.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fuku. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fuku,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fuku.

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