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    3. 服す

    服す

    服ふくす​

    to obey

    NTDaily LifeMedicine & HealthKanji Vocab10 strokes

    ふくす

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to obey, to submit to, to yield to, to accept, to abide by
    2.
    to serve (in the army, a prison sentence, etc.)
    3.
    to go into (mourning), to observe

    Verb, Transitive

    4.
    to take (medicine, poison, etc.), to drink (tea)

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    Characters that make up this word

    服
    clothing・admit・obey・discharge
    Kanji
    す
    su
    Kana
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