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    3. 服する

    服する

    服ふくす​る​

    to obey

    KMT10News #45+1Medicine & HealthMilitaryKanji Vocab11 strokes

    ふくする

    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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    彼かれは命めい令れいに服ふくした。

    He obeyed the order.

    KMT8MilitaryWork & Career
    医い師しの指し示じに服ふくして薬くすりを服ふく用ようした。

    I took the medicine according to the doctor's instructions.

    KMT10Medicine & HealthDaily Life
    判はん決けつに服ふくし、彼かれは刑けい務む所しょで数すう年ねん間かんを過すごした。

    Submitting to the verdict, he spent several years in prison.

    KMT10Politics & LawEmotions & Psychology
    この薬くすりは食しょく後ごに服ふくするように指し示じされている。

    This medicine is instructed to be taken after meals.

    KMT10Medicine & HealthDaily Life
    彼かれは祖そ国こくのために兵へい役えきに服ふくした。

    He served in the military for his homeland.

    KMT10MilitaryHistory

    Characters that make up this word

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