Looking good in a summer uniform as well with 夏服

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Ayumu goes to the shogi club room after school. There, he and Urushi find they’ve both switched from their winter uniform to their summer uniform on the same day.

(あゆむ):
「センパイは夏服(なつふく)()()いますね」
“You look good in your summer uniform too.”

Key Points

1夏服(なつふく) means a summer uniform here.
  • The word can refer to summer clothing in general. In this school scene, it refers to the summer version of the school uniform.
2夏服(なつふく)も adds the summer uniform to the compliment.
  • センパイは sets Urushi as the topic. follows 夏服(なつふく), so Ayumu means that her summer uniform suits her too, with her winter uniform as the implied comparison.
  • ()()う means to suit someone or look good on them. The basic pattern is (ひと)(ふく)()(). Here, the person is the topic and も replaces が after the clothing.
3()()いますね makes the compliment polite and friendly.
  • ()()います is the polite form of ()()う. The ending ね invites a shared reaction to how she looks.

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