Very different Western clothing with 洋服
Kanji Explanation: Clothing and submission with 服
Lulu goes clothes shopping with her friends from class. The outfits at the clothing shop are glaring, but Kyouko tries one on and Lulu finds it very suited to her.
- ルル:
- 「ルルがいつも着ているようなお洋服とは違いすぎてビックリしちゃったけど」
- “They were so different from the clothes I usually wear that I was surprised, but...”
- 「こういう服が似合うのっていいなぁ」
- “It must be nice to look good in clothes like these.”
Key Points
- 洋服 refers to Western-style clothing. Lulu uses it for the outfits in the shop, then calls them 服 in the next line.
- The お adds a polite touch. Lulu also refers to herself by name, so ルルが becomes ‘I’ in the translation.
- ルルがいつも着ているようなお洋服 means clothes like the ones Lulu usually wears. いつも makes 着ている a habit here.
- In 〜とは違いすぎて, と marks what the shop’s clothes differ from, and は emphasizes the contrast. 違いすぎる means to differ too much; here it conveys how startlingly different they are.
- しちゃった is the casual form of してしまった. ビックリしちゃった describes Lulu’s spontaneous surprise.
- けど connects that reaction to the next line. Despite her surprise, she admires how these clothes suit Kyouko.
- こういう服 means clothes like these. 服が似合う means that the clothes suit someone; the person they suit is understood from the scene.
- の turns the clause into a noun-like phrase, and って marks it as the topic, much like は. Lulu is thinking about how nice it is to look good in this kind of clothing.
- The drawn-out なぁ gives いい a wistful, admiring tone.
Vocabulary
いつも (Always)
いつも describes what happens all the time, or what is normal for someone.
着る (To wear)
着る is to put on or wear clothes on the upper body or whole body.
ような (Like)
ような follows a word to compare something to it: “like” or “such as”. At the end of a sentence, it shows the speaker’s impression.
違う (To differ)
違う is to be different from something. It also means to be wrong.
すぎる (Too much)
すぎる follows a verb stem or adjective to mean “too much” or “overly”. On its own, it means to pass by or for time to pass. It is also written 過ぎる.
ビックリ (Surprise)
ビックリ is a katakana spelling of びっくり, the feeling of being startled.
こういう (This kind of)
こういう describes a person or thing like the one being shown or talked about right now.
服 (Clothes)
服 is clothes, especially Western-style clothing.
いい (Good)
いい describes something good, nice, or fine. It can also mean “okay” or “that’s enough”. Its other forms come from よい, as in よくない and よかった.
See Also
- Kanji: Clothing and submission with 服
- Grammar: Too much with 〜すぎる
- Grammar: Doing completely or ending up doing with 〜てしまう and 〜ちゃう
- Grammar: Giving an example with 〜ようだ
- Kanji: Joining and fitting with 合