dress up

(epic!!!) Same-ON + (cloth)
★★★☆☆
12 strokes

Onyomi

SOU

Mnemonic

He looks SO robust, all dressed up in that manly cloth.

Kunyomi

よそお*う to pretend or feign. (like '振る' - except that 振るmeans you're fooling yourself, while 装う means you're trying to fool others.)
★★☆☆☆

Jukugo

服装(ふくそう)

dressed like that. ★★★☆☆
(clothes) + (dress up) = 服装 (dressed like that.)

a manner of dress- not just a uniform. If you tell your daughter she's not leaving the house 'dressed like that', that's 服装. Or if someone shows up to your party dressed way too formally, that's also a 服装 problem.

変装(へんそう)

disguise ★★☆☆☆
(change) + (dress up) = 変装 (disguise)

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
mass production SYSTEM
dress up SAMURAI

Mass production is only accomplished with an industrial SYSTEM. The SAMURAIS had their own manner of dress.

Synonyms

cloth
布    衣    衣装    制服    服装    衣服    衣装   
to pretend or feign
振りをする    装う    惚ける