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jmdict 2839346 Active (id: 2006365)
服を着る
ふくをきる
1. [exp,v1]
▶ to put on clothes
▶ to wear clothes
2. [exp,v1] [id]
《used prenominally as ~が服を着た(ような)》
▶ to be the personification of

Conjugations


History:
7. A 2019-05-08 03:18:55  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5:
胃袋が服を着たような人間 a person who looks like a walking stomach
見ろ, 正直が服を着てやって来る. Look, here comes 「Mister Honesty [honesty incarnate]
彼は真面目と言うより野暮が服を着ているような男だ. It's not so much that he's the serious type―he's just an oaf dressed up in a business suit.
  Comments:
Yes, a bit of a stretch. Probably best as it was originally.
  Diff:
@@ -22 +21,0 @@
-<gloss>to take on the role of</gloss>
6. A* 2019-05-04 09:26:10  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I don't think "to take on the role of" really works in any of the examples I posted. 
ブルースが服を着た男 → "a man who has taken on the role of blues"?
5. A* 2019-05-04 04:45:45  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Reopen.
4. A 2019-05-04 04:45:14  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Don't like that. I'll suggest an alternative, push it through, then reopen for any more 
discussion.
  Diff:
@@ -22 +22 @@
-<gloss>to be a veritable apparition of</gloss>
+<gloss>to take on the role of</gloss>
3. A* 2019-05-02 05:44:34 
  Diff:
@@ -21,0 +22 @@
+<gloss>to be a veritable apparition of</gloss>
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