服する|ふくするfukusuru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. suru verb (irregular), intransitive verbto obey; to submit to; to yield to; to accept; to abide by
2. suru verb (irregular), intransitive verbto serve (in the army, a prison sentence, etc.)
   その囚人しゅうじんは刑期けいきに服ふくした後あと赦免しゃめんされた。↗

   The convict was pardoned after serving his sentence.
3. suru verb (irregular), intransitive verbto go into (mourning); to observealso pronounced ぶくする
4. suru verb (irregular), transitive verbto take (medicine, poison, etc.); to drink (tea)also pronounced ぶくする

• Synonym屈するくっするWrittenWritten word for bowing to pressure or an opponent's power; closer to giving in than the broader obedience of 「服する」.
• Synonym従うしたがうNeutralThe everyday word for obeying orders and following rules or a person; use this in daily speech where written 「服する」 would sound stiff.
• Synonym服すふくすWrittenWritten godan-verb variant of 「服する」; synonymous, with almost the same usage, so it can generally replace the headword.
• Related遵守じゅんしゅWrittenWritten word for observing laws and rules; it leans more toward the norms themselves than 「服する」 does.
• Related服従ふくじゅうWrittenWritten noun for obedience to another's commands or will; unlike 「服する」 it lacks the senses of serving a sentence or going into mourning.
• Related降参こうさんCasualColloquial word for surrendering or admitting defeat, as when beaten in a fight or stumped by a problem; more passive than 「服する」.
• Related折れるおれるNeutralTo give in by abandoning what you were insisting on; it also means to snap or break, a physical sense 「服する」 does not have.
• Related添うそうNeutralTo meet or live up to wishes and expectations, or to stay at someone's side; about fitting or accompanying, not submitting like 「服する」.
• RelatedなびくWrittenWritten word for being swayed by someone and changing one's attitude or attaching oneself to them; also of things fluttering in the wind.
• Related帰順きじゅんWrittenWritten word for returning to allegiance after once rebelling; a sense of coming back over that 「服する」 does not cover.
• Related付き従うつきしたがうNeutralTo follow behind someone or serve under them as a subordinate; stresses personal attachment rather than the obedience of 「服する」.
• Related遵奉じゅんぽうFormalFormal term for reverently observing laws and doctrines; more deferential and solemn than 「服する」.
• Related随順ずいじゅんWrittenRare written word for obeying meekly, never going against the other person; much narrower than 「服する」.
• Antonym逆らうさからうNeutralAntonym: to defy or go against orders, the opposite of obeying as in 「服する」.
• Antonym拒むこばむNeutralAntonym: to refuse or reject what is asked, the opposite of accepting and submitting as 「服する」 does.
• Antonym反抗するNeutralAntonym: to resist and refuse to obey, directly opposed to the obedience of 「服する」.

Use 「服する」, a written word, for obeying orders, serving a sentence, or going into mourning, as in 「命令に服する」「刑に服する」「喪に服する」. For everyday obedience choose 「従う」, and for keeping rules 「遵守」. The antonyms 「逆らう」「反抗する」「拒む」 mean to defy, resist and refuse. Other near-synonyms narrow the sense: 「服従」 is obedience to another's will, 「降参」 colloquial surrender, 「屈する」 yielding to pressure.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. したがう。
2. 不自由ふじゆうを受け入うけいれあることをする。
3. のむ。