装い・粧い|よそおいyosooi[0]heiban (flat)

1. noundress; outfit; equipment; makeup; adornment; guise; get-up
   野山のやまは春はるの装よそおいだ。↗

   Hills and fields cloaked in spring colors.

• Synonym衣装いしょうNeutralRefers to the clothes themselves, including stage and performance costumes as in 「花嫁衣装」「舞台衣装」; it lacks 「装い」's sense of elegance or flair.
• Synonym身なりみなりNeutralA person's dress and grooming as a whole, as in 「身なりを整える」; it looks at the total outward impression rather than a chosen outfit or look.
• Synonym服装ふくそうNeutralA neutral, descriptive word for what one wears, as in 「服装規定」; unlike 「装い」 it carries no nuance of adornment or style.
• Synonym装束しょうぞくWrittenWritten style: a complete outfit worn for a particular occasion or purpose, as in 「白装束」「旅装束」; it names the whole set of clothing.
• Synonym着衣ちゃくいWrittenWritten term for the clothes one is wearing or the act of wearing them, used in medical, legal and swimming contexts, as in 「着衣のまま」.
• Synonym被服ひふくWrittenWritten, generic word for clothing, mostly in military and administrative usage and fields like 「被服学」; bureaucratic rather than everyday.
• SynonymいでたちWrittenWritten and literary: how someone is turned out, originally the outfit worn when setting out on a journey.
• Related格好かっこうCasualColloquial word for how someone or something looks — shape, posture or getup, as in 「変な格好」; broader than 「装い」 and not tied to dressing up.
• Related見せ掛けみせかけNeutralA false front with a negative slant, about surface pretense as in 「見せ掛けだけ」; the whole emphasis falls on a deceptive outward show.
• Related姿すがたNeutralCovers figure, bearing and overall image across a wide range of uses; it is about the whole impression, not the clothes or adornment of 「装い」.
• Related外見がいけんWrittenWritten word for how a person or thing looks from the outside; purely visual appearance, without 「装い」's sense of deliberate dressing.
• Related見かけみかけNeutralHow something appears on the surface, as in 「見かけによらず」; it concerns seeming versus reality, not dress or adornment.
• Related見た目みためCasualColloquial and very common for how someone or something looks, as in 「見た目が大事」; plain appearance, not the act of dressing up.
• Related見栄えみばえNeutralWhether something looks good or presentable when displayed, as in 「見栄えがいい」; it evaluates the look, while 「装い」 is the look itself.
• Related装そうWrittenWritten word for dress or for book binding, mostly used as a suffix, as in 「新装」「軽装」.
• Related風体ふうていWrittenWritten word for someone's look or dress, often tinged with suspicion, as in 「怪しい風体」; 「装い」 is neutral to positive.
• Related風采ふうさいWrittenA person's overall bearing and appearance, as in 「風采が上がらない」; about personal presence rather than clothing or adornment.
• Antonym素顔すがおNeutralAn unmade-up face or one's true self; the natural state that stands opposite to a carefully crafted 「装い」.
• Antonym裸はだかNeutralNakedness, the state of wearing nothing; the direct opposite of being dressed and adorned in 「装い」.

Use 「装い」 for dressing up, outward appearance or a fresh new look, as in 「春の装い」「装いも新たに」. For clothes say 「服装」, for overall dress 「身なり」, for stage costumes 「衣装」. Looks rather than dress: colloquial 「格好」「見た目」, neutral 「見かけ」「見栄え」「見せ掛け」「姿」, written 「外見」「風体」「風采」. Written clothing terms: 「装束」 (a full outfit for an occasion), 「出で立ち」 (literary), 「着衣」「被服」, suffix 「装」. Opposites: 「素顔」「裸」.

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

1. 外観がいかんや身みなりを整ととのえること。また、その身みなり、外観がいかん。
2. 風情ふぜい。趣おもむき。
3. 「よそおう」の連用形れんようけい。