Mnemonic to remember different "to wear" verbs

Question

Does anyone have suggestions for a mnemonic or other memory device for the different verbs meaning "to wear" in 日本語?

かぶる (kaburu) - hat / headwear
着る (kiru) - Tops / jackets and all-over clothes
履く (haku) - Bottoms and shoes
かける (kakeru) - Glasses and sunglasses
つける (tsukeru) - Perfume / cologne

Answer 1

• Headwear: kaburu sounds a bit like English "cover".
• Tops: Traditionally, upper-torso coverings in Japan were robe-like, where the hems of the two sides "cut across". This helped me remember when I was studying, as "cut" in Japanese is the other kiru. :)
• Bottoms and footwear: One of the other haku verbs in Japanese is 掃く "to sweep", a bit like the sweeping motion of pants as you pull them on. Alternatively, think about the verb hiku, "to pull", perhaps adding in the あ from the idea of "pulling on".
• Glasses: You kakeru something when it catches on something else, like a lock catching on the doorframe to keep a door shut, or a wall hanging catching on the hook when you hang it up. Glasses similarly catch onto your ears.
• Perfume: tsukeru can be thought of as sticking something into or onto something else. I find this one might be easier to remember if you think about dabbing scent with a finger, as opposed to using a spray bottle, since you physically stick the scent onto your body.

Answer 2

Some of the literal definitions of かける are "to hang", "suspend", or "hook". This should be easy to remember for glasses (easier, I think, than thinking of "catching").

Answer 3

For those that know what a kimono and hakama (a kind of traditional lower-body garment) are, you can see how they match with kiru and haku to clarify those two verbs.

Just adding to the answer, it was great already (and the first search hit).