敷く【しく】
Frequency rank: 4,083. – 4,086.
- to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out
- to lay down (e.g. a cushion)sometimes written as 藉く
- to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgatesometimes written as 布く
- to pin down; to hold downsee also 尻に敷く
- to lay (e.g. railway tracks)sometimes written as 布く
- to deploy (e.g. troops)sometimes written as 布く
- to spread (e.g. snow); to be propagatedformal
godan verb -く; transitive
godan verb -く; intransitive
Example sentences19 results
Using a doubled-up cushion in place of a pillow I lie down on the hard wooden floor with nothing but a carpet spread over it.