N21444/1725

敷しく

godan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)transitive verbformal or literary termintransitive verb

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しく

Meanings

to spread out (e.g. a futon), to lay out
to lay down (e.g. a cushion)
to impose widely (e.g. martial law), to promulgate
to pin down, to hold down
to lay (e.g. railway tracks)
to deploy (e.g. troops)
to spread (e.g. snow), to be propagated

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Example sentences

床ゆかにマットを敷しいて寝ねます。

I spread a mat on the floor and sleep.

布団ふとんを敷しかないまま朝あさを迎むかえてしまった。

I ended up greeting the morning without having laid out the futon.

政府せいふは全国ぜんこくに戒厳令かいげんれいを敷しいた。

The government imposed martial law throughout the entire country.

新あたらしい鉄道てつどうのレールを敷しく工事こうじが来月らいげつから始はじまる予定よていだ。

Construction to lay new railway rails is scheduled to begin next month.

庭にわ一面いちめんに砂利じゃりを敷しくことで、雑草ざっそうが生はえにくくなる。

By spreading gravel all over the garden, weeds become less likely to grow.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)