ふせる

伏 せる

Common word

  1. Ichidan verb, transitive verb

    to turn over (face down), to lay face down, to lay upside down

  2. Ichidan verb, transitive verb

    to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.), to cast down (eyes)

  3. Ichidan verb, transitive verb, intransitive verb

    to lie (one's body) face down, to lie flat (on the ground)

    • 床に伏せろ！
      Get down!

  4. Ichidan verb, transitive verb

    to conceal, to hide, to keep secret, to place in hiding (e.g. troops for an ambush)

    • この言葉は、名前は伏せておくがある人が言ったものだ。
      These words were spoken by someone who shall be nameless.

  5. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, intransitive verb

    to lie down, to retire, to go to bed (with an illness)
    usu. 臥せる

    • 彼は床に伏せっている。
      He is confined to bed now.