しく

敷 く

Common word

  1. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, transitive verb

    to spread out (e.g. a futon), to lay out

    • 私は、ポーチに敷く木製のデッキパネルを購入したいと思います。
      I would like to purchase a wooden deck panel that can be laid on the porch.

  2. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, transitive verb

    to lay down (e.g. a cushion)
    sometimes written as 藉く

  3. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, transitive verb

    to impose widely (e.g. martial law), to promulgate
    sometimes written as 布く

  4. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, transitive verb

    to pin down, to hold down

    • 禁酒法のしかれていた時代に、酒類密輸入の悪どい商売を腕ずくで自分の支配下におくために、てき屋たちは、おたがいに殺しあっていた。
      During prohibition days, racketeers used to rub each other out to get control of the rum-running racket.

  5. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, transitive verb

    to lay (e.g. railway tracks)
    sometimes written as 布く

  6. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, transitive verb

    to deploy (e.g. troops)
    sometimes written as 布く

  7. Godan verb with 'ku' ending, intransitive verb

    to spread (e.g. snow), to be propagated
    formal or literary term