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敷く

しく

Readings

しく

Meanings

  1. 1.
    v5k, vtto spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out
  2. 2.
    v5k, vtto lay down (e.g. a cushion)
  3. 3.
    v5k, vtto impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate
  4. 4.
    v5k, vtto pin down; to hold down
  5. 5.
    v5k, vtto lay (e.g. railway tracks)
  6. 6.
    v5k, vtto deploy (e.g. troops)
  7. 7.
    v5k, vito spread (e.g. snow); to be propagated

Kanji breakdown

敷
N515 strokesGrade 8

Example sentences

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.

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.

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敷くしく

to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

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