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横よこたわる
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, る, intransitive)
1. to lie down; to stretch out
With those thoughts in mind, I lay down on the bed.
2. to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
Great dangers lie in wait in this plan.
Alt. forms
横よこたわる
98%
よこたわる
1%
Kanji used
横
sideways
Pitch accent
よ
こたわ
る
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Conjugations...Used in: 2813
Composed of
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
Examples (20 in total)
He was lying in bed a long time.
The doll lay on the floor.
The princess lay with her eyes closed.
He was lying on the grass.
The patient was lying in the bed with his eyes closed.
I sat on the bed where she was lying.
Great dangers lie in wait in this plan.
Problems that must be solved still lie before us.
The soldier lay injured on the ground.
A vast desert lay before us.
He was lying there with his legs bound together.
She lay down on the floor and started reading.
We can see wild animals lying in the grass.
The land to the northeast was low-lying.
Tom was lying in bed, staring up at the ceiling.
There lie many difficulties before us.
I got tired of lying in bed all day.
The injured man lay in the street before the police arrived.
At noon they lay down in a forest to rest.
After the accident, the car lay in the street upside down.