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しく
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)
1. to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out
2. to lay down (e.g. a cushion)
sometimes written as 藉く
3. to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate
sometimes written as 布く
4. to pin down; to hold down
5. to lay (e.g. railway tracks)
sometimes written as 布く
6. to deploy (e.g. troops)
sometimes written as 布く
Verb (5-dan, く, intransitive)
Literary
7. to spread (e.g. snow); to be propagated
Alt. forms
敷しく
85%
しく
11%
布しく
2%
藉しく
Pitch accent
し
く
Top 17000
Conjugations...Used in: 882
Used in vocabulary (14 in total)
to dominate (usu. one's husband)
to impose a gag order; to hush up; to order someone not to mention something
to lie scattered; to be strewn about
to lay out a futon; to make a bed
to press down; to hold down; to pin down
to lie scattered; to be strewn with; to be covered with
to lie scattered; to be strewn about
to lie scattered; to be strewn with; to be covered with
to dominate (usu. one's husband)
to encamp; to take up a position
to impose a gag order; to hush up; to order someone not to mention something
to kneel (on one knee); to crouch down (e.g. in a shooting stance); to break off and spread out; to break and lie down
to crown beauty with even greater beauty
to promulgate a law
Examples (6 in total)
I spread cheese on the bread.
They laid the carpet on the floor.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
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