敷く|しくshiku[0]heiban (flat)
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- godan verb, transitive verbto spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out
- godan verb, transitive verbto lay down (e.g. a cushion)sometimes written as 藉く
- godan verb, transitive verbto impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgatesometimes written as 布く
- godan verb, transitive verbto pin down; to hold down
- godan verb, transitive verbto lay (e.g. railway tracks)sometimes written as 布く
- godan verb, transitive verbto deploy (e.g. troops)sometimes written as 布く
- godan verb, intransitive verbto spread (e.g. snow); to be propagated
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 敷く(しく) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 敷きます(しきます) |
| Negative (nai) | 敷かない(しかない) |
| polite (masen) | 敷きません(しきません) |
| classical zu / nu | 敷かず・敷かぬ(しかず・しかぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 敷いた(しいた) |
| polite (mashita) | 敷きました(しきました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 敷かなかった(しかなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 敷きませんでした(しきませんでした) |
| Te form | 敷いて(しいて) |
| Potential | 敷ける(しける) |
| Passive | 敷かれる(しかれる) |
| Causative | 敷かせる(しかせる) |
| Causative passive | 敷かせられる・敷かされる(しかせられる・しかされる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 敷けば(しけば) |
| tara | 敷いたら(しいたら) |
| Volitional | 敷こう(しこう) |
| polite (mashou) | 敷きましょう(しきましょう) |
| Imperative | 敷け(しけ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Related敷設ふせつWritten敷設 is a literary word for laying infrastructure such as cables, railway track, or pipelines; use 敷く for everyday objects like a futon or cushion.
Choose 敷く for the everyday act of spreading or laying things out, such as a futon or cushion; choose 敷設 only in formal or written contexts for installing infrastructure like cables, railway track, or pipelines.
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