敷く|しくshiku[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N2approx.Common
Definitions
  1. godan verb, transitive verbto spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out
    私は、ポーチに敷しく木製もくせいのデッキパネルを購入こうにゅうしたいと思おもいます。↗
    I would like to purchase a wooden deck panel that can be laid on the porch.
  2. godan verb, transitive verbto lay down (e.g. a cushion)sometimes written as 藉く
  3. godan verb, transitive verbto impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgatesometimes written as 布く
    During prohibition days, racketeers used to rub each other out to get control of the rum-running racket.
  4. godan verb, transitive verbto pin down; to hold down
  5. godan verb, transitive verbto lay (e.g. railway tracks)sometimes written as 布く
  6. godan verb, transitive verbto deploy (e.g. troops)sometimes written as 布く
  7. 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.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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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Japanese definitions
  1. 物ものを平たいらに広ひろげて置おく。
  2. 【藉せきく】平たいらにしてある物ものの下したに置おく。
  3. 一面いちめんにわたるよう置おいたり撒まいたりする。敷き詰しきつめる。
  4. 配置はいちする。敷設ふせつする。設置せっちする。
  5. 【布しく】広ひろい範囲はんいに行いき渡わたらせる。発布はっぷする。実施じっしする。
Kanji in this word
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