敷く、布く、藉く
しく
shiku
JMdict entry #1497020
- Godan verb with 'ku' endingtransitive verb to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out
- Godan verb with 'ku' endingtransitive verb to lay down (e.g. a cushion)
- Godan verb with 'ku' endingtransitive verb to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate
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Godan verb with 'ku' endingtransitive verb
to pin down; to hold down
see: 尻に敷く
- Godan verb with 'ku' endingtransitive verb to lay (e.g. railway tracks)
- Godan verb with 'ku' endingtransitive verb to deploy (e.g. troops)
- Godan verb with 'ku' endingintransitive verb formal or literary term to spread (e.g. snow); to be propagated
Kanji in this word
Example sentences
彼は女房の尻に敷かれている。
kare ha nyoubou no shiri ni shika re te iru 。
He is a hen-pecked husband.
亭主が女房の尻にしかれるのも当然だ。
teishu ga nyoubou no shiri ni shikareru no mo touzen da 。
No wonder he is a henpecked husband.
地獄への道は善意で敷かれている。
jigoku he no michi ha zen'i de shika re te iru 。
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
大統領は憲法を停止し、戒厳令をしきました。
daitouryou ha kenpou wo teishi shi 、 kaigen rei wo shiki mashi ta 。
The President suspended the constitution and imposed martial law.
全市に夜間外出禁止令が布かれた。
zen shi ni yakan gaishutsu kinshi rei ga shika re ta 。
A curfew was imposed on the city.
床にカーペットを敷いた。
yuka ni kaapetto wo shii ta 。
They laid the carpet on the floor.