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敷く、布く、藉く しく shiku

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  1. Godan verb with 'ku' endingtransitive verb to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out
  2. Godan verb with 'ku' endingtransitive verb to lay down (e.g. a cushion)
  3. Godan verb with 'ku' endingtransitive verb to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate
  4. Godan verb with 'ku' endingtransitive verb to pin down; to hold down
    see: 尻に敷く
  5. Godan verb with 'ku' endingtransitive verb to lay (e.g. railway tracks)
  6. Godan verb with 'ku' endingtransitive verb to deploy (e.g. troops)
  7. Godan verb with 'ku' endingintransitive verb formal or literary term to spread (e.g. snow); to be propagated

Kanji in this word

spread, pave, sit

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.

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