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Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb
1. to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out​
  • わたし私
  • は
  • 、
  • ポーチ
  • に
  • し敷く
  • もくせい木製の
  • デッキ
  • パネル
  • を
  • こうにゅう購入
  • したい
  • と
  • おも思います
  • 。
I would like to purchase a wooden deck panel that can be laid on the porch.
Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb
2. to lay down (e.g. a cushion)​sometimes written as 藉く
Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb
3. to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate​sometimes written as 布く
Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb
4. to pin down; to hold down​See also 尻に敷く
  • きんしゅほう禁酒法
  • の
  • しかれていた
  • じだい時代
  • に
  • 、
  • しゅるい酒類
  • みつゆにゅう密輸入
  • の
  • あく悪どい
  • しょうばい商売
  • を
  • うで腕ずく
  • で
  • じぶん自分
  • の
  • しはいか支配下
  • に
  • おく
  • ために
  • 、
  • てきやてき屋
  • たち
  • は
  • 、
  • おたがいに
  • ころ殺し
  • あっていた
  • 。
During prohibition days, racketeers used to rub each other out to get control of the rum-running racket.
Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb
5. to lay (e.g. railway tracks)​sometimes written as 布く
Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Transitive verb
6. to deploy (e.g. troops)​sometimes written as 布く
Godan verb with 'ku' ending, Intransitive verb
7. to spread (e.g. snow); to be propagated​Formal or literary term

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