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expressions (phrasesGodan verb with 'ku' ending
to dominate (usu. one's husband)
奥さんの尻にしかれている。
His wife leads him by the nose.
Other forms
尻にしく 【しりにしく】
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Godan verb with 'ku' endingtransitive verb
to spread out (e.g. a futon);to lay out
私は、ポーチに敷く木製のデッキパネルを購入したいと思います。
I would like to purchase a wooden deck panel that can be laid on the porch.
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Godan verb with 'ku' endingtransitive verb
to lay down (e.g. a cushion)
sometimes written as 藉く
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Godan verb with 'ku' endingtransitive verb
to impose widely (e.g. martial law);to promulgate
sometimes written as 布く
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Godan verb with 'ku' endingtransitive verb
to pin down;to hold down
禁酒法のしかれていた時代に、酒類密輸入の悪どい商売を腕ずくで自分の支配下におくために、てき屋たちは、おたがいに殺しあっていた。
During prohibition days, racketeers used to rub each other out to get control of the rum-running racket.
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Godan verb with 'ku' endingtransitive verb
to lay (e.g. railway tracks)
sometimes written as 布く
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Godan verb with 'ku' endingtransitive verb
to deploy (e.g. troops)
sometimes written as 布く
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Godan verb with 'ku' endingintransitive verb
formal or literary term
to spread (e.g. snow);to be propagated
Other forms
布く 【しく】 (search-only kanji form) · 藉く 【しく】 (search-only kanji form)
