1
municipal district;(area of) streets
2
city and wards
1
verse
1
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.
2
to lay down (e.g. a cushion)
sometimes written as 藉く
3
to impose widely (e.g. martial law);to promulgate
sometimes written as 布く
4
to pin down;to hold down
See also:
尻に敷く (しりにしく)
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.
5
to lay (e.g. railway tracks)
sometimes written as 布く
6
to deploy (e.g. troops)
sometimes written as 布く
7
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)
1
to match;to equal
2
to catch up with;to overtake
Other forms
若く 【しく】 · 及く 【しく】
1
the four kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death)
1
inevitability of death (one of the four kinds of suffering)
See also:
四苦 (しく)
2
death pains;agony of death
1
to occur repeatedly;to be repeated
1
Shiku
1
Shiku
1
Shiku
1
seeing is believing;one eye-witness is better than many hearsays;a picture is worth a thousand words
Other forms
百聞は一見に如かず 【ひゃくぶんはいっけんにしかず】