敷く
しく
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law)
JLPT N2 Common word
Meanings
Godan verb (-ku), Transitive
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out- to lay down (e.g. a cushion)
- to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate
- to pin down; to hold down
- to lay (e.g. railway tracks)
All 7 meanings
- to deploy (e.g. troops)
Godan verb (-ku), Intransitive
to spread (e.g. snow); to be propagatedFormal
Forms
| Plain | Polite | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 敷くしく | 敷きますしきます |
| Negative | 敷かないしかない | 敷きませんしきません |
| Past | 敷いたしいた | 敷きましたしきました |
| Past negative | 敷かなかったしかなかった | 敷きませんでしたしきませんでした |
| Te-form | 敷いてしいて |
|---|---|
| Potential | 敷けるしける |
| Passive | 敷かれるしかれる |
| Causative | 敷かせるしかせる |
| Volitional | 敷こうしこう |
| Imperative | 敷けしけ |
| Conditional (ば) | 敷けばしけば |
| Conditional (たら) | 敷いたらしいたら |
Example sentences
パンにチーズを敷いた。
I spread cheese on bread.
床にカーペットを敷いた。
They laid the carpet on the floor.
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She dominates her husband.
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He is a hen-pecked husband.
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I put down a rug under my desk.
More examples (10)
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The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
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My mother put clean sheets on the bed.
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She put clean sheets on the bed.
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The floor is covered with a thick carpet.
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She wears the trousers in that house.
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The sheets were spread on the bed.
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Tom's wife keeps him on such a short rope.
お母さんが、ベッドにきれいなシーツを敷いてくれました。
My mother put clean sheets on my bed.
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.
その会社では、会長が院政を敷いていて、社長はお飾りにすぎない。
The "retired" president of that company runs the whole show from behind the scenes, so the current president is nothing but a figurehead.