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    3. 伏

    伏

    伏ふ.せる

    prostrated

    N1KMT9Freq #1604Core ConceptsKanji6 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    ふ.せるふ.す

    On'yomi

    フク

    Nanori

    ふしふせ

    prostratedbend downbowcoverlay (pipes)

    亻犬

    亻
    人
    大
    犬
    丶

    Stroke 0 / 6

    Speed1.0x

    似住代伐佚侠状吠吠侯以代似住

    Alternative forms of this concept

    亻
    𠆢

    Concepts using this kanji

    伏せる

    to turn over (face down)

    降伏

    surrender

    起伏

    undulation

    伏線

    foreshadowing

    伏兵

    ambush

    潜伏

    concealment

    山伏

    yamabushi

    うつ伏せ

    lying face down

    目伏し

    look

    目を伏せる

    to cast down one's eyes

    言い伏せる

    to argue down

    平伏

    prostrating oneself (in submission, respect, etc.)

    伏流水

    underground water

    伏在

    lying concealed

    伏水

    water gone underground (to emerge as a spring)

    打ち伏す

    to mask oneself

    信伏

    being convinced

    伏線回収

    revealing something that was foreshadowed earlier in the story

    伏長

    going (e.g. of a flight of stairs)

    伏せ石

    laying stones flat (e.g. in gardens)

    野伏せり

    mountain-dwelling robber

    組み伏せる

    to hold (someone) down

    調伏

    exorcism

    降伏強度

    yield strength

    切り伏せる

    to slay

    伏勢

    ambush

    待ち伏せる

    to ambush

    身を伏せる

    to lie face-down

    伏字

    symbol used in place of a censored word (e.g. blank, circle, X, asterisk)

    火伏せ

    fire prevention (esp. by a divine power)

    説き伏せる

    to confute

    説伏

    persuasion

    無条件降伏

    unconditional surrender

    山伏茸

    bearded tooth fungus (Hericium erinaceum)

    面伏せ

    being so embarrassed as to keep one's face down

    突っ伏す

    to fall prostrate

    伏線を張る

    to foreshadow

    起き伏し

    rising and going to bed

    帰伏

    submission

    伏せ屋

    humble cottage

    圧伏

    overpower

    鳥羽伏見の戦い

    Battle of Toba-Fushimi (January 27-31, 1868)

    潜伏期間

    incubation period

    潜伏先

    hideout (e.g. of fugitive from justice)

    圧密降伏応力

    consolidation yield stress

    伏角

    dip (angle that the direction of a compass needle makes with the horizon)

    潜伏性

    latency

    伏し浮き

    prone float

    潜伏期

    incubation period

    倒れ伏す

    to fall flat

    伏し倒れる

    to fall down

    倒伏

    lodging (of cereals)

    等伏角線

    isoclinic line

    伏奏

    report to the throne

    伏在静脈

    saphenous vein

    折伏

    preaching down

    伏流

    subterranean stream

    伏越し

    inverted siphon

    伏射

    shooting lying prone

    悪魔調伏

    exorcism

    埋伏

    impaction

    伏せ

    lying down

    伏する

    to crouch

    伏して

    bowing down

    ひれ伏す

    to prostrate oneself (before)

    伏す

    to bend down

    ねじ伏せる

    to twist someone's arm and throw them to the ground

    うつ伏せる

    to lie face-down

    伏し目

    downcast look

    泣き伏す

    to break down crying

    伏せ籠

    frame for drying or perfuming clothes (oft. made out of bamboo)

    伏し拝む

    to kneel and worship

    隠れ伏す

    to lie concealed

    隠伏

    concealment

    俯伏

    prostration

    埋伏歯

    impacted tooth

    雌伏雄飛

    biding one's time building up strength till finally grasping an opportunity to launch out and flourish

    潜伏キリシタン

    underground Christian

    待ち伏せ

    ambush

    伏せ糊

    dye resistant starch (used to protect a design)

    蛇腹伏せ

    pleated stitch

    伏魔殿

    abode of demons

    伏射濠

    sheltered trench

    伏せ縫い

    hemming

    伏鉢

    fukubachi

    腕立て伏せ

    push-up (exercise)

    伏せ樋

    covered drain

    伏龍

    suicide divers (part of the Japanese Special Attack Units during WWII)

    雌伏

    remaining in obscurity

    叩き伏せる

    to knock down

    蟄伏

    hibernation

    伏臥

    lying face down

    伏竜鳳雛

    gifted young person who shows much promise

    懾伏

    prostrating oneself in fear

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    • 丶
    • 亻
    • 人
    • 大
    • 犬

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    • 起伏
    • 泣き伏す
    • 降伏
    • 山伏
    • 雌伏
    • 説き伏せる
    • 切り伏せる
    • 潜伏
    • 組み伏せる
    • 待ち伏せ
    • 待ち伏せる
    • 叩き伏せる
    • 倒れ伏す
    • 伏する
    • 伏して
    • 伏し倒れる
    • 伏し拝む
    • 伏せる
    • 伏せ籠
    • 伏在
    • 伏射
    • 伏射濠
    • 伏水
    • 伏線
    • 伏奏
    • 伏兵
    • 伏魔殿
    • 平伏
    • ひれ伏す
    • 目を伏せる
    • 腕立て伏せ
    • 俯伏
    • 伏勢
    • 圧伏
    • 信伏
    • ねじ伏せる
    • 伏し目
    • 伏す
    • 伏字
    • 伏せ樋
    • 伏せ縫い
    • 伏せ屋
    • うつ伏せ
    • 調伏
    • 帰伏
    • 無条件降伏
    • 蟄伏
    • 伏流
    • 伏流水
    • 潜伏性
    • 潜伏期
    • 起き伏し
    • 説伏
    • 突っ伏す
    • 言い伏せる
    • 折伏
    • 隠れ伏す
    • 倒伏
    • 埋伏歯
    • 身を伏せる
    • 圧密降伏応力
    • うつ伏せる
    • 雌伏雄飛
    • 悪魔調伏
    • 伏竜鳳雛
    • 野伏せり
    • 伏長
    • 伏鉢
    • 伏角
    • 隠伏
    • 伏龍
    • 面伏せ
    • 伏越し
    • 打ち伏す
    • 山伏茸
    • 目伏し
    • 埋伏
    • 等伏角線
    • 懾伏
    • 潜伏先
    • 伏し浮き
    • 降伏強度
    • 潜伏キリシタン
    • 伏せ石
    • 潜伏期間
    • 伏臥
    • 蛇腹伏せ
    • 伏在静脈
    • 伏せ糊
    • 伏線回収
    • 伏線を張る
    • 鳥羽伏見の戦い
    • 伏せ
    • 火伏せ

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