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    2. Kanji Vocab
    3. 敷く

    敷く

    敷しく​

    to spread out (e.g. a futon)

    N2KMT8CoreDaily LifeKanji Vocab16 strokes

    布く藉く

    しく

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to spread out (e.g. a futon), to lay out
    2.
    to lay down (e.g. a cushion)
    3.
    to impose widely (e.g. martial law), to promulgate
    4.
    to pin down, to hold down
    5.
    to lay (e.g. railway tracks)
    6.
    to deploy (e.g. troops)

    Verb, Intransitive

    7.
    to spread (e.g. snow), to be propagated
    formal or literary term

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    寝ねる前まえに布ふ団とんを敷しいた。

    I spread out the futon before going to bed.

    KMT6Daily LifeHome & Housing
    鉄てつ道どう会がい社しゃは新あたらしい路ろ線せんを敷しく計けい画かくを発はっ表ぴょうした。

    The railway company announced a plan to lay a new line.

    KMT8Daily LifeTravel & Transportation
    ピクニックのために、芝しば生ふの上うえにレジャーシートを敷しいた。

    I spread a leisure sheet on the lawn for the picnic.

    KMT8Daily LifeNature & Environment
    会かい社しゃは新あたらしいセキュリティポリシーを敷しくことを決けっ定ていした。

    The company decided to implement a new security policy.

    KMT8Daily LifeWork & CareerTechnology
    政せい府ふは災さい害がい地ち域いきに厳げん戒かい態たい勢せいを敷しいた。

    The government imposed a state of high alert in the disaster area.

    KMT9Politics & LawDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    敷
    し.く・-し.き…(3)
    spread・pave・sit・promulgate
    Kanji
    く
    ku
    Kana
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