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    3. 下敷き

    下敷き

    下した敷じき​

    desk pad

    KMT7News #15+1CoreNounDaily LifeKanji Vocab22 strokes

    下敷

    したじき

    Noun

    1.
    desk pad, sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper, underlay
    2.
    being pinned under, being caught under, being trapped under, being buried under, being crushed beneath
    3.
    model, pattern

    Stroke 0 / 22

    Speed1.0x

    ノートの下した敷じきを忘わすれてしまった。

    I forgot my notebook underlay.

    KMT5Daily LifeEducation
    子こ供どもの頃ころ、キャラクターの下した敷じきを集あつめていた。

    When I was a child, I used to collect character underlays.

    KMT6Daily LifeAnime & Manga
    地じ震しんで倒たおれた家か具ぐの下した敷じきになった人ひとがいる。

    There are people who were pinned under furniture that fell during the earthquake.

    KMT7Daily LifeHome & Housing
    事じ故こ現げん場ばでは、車くるまの下した敷じきになった自じ転てん車しゃが見みつかった。

    At the accident scene, a bicycle pinned under a car was found.

    KMT7Daily LifeTravel & Transportation
    この小しょう説せつは、実じっ際さいの事じ件けんを下した敷じきにして書かかれたものだ。

    This novel was written based on a real incident.

    KMT8LiteratureHistory

    Characters that make up this word

    下
    した・しも・もと・さ.げる・さ.がる・くだ.る…(10)
    below・down・descend・give・low…(1)
    Kanji
    敷
    し.く・-し.き…(3)
    spread・pave・sit・promulgate
    Kanji
    き
    ki
    Kana
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