Ichidan verb; Transitive verb

to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to lay upside down

Ichidan verb; Transitive verb

to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes)

Ichidan verb; Transitive verb; Intransitive verb

to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)

Ichidan verb; Transitive verb

to conceal; to hide; to keep secret; to place in hiding (e.g. troops for an ambush)

Godan verb; Intransitive verb; Usu. 臥せる

to lie down; to retire; to go to bed (with an illness)

to cast down one's eyes

to fall prostrate

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb

surrender; capitulation; submission

Engineering

yield

ambush; lying in wait for an ambush

concealment; hiding; ambush

incubation; latency; dormancy

to fall flat; to fall face down

to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself

to hide oneself

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

lying face down; lying on one's face

placing upside down; placing face down

yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing