spread, pave, sit, promulgate

15 strokesFrequency 1,212JLPT N1Grade 8

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Kun

し.く-し.き

Nanori

しきにゅう

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Common Words

難しいずかしつかし~い Adj.Freq #680
1

difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.)

Examples
私は彼女に難しい質問をした。
I asked her a difficult question.
2

Euphemistic; Softer than 無理

impossible; unfeasible

3

fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased

Examples
あの老人は食べ物に難しい
That old man is a fussy eater.
4

gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look)

5

Archaic

dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable

6

Archaic

unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky

しく宜しく宜敷くAdverbExpressionUsually kanaFreq #925
1

well; properly; suitably

2

best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of; please do

Examples
ご家族の皆さんによろしく
Give my love to your family.
3

As ...よろしく

just like ...; as though one were ...

4

As よろしく…べし

by all means; of course

敷くGodan verbFreq #2880
1

Transitive verb

to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out

Examples
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.
2

Transitive verb; Sometimes written as 藉く

to lay down (e.g. a cushion)

3

Transitive verb; Sometimes written as 布く

to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate

4

Transitive verb

to pin down; to hold down

Examples
禁酒法のしかれていた時代に、酒類密輸入の悪どい商売を腕ずくで自分の支配下におくために、てき屋たちは、おたがいに殺しあっていた。
During prohibition days, racketeers used to rub each other out to get control of the rum-running racket.
5

Transitive verb; Sometimes written as 布く

to lay (e.g. railway tracks)

6

Transitive verb; Sometimes written as 布く

to deploy (e.g. troops)

7

Formal or literary term; Intransitive verb

to spread (e.g. snow); to be propagated

屋敷しきNounFreq #3020
1

residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion

Examples
彼はいなかの屋敷に住んでいる。
He lives on his country estate.
敷地きちNounFreq #4562
1

site; plot; lot; grounds

Examples
その敷地は軍事上の目的で利用されている。
The site is used for military purposes.
座敷しき坐敷NounFreq #11227
1

tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room

2

dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)

敷き詰めるきつめTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #13232
1

to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay

Examples
地面は一面に落ち葉が敷き詰められたようだった。
The ground was blanketed with fallen leaves.
お化け屋敷おばけやしきNounFreq #18511
1

haunted house; spook house

Examples
お化け屋敷に行くの。夜寝られなくなっちゃうよ。
The haunted house? I won't be able to sleep at night.
2

haunted house (attraction); haunted attraction

下敷きになる下敷になるしたじきになるExpressionGodan verbFreq #19053
1

to be squashed by; to be pinned under

Examples
彼は倒れた木の下敷きになってうごけなかった。
He was pinned down by a fallen tree.
敷居きいきみ ()しき ()NounFreq #19720
1

Architecture

threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill

Examples
もう二度とこの家の敷居はまたがない。
I'll never set foot in this house again.

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