伏

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 bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself

to hide oneself

ambush; troops in ambush

unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle

foreshadowing

preparation; precautionary measures

downcast look

Suru verb - special class

to crouch; to stoop; to bend down; to prostrate oneself; to lie down

Suru verb - special class

to yield; to submit; to surrender

Suru verb - special class

to hide; to conceal oneself

Common noun

lying down

Interjection; Dog command

down!; lie down!

abode of demons; hotbed (of graft); pandemonium

to kneel and worship

to foreshadow; to drop a hint (of things to come)

to take precautionary measures; to make contingency plans

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

Later printed as 〓

turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character

lying concealed; being hidden

ambush

Colloquial

revealing something that was foreshadowed earlier in the story

shooting lying prone

underground water

lying face down; lying on one's face; lying prostrate

covered drain

subterranean stream

gifted young person who shows much promise; unrecognized genius; great person whose talent is hidden under a bushel

humble cottage; hut

report to the throne

water gone underground (to emerge as a spring)

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