伏

Anatomy

saphenous vein; saphena

to fall down

dip (angle that the direction of a compass needle makes with the horizon)

frame for drying or perfuming clothes (oft. made out of bamboo)

coop; hen coop

prone float; dead-man's float

bowing down; humbly; respectfully

sheltered trench

hemming

fukubachi; inverted bowl that sits above the base of a pagoda finial

inverted siphon; siphon culvert

laying stones flat (e.g. in gardens)

method for assigning colors to players (othello)

dye resistant starch (used to protect a design)

Historical term

suicide divers (part of the Japanese Special Attack Units during WWII)

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

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

undulation

ups and downs; highs and lows

to twist someone's arm and throw them to the ground; to hold (someone) down by twisting their arm; to wrestle (someone) to the floor

to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender

to prostrate oneself (before)