伏せる

ふせる

Meanings

1. Ichidan verb, Transitive to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to turn over (face down)
2. to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (one's eyes)
3. Ichidan verb, Transitive, Intransitive to lay (oneself) face down; to lie face down; to lie flat (on one's stomach); to throw (oneself) to the ground
4. Ichidan verb, Transitive to conceal; to hide; to keep secret; to place in hiding (e.g. troops for an ambush)
5. to bring (someone) down; to kill
6. Ichidan verb, Intransitive to lie down (and sleep); to go to bed (with an illness) (also written as 臥せる) See also: 臥せる (ふせる).

Kanji

• 伏 lie low. Read as ふせる.

Example sentences

• この言葉は、名前は伏せておくがある人が言ったものだ。
  These words were spoken by someone who shall be nameless.
• 床に伏せろ！
  Get down!
• 地面にぴったり伏せなくてはなりませんか。
  Do we have to lie flat on the ground?
• 彼は床に伏せっている。
  He is confined to bed now.
• 彼は床に身を伏せた。
  He laid himself flat on the floor.

Common phrases

• 病に伏せる
• 顔を伏せる
• 名前を伏せる
• 地面に伏せる
• 床に伏せる
• 目を伏せる (めをふせる) to cast down one's eyes
• 身を伏せる (みをふせる) to lie face-down

Related forms

• 伏す (ふす) to lie face down (intransitive partner)
• 臥す (ふす) to lie down (in bed) (intransitive partner)

Words containing 伏せる

• 説き伏せる (ときふせる) to confute
• 待ち伏せる (まちぶせる) to ambush
• ねじ伏せる (ねじふせる) to twist someone's arm and throw them to the ground

And 14 more.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists