to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (one's eyes); to lay (oneself) face down; to lie face down; to conceal
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
surrender; capitulation; submission; yield
to fall flat; to fall face down
to lie face down; to lie flat (on one's stomach); to bend down (in submission); to bow down; to (crouch) and hide (behind); to conceal oneself; to lie down (and sleep)
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
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)
ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle
to prostrate oneself (before)
to slay; to cut down (a foe)
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
to hold (someone) down; to pin down; to wrestle to the ground
foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures
prostrating oneself (in submission, respect, etc.)
to knock down; to utterly defeat
push-up (exercise); press-up
lying down; down!; lie down!
to slay; to cut down (a foe)
yamabushi; practitioner of Shugendō; itinerant Buddhist monk
to lie down (and sleep); to go to bed (with an illness)
hideout (e.g. of fugitive from justice); hiding place
to crouch; to stoop; to yield; to submit; to hide; to conceal oneself
exorcism; putting a deadly curse on; cursing to death
lying low (and awaiting one's chance); biding one's time; submitting at first (to then strike later)
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
abode of demons; hotbed (of graft); pandemonium
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
wandering samurai; soldier of fortune; brigand; hermit; mountain ascetic; itinerant priest
to lie face down (e.g. on the ground, napping on a desk); to lie prone; (arch.) to lower (one's head, gaze, etc.)
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); turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
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
preaching down; breaking down someone's false beliefs through confrontation (in order to convert them to the right faith)
symbol used in place of a censored word (e.g. blank, circle, X, asterisk); turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
lying concealed; being hidden
accepting; consenting; agreeing; submission; compliance; agreement
to knock down; to utterly defeat
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
suicide divers (part of the Japanese Special Attack Units during WWII)
mountain-dwelling robber; brigand
revealing something that was foreshadowed earlier in the story
to mask oneself; to lie down
underground Christian; secret Christian (during the Edo period)
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
prostrating oneself in fear; kneeling in fear; crouching in fear; prostration
prostration (in reverence); falling down on (one's) knees
to lie face down (e.g. on the ground, napping on a desk); to lie prone; (arch.) to lower (one's head, gaze, etc.)
Battle of Toba-Fushimi (January 27-31, 1868)
overpower; subdue; keep down
being so embarrassed as to keep one's face down
rising and going to bed; daily life; all the time; constantly; whether awake or asleep
suicide divers (part of the Japanese Special Attack Units during WWII)
fire prevention (esp. by a divine power)
hibernation; staying home or in place
lying face down; lying on one's face; lying prostrate
Battle of Toba-Fushimi (January 27-31, 1868)
exorcism; praying down evil spirits
gifted young person who shows much promise; unrecognized genius; great person whose talent is hidden under a bushel
sleeping face down; sleeping on one's stomach; sleeping in a prone position
to mask oneself; to lie down
to hold (someone) down; to pin down; to wrestle to the ground
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 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
prone float; dead-man's float
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
prostrating oneself in fear; kneeling in fear; crouching in fear; prostration
water gone underground (to emerge as a spring)
penal servitude; submitting to a sentence; pleading guilty; undetected crime
deep-fried mochi (Heian period)
dip (angle that the direction of a compass needle makes with the horizon)
biding one's time building up strength till finally grasping an opportunity to launch out and flourish
to endure hardship while traveling; to face troubles on a journey
frame for drying or perfuming clothes (oft. made out of bamboo); coop; hen coop
freshwater goby (any fish of genus Rhinogobius); dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); Gymnogobius urotaenia (species of goby); Japanese fluvial sculpin (Cottus pollux)
push-up (exercise); press-up
creeping; crawling; sneaking
rising and going to bed; daily life; all the time; constantly; whether awake or asleep
Sulculus diversicolor supertexta (species of abalone or ear shell)
going (e.g. of a flight of stairs); length
going (e.g. of a flight of stairs); length
bowing down; humbly; respectfully
consolidation yield stress
fukubachi; inverted bowl that sits above the base of a pagoda finial
inverted siphon; siphon culvert
look; expression of the eyes; eyes
yield strength; yield stress
laying stones flat (e.g. in gardens); method for assigning colors to players (othello)
dye resistant starch (used to protect a design)
dye resistant starch (used to protect a design)
accented word in Japanese pitch accent
accented word in Japanese pitch accent
bearded tooth fungus (Hericium erinaceum); lion's mane mushroom