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しく
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)
1. to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out
I guess it's about time to lay out the futon.
2. to lay down (e.g. a cushion)
sometimes written as 藉く
I put the pillow under my head and close my eyes.
3. to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate
sometimes written as 布く
Could it be that media restrictions have been imposed?
4. to pin down; to hold down
5. to lay (e.g. railway tracks)
sometimes written as 布く
What is laid out is a highway connecting prosperous cities and towns.
6. to deploy (e.g. troops)
sometimes written as 布く
Verb (5-dan, く, intransitive)
Literary
7. to spread (e.g. snow); to be propagated
Alt. forms
敷しく
86%
しく
10%
布しく
2%
藉しく
Pitch accent
し
く
Top 18000
Conjugations...Used in: 900
Used in vocabulary (14 in total)
to dominate (usu. one's husband)
to impose a gag order; to hush up; to order someone not to mention something
to lie scattered; to be strewn about
11 more...
Examples (18 in total)
I guess it's about time to lay out the futon.
I spread cheese on the bread.
They laid the carpet on the floor.
I turned off the light and also laid out the futon.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
I put a cushion on the floor and sat on it.
Could it be that media restrictions have been imposed?
I put the pillow under my head and close my eyes.
She put clean sheets on the bed.
Put something down to act as a cushion, okay?
Lay one sheet down properly, and then place another sheet on top of it.
What is laid out is a highway connecting prosperous cities and towns.
I would like to purchase a wooden deck panel that can be laid on the porch.
Just in case, I lay down a cloth so that it is okay even if the soil spills.
The next morning, I wake up on the futon laid out on the tatami mat.
It is clear that someone laid down steel plates after the building was constructed.
This carpet is big enough to cover the whole floor.
Of the tatami mats in the living room, only one has a fresh, new color.