ふせる – Vocabulary details

ふせる

Verb (1-dan, transitive)

1. to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to lay upside down

2. to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes)

Verb (1-dan, transitive)

3. to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)

Verb (1-dan, transitive)

4. to conceal; to hide; to keep secret; to place in hiding (e.g. troops for an ambush)

Verb (5-dan, る, intransitive)

5. to lie down; to retire; to go to bed (with an illness)

usu. 臥せる

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to hold down; to twist someone's arm; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender

to knock down; to utterly defeat

to hold (someone) down; to pin down; to wrestle to the ground

床ゆかにふせろ！

Get down on the floor!

地じ面めんにぴったりふせなくてはなりませんか。

Do we have to lie flat on the ground?

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