Meanings
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
Kanji used
lay face down
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (7 in total)
to cast down one's eyes
to hold down; to twist someone's arm; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender
to hold (someone) down; to pin down; to wrestle to the ground
Examples (2 in total)
Get down on the floor!
Do we have to lie flat on the ground?