Kanji

伏

伏

prostrated, bend down, bow, cover, lay (pipes)

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

6 strokes

Radical

人部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

フク

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

ふせる, ふす

Nanori (Name Reading)

ふし, やす

Common Readings

フク, ふ…す, ふ…せる

Example sentences

伏せる ふせる
恥ずかしそうに目を伏せた。

She looked down shyly.

病床 びょうしょう
彼は長い間病床に伏せていた

He was confined to his sickbed for a long time.

目を伏せる めをふせる
彼女は恥ずかしそうに目を伏せた。

She bashfully cast her eyes down.

突っ伏す つっぷす
テーブルに突っ伏して泣き崩れた。

He collapsed face down on the table and broke down crying.

降伏 こうふく
敵軍は無条件降伏した。

The enemy army surrendered unconditionally.

泥首銜玉 でいしゅかんぎょく
敗者は泥首銜玉の礼をして降伏した

The defeated performed the ritual of submission and surrendered.

待ち伏せ まちぶせ
警察は犯人の自宅近くで待ち伏せをしていた。

The police were waiting in ambush near the suspect's home.

潜伏 せんぷく
犯人は古いアパートに潜伏していた。

The culprit was hiding in an old apartment.

アジト アジト
警察は犯人が潜伏しているアジトを突き止めた。

The police tracked down the hideout where the criminal was lurking.

倒れ伏す たおれふす
長い距離を走って疲れ果て、彼はその場に倒れ伏した。

Exhausted from the long run, he collapsed on the spot.

Example Vocabulary

伏せる

ふせる

to look down; to turn over; to hide

目を伏せる

めをふせる

to cast one's eyes down; to look down

突っ伏す

つっぷす

to fall prostrate; to collapse face down (e.g. on a desk)

降伏

こうふく

surrender; capitulation

待ち伏せ

まちぶせ

ambush; lying in wait

潜伏

せんぷく

concealment; hiding; incubation

倒れ伏す

たおれふす

to fall prostrate; to collapse; to fall down

うつ伏せ

うつぶせ

ねじ伏せる

ねじふせる

伏す

ふす

to prostrate oneself, to bow low, to lie down

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