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伏 — JLPT N1 Kanji — Detail

Onyomi: フク  ·  Kunyomi: ふ.す, ふ.せる  ·  Meanings: bend down, bow, cover, lay (pipes), prostrated

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Unicode: 4F0F Strokes: 6
JLPT N1
Meanings
bend down, bow, cover, lay (pipes), prostrated
Onyomi
フク
Kunyomi
ふ.す, ふ.せる
Name Readings
ふし, ふせ
JLPT
N1
Grade
8
Frequency
-
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Vocabulary Examples

Word Reading Meaning Meta
伏せる ふせる to turn over (face down), to lay face down, to lay upside down common Ichidan verb, Transitive verb
伏し目 ふしめ downcast look Noun
臥せる ふせる to lie down, to retire, to go to bed (with an illness) Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb
伏線 ふくせん foreshadowing common Noun
伏兵 ふくへい ambush, troops in ambush common Noun
伏流 ふくりゅう subterranean stream Noun, Suru verb
伏龍 ふくりゅう suicide divers (part of the Japanese Special Attack Units during WWII) Noun
伏流水 ふくりゅうすい underground water Noun
灰貝 はいがい ivory shell, cockle Noun
伏せ糊 ふせのり dye resistant starch (used to protect a design) Noun
伏せ縫い ふせぬい hemming Noun
伏長 ふせなが going (e.g. of a flight of stairs), length Noun
伏せ籠 ふせご frame for drying or perfuming clothes (oft. made out of bamboo) Noun
伏し浮き ふしうき prone float, dead-man's float Noun
伏在 ふくざい lying concealed, being hidden Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
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