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伏せる ふせる

  1. to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to turn over (face down)
  2. to cast down (one's eyes); to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.)
  3. to lay (oneself) face down; to lie face down; to lie flat (on one's stomach); to throw (oneself) to the ground
  4. to conceal; to hide; to keep secret; to place in hiding (e.g. troops for an ambush)
  5. to bring (someone) down; to kill
  6. to go to bed (with an illness); to lie down (and sleep)

切り伏せる きりふせる

  1. to cut down (a foe); to slay

説き伏せる ときふせる

  1. to argue down; to confute; to convince; to persuade; to prevail on

組み伏せる くみふせる

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

待ち伏せる まちぶせる

  1. to ambush

叩き伏せる たたきふせる

  1. to knock down; to utterly defeat

目を伏せる めをふせる

  1. to cast down one's eyes

ねじ伏せる ねじふせる

  1. to hold (someone) down by twisting their arm; to twist someone's arm and throw them to the ground; to wrestle (someone) to the floor
  2. to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender

言い伏せる いいふせる

  1. to argue down

身を伏せる みをふせる

  1. to lie face-down
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