敷

Meaning

敷 centers on laying something out flat and wide: spreading a cloth, paving a surface, or sitting down by spreading oneself. The promulgate sense extends this to spreading ideas or decrees widely.

• 屋敷やしき
  N1

  residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion

• 敷地しきち
  N2

  site; plot; lot; grounds

• 敷くしく
  N3

  to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out

• 倉敷くらしき

  Kurashiki (city)

• 敷居しきい
  N1

  threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill

• 敷きしき

  spreading; laying out; covering

• 敷きじき

  suffix indicating room size (following a number of tatami mats and a counter)

• 下敷きしたじき
  N1

  desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; underlay

• 座敷ざしき
  N2

  tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room

• 河川敷かせんじき

  flood plain; river terrace; riverside area; area between river and river bank

• 敷設ふせつ

  laying (a railroad, pipes, naval mines, etc.); construction

• 風呂敷ふろしき
  N2

  furoshiki; wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper

• お座敷おざしき

  tatami room

• 敷き物しきもの

  carpet; rug; matting; carpeting

• 敷金しききん
  N2

  (security) deposit; caution money

• 敷島しきしま

  Yamato (province)

• 花屋敷はなやしき

  public flower garden

• 桟敷さじき

  dress circle (of a theatre); (first) balcony; box

• 敷き布団しきぶとん
  N1

  futon (laid on the floor); (Japanese) mattress; underquilt; sleeping mat

• 敷石しきいし

  paving stone; pavement

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