Illustration: In a Japanese apartment's tatami room, a father lies full length on his stomach beside a low wooden toy railway. His chest rests against the mat, his legs extend behind him, and his face points downward, hovering just above his folded forearms.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

伏ふせる

fuseru

to lie face down

Example sentences

彼かれは床ゆかに身みを伏ふせた。
He laid himself flat on the floor.
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地面じめんにぴったり伏ふせなくてはなりませんか。
Do we have to lie flat on the ground?
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伏ふせて！
Duck!
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Kanji in 伏

伏prostrated; bend downOnフクKunふせる・ふす

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