ふす

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
伏す 臥す

Alternative forms

• (to lie down): ふせる (fuseru)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ふす [fúꜜsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟sɨ]

• (Tokyo) ふす [fùsúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟̊sɨ]

Verb

ふす • (fusu) ^{←ふす (fusu)?}

Japanese verb pair
active	伏せる
mediopassive	伏す
"to bend down"

1. 伏す: to bend down
2. 臥す, 伏す: to lie down in bed

Derived terms

• 突(つ)っ伏(ぷ)す (tsuppusu)
• 臥(ふ)し所(ど) (fushido)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of ふす – see the following entry.

【付す】 [verb] attach Alternative spelling 附す

(This term, ふす (fusu), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as ふす, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ふす.)