| 伏 | meaning | 'prostrated, bend down, bow, cover, lay (pipes)' |
| onyomi | フク | |
| kunyomi |
| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|---|---|
| 伏して | ふして | bowing down, humbly, respectfully |
| 伏兵 | ふくへい | ambush, troops in ambush |
| 伏流 | ふくりゅう | subterranean stream |
| 伏線 | ふくせん | preparation, foreshadowing, underplot (in a novel), precautionary measures |
| 山伏 | やまぶし | mountain priest, itinerant Buddhist monk |
| 待ち伏せ | まちぶせ | performing an ambush |
| 潜伏 | せんぷく | concealment, hiding, ambush, incubation |
| 起伏 | きふく | undulation; ups and downs, highs and lows |
| 降伏 | こうふく | capitulation, surrender, submission |
| 雌伏 | しふく | remaining in obscurity |
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