This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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降伏

降服
こうふく
capitulation; surrender; submission
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潜伏

せんぷく
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
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伏せる

v1
vt
ふせる
to lay something upside down; to turn something over; to lay something face down; to cover; to lay (pipes); to lay (an ambush); to hide; to conceal
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起伏

きふく
undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows
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伏線

ふくせん
preparation; foreshadowing; underplot (in a novel); precautionary measures
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待ち伏せ

待伏せ
まちぶせ
performing an ambush
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待ち伏せる

待伏せる
v1
まちぶせる
to ambush
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山伏

やまぶし
mountain priest; itinerant Buddhist monk
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伏兵

ふくへい
ambush; troops in ambush
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伏す

v5s
ふす
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself