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しく is an exact match with one form of the following word:
敷く
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Reading : しく   
1. to spread out; to lay out
2. to take a position
3. to impose widely (e.g. over a city)  (see also: 法令を敷く)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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敷く is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 10% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 54,000 (about 7,960,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1073 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 7929
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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Example sentences:
このように
おお
きな
いし
なわ
をかけ
した
ころ
がし
まるた
丸太
いて
なわ
ほうほう
方法
ある
One method was to haul the large stones with ropes over a path laid with rolling logs.
かのじょ
彼女
ベッドきれいなシーツ
いた

She put clean sheets on the bed.
その
ゆか
あつ
じゅうたん
いてある

The floor is covered with a thick carpet.
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しく
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• This form is used about 60% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 16,000 (about 40,100,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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布く
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Reading : しく   
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• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 36,000 (about 15,600,000 results)
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フ   し to spread out, to lay   
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the first time the way
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ホ    the first time   
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ヨウ   もちいる to use   
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
dot   
ホウ   かた way, direction   
ぼく strike   
フ   ぬの cloth   
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ten   じゅう    じつ    と    とう    
キン   turban; cloth
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