Shitajiki

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下敷き (Shitajiki) is a Japanese noun meaning “desk pad, sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper, underlay, being pinned under”.

Meanings

  1. noundesk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; underlay
  2. nounbeing pinned under; being caught under; being trapped under; being buried under; being crushed beneath
  3. nounmodel; patternoften as 〜を下敷きにして

Kanji in 下敷き

belowspread

Related words

please (give me)welldifficultbelowunder (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.)to giveto come downto spread out (e.g. a futon)subordinate personhumble positionunskillfulin the prefecture