JLPT N2 Upper Intermediate
横たわる
To lie flat, stretch out horizontally, or lie ahead.
Readings
Other forms
横たわります polite form
横たわった plain past
横たわって te-form
1 Intransitive Verb
To lie down / To be stretched out
Describes the state of a body or heavy object extending horizontally at full length across a surface.
Example
彼 は 疲れ て ソファ に 横たわって い た 。
He was tired and lying stretched out on the sofa.
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2 Intransitive Verb
To lie ahead / To stretch out before
Depicts a vast landscape or significant abstract barrier existing prominently across a path or view.
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