- 1. [n, vs, vi] lying low (and awaiting one's chance); biding one's time; submitting at first (to then strike later)
Conjugation — Noun + する (suru-verb)
| Dictionary form | しふくする | (shifukusuru) |
| Polite | しふくします | (shifukushimasu) |
| Past, plain | しふくした | (shifukushita) |
| Past, polite | しふくしました | (shifukushimashita) |
| Negative, plain | しふくしない | (shifukushinai) |
| Negative, polite | しふくしません | (shifukushimasen) |
| Past negative, plain | しふくしなかった | (shifukushinakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | しふくしませんでした | (shifukushimasendeshita) |
| Te-form | しふくして | (shifukushite) |
| Potential | しふくできる | (shifukudekiru) |
| Volitional | しふくしよう | (shifukushiyou) |
| Conditional (―ba) | しふくすれば | (shifukusureba) |
| Passive | しふくされる | (shifukusareru) |
| Causative | しふくさせる | (shifukusaseru) |
| Imperative | しふくしろ | (shifukushiro) |