座

Meaning

座 centers on the act of sitting or the place where one sits: a seat, cushion, or a gathering where people sit together. The squat sense is a specific sitting posture.

• 座るすわる
  N5

  to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to kneel (on the floor)

• 座ざ

  seat; place

• 講座こうざ

  course (e.g. of lectures)

• 口座こうざ
  N3

  account (e.g. bank)

• 銀座ぎんざ
  N5

  Ginza (district in Tokyo)

• 座席ざせき
  N3

  seat (esp. in public places or places with assigned seating); seating

• 座りすわり

  sitting

• 即座そくざ
  N1

  immediate; right there on the spot; impromptu; instant; instantaneous

• 星座せいざ
  N1

  constellation

• 王座おうざ

  throne

• 座布団ざぶとん
  N3

  zabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular

• 座敷ざしき
  N2

  tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room

• 座長ざちょう

  chairman

• 正座せいざ
  N1

  seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles

• 座禅ざぜん
  N1

  zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)

• 一座いちざ

  the whole company; the party; all those present; everyone in attendance

• 座り込みすわりこみ

  sit-in (protest); sit-down (strike)

• 連座れんざ

  implication (in a crime); involvement

• 座談会ざだんかい
  N1

  symposium; round-table discussion

• で御座いますでございます
  N5

  be; is

• 即座にそくざに
  N1

  immediately; right away; on the spot

• おめでとう御座いますおめでとうございます

  congratulations

• 口座番号こうざばんごう

  account number (bank, etc.)

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