席

Meaning

席 centers on a designated spot for sitting or gathering: a seat, a mat to sit on, or a place at an occasion. The idea extends naturally to the event or place itself.

• 席せき
  N4

  seat

• 出席しゅっせき
  N4

  attendance; presence; appearance

• 座席ざせき
  N3

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

• 議席ぎせき

  parliamentary seat

• 欠席けっせき
  N4

  absence; non-attendance

• 打席だせき

  batter's box; one's turn at bat

• 客席きゃくせき
  N2

  guest seating (e.g. theater, stadium); passenger seat (e.g. taxi)

• 同席どうせき

  being present (at the same meeting, occasion, etc.); attendance (with); sitting with; sitting next to

• 空席くうせき
  N2

  empty seat; unoccupied seat

• 主席しゅせき
  N1

  head; chief

• 満席まんせき
  N3

  full house; all seats occupied; fully occupied

• 着席ちゃくせき
  N1

  taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)

• 即席そくせき
  N1

  impromptu; improvised; extempore; ad-lib; off-the-cuff

• 全席ぜんせき

  all seats

• 席巻せっけん

  sweeping (over, across); conquering; overwhelming

• 寄席よせ

  entertainment hall (for rakugo, manzai, magic, music, etc.); vaudeville theater (theatre); music hall

• 相席あいせき

  sharing a table with someone you don't know (e.g. at a restaurant)

• 次席じせき

  associate; junior; assistant; next in rank; runner-up

• 列席れっせき

  attendance; presence

• 退席たいせき

  leaving one's seat

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