据

Meaning

据 centers on placing something firmly in position: setting, installing, or laying a foundation. The squatting and sitting senses extend from the idea of settling oneself down securely.

• 据えるすえる
  N1

  to place (in position); to fix; to set (e.g. table); to lay (foundation)

• 据え置きすえおき
  N1

  deferment (e.g. of savings); leaving (a thing) as it stands

• 据わるすわる

  to hold still; to hold in place; to hold steady; to stay (in one spot)

• 見据えるみすえる

  to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on

• 据え付けすえつけ

  installation; setting; fitting; mounting

• 据え膳すえぜん

  meal set before one

• 据え置くすえおく

  to leave as it is; to defer

• 据え付けるすえつける
  N1

  to install; to equip; to mount; to fix (in place); to set up

• みこしを据えるみこしをすえる

  to ensconce oneself (e.g. in a chair); to settle oneself down; to plant oneself

• 上げ膳据え膳あげぜんすえぜん

  taking care of everything; no need to do anything

• 上座に据えるかみざにすえる

  to give (a guest) the seat of honor (honour)

• 切り据えるきりすえる

  to cut down an enemy

• 尻を据えるしりをすえる

  to sit down

• 度胸が据わるどきょうがすわる

  to have steady nerves; to gain courage; to become brave; to become confident

• 度胸を据えるどきょうをすえる

  to muster one's courage; to resolve oneself; to ready oneself for what is to come

• 引き据えるひきすえる

  to (physically) force someone to sit down

• 後釜に据えるあとがまにすえる

  to install (a person) in (someone's) place

• 打ち据えるうちすえる

  to strike (someone) down; to knock down; to thrash; to beat severely

• 拮据きっきょ

  diligence; assiduity; pinching; hard toil

• 据え物すえもの

  ornament

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