座すわる

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

sit; sit down; be seated; kneel or sit on the floor

Intransitive verb for taking or being in a seated posture, whether on a chair, the floor, or in a kneeling-style sitting position such as 正座.

• どうぞここに座すわってください。

  Please sit here.

• 子こどもたちは床ゆかに座すわって話はなしを聞きいた。

  The children sat on the floor and listened.

• 彼かの女じょは畳たたみの上うえに正せい座ざして座すわった。

  She sat kneeling formally on the tatami.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

take a position; assume a post; occupy a seat or role

Figurative use for occupying a social, organizational, or official position, often in phrases such as 社長の座に座る or トップの座に座る.

• 彼かれは三さん十じゅう代だいで社しゃ長ちょうの座ざに座すわった。

  He assumed the position of company president in his thirties.

• その選せん手しゅはついに世せ界かい一いちの座ざに座すわった。

  That athlete finally took the world number-one position.