お座すわり

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

sitting down; sitting up

Polite noun or suru-verb for the act of sitting, often used in child-directed speech or gentle instructions.

• お座すわりの姿し勢せいを保たもってください。

  Please maintain a sitting posture.

• 赤あかちゃんが自じ分ぶんでお座すわりできるようになった。

  The baby has learned to sit up by themselves.

interjection

sit!

Command used to tell a dog to sit; the polite prefix お makes it sound gentle.

• 犬いぬに「お座すわり」と言いったら、すぐに座すわった。

  When I said 'sit' to the dog, it sat down immediately.