連れん座ざ

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

complicity; implication in a crime; guilt by association

Refers to being held responsible for a crime or wrongdoing because of one's connection to the perpetrator, often in legal or political contexts. Commonly used with する to mean 'to be implicated'.

• 彼かれは汚お職しょく事じ件けんに連れん座ざした。

  He was implicated in the corruption scandal.

• 連れん座ざ制せいによって、候こう補ほ者しゃだけでなく関かん係けい者しゃも責せき任にんを問とわれる。

  Under the guilt-by-association system, not only the candidate but also associates are held accountable.

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

sitting together in a row

Archaic literal meaning of sitting side by side in the same seat or row. Rarely used in modern Japanese outside historical descriptions.

• 古ふるい記き録ろくには、宴えん席せきで連れん座ざしたとある。

  Old records say they sat together in a row at the banquet.