Meaning
sit
On'yomi
サ · ザ
Kun'yomi
おわす · すわ.る · そぞろに · まします
Common compounds (14)
- 坐る すわるto assume (a position)
- 坐蒲団 ざぶとんzabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular
- 坐敷 ざしきdinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
- 連坐 れんざsitting in a row (in the same seat)
- 居すわる いすわるto remain; to stay (somewhere)
- 坐り すわりsitting
- すわり込む すわりこむto sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
- 坐禅 ざぜんzazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)
- 坐視 ざしremaining an idle spectator; looking on unconcernedly (doing nothing)
- 正坐 せいざseiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
- 坐礁 ざしょうrunning aground; being stranded; grounding; beaching
- 同坐 どうざsitting together; the same theater (theatre); involvement; entanglement; implication