Meaning
cushion · gathering · seat · sit · squat
On'yomi
ザ
Kun'yomi
すわ.る
Common compounds (50)
- 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)
- 座 ざattaches to the names of constellations
- 坐禅 ざぜんzazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)
- 銀座 ぎんざGinza (Tokyo neighborhood)
- 座席 ざせきseat
- 講座 こうざacademic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)