Kanji 坐 Words: Meanings and Readings

胡坐

あぐら

sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)

坐敷

ざしき

dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)

坐る

すわる

to assume (a position)

坐蒲団

ざぶとん

zabuton

坐禅

ざぜん

zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)

正坐

せいざ

seiza

連坐

れんざ

sitting in a row (in the same seat)

坐り

すわり

sitting

坐視

ざし

remaining an idle spectator

居すわる

いすわる

to remain

坐礁

ざしょう

running aground

同坐

どうざ

sitting together

すわり込む

すわりこむ

to sit down (and refuse to move)

中坐

ちゅうざ

leaving one's seat (before an event is over)

あぐら鼻

あぐらばな

snub nose

安坐

あんざ

being at ease

円坐

えんざ

round straw mat

横坐り

よこずわり

sitting with one's legs out to one side

危坐

きざ

sitting up straight

寄坐

よりまし

child or doll used as a vessel for a spirit invoked by a shaman or miko

起坐

きざ

sitting up in bed

起坐呼吸

きざこきゅう

orthopnoea

結跏趺坐

けっかふざ

lotus position (meditation and yoga posture)

胡坐をかく

あぐらをかく

to rest on one's laurels

行住坐臥

ぎょうじゅうざが

daily life

坐す

ざす

to be implicated

坐する

ざする

to be implicated

坐ら

いながら

from where one sits

坐らにして

いながらにして

from one's seat

坐り蒲団

すわりふとん

zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)

坐椅子

ざいす

legless chair (used in a room with tatami flooring)

坐臥

ざが

daily life

坐学

ざがく

classroom learning (as contrasted to practical training)

坐蒲

ざふ

round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

坐業

ざぎょう

sedentary work

坐繰

ざぐり

hollowing out (e.g. wooden chair seat, scallop pattern on roof, etc.)

坐高

ざこう

one's sitting height

坐骨

ざこつ

ischium

坐骨神経痛

ざこつしんけいつう

sciatica

坐剤

ざざい

suppository

坐作進退

ざさしんたい

deportment

坐洲

ざす

stranding

坐乗

ざじょう

(commander, visiting dignitary) going on board (warship, plane)

坐職

ざしょく

sedentary work

坐食

ざしょく

living in idleness

坐像

ざぞう

seated figure (e.g. of Buddha)

坐卓

ざたく

low table

坐拝

ざはい

sitting and worshipping

坐法

ざほう

(formal) ways of sitting

坐薬

ざやく

suppository

坐浴

ざよく

sitz bath

在す

まします

to be

在す

います

to be

在すかり

いますかり

to be

在すがり

いますがり

to be

在そかり

いまそかり

to be

在そがり

いまそがり

to be

常住坐臥

じょうじゅうざが

at all times

静坐

せいざ

sitting calmly and quietly (i.e. in order to meditate)

側坐核

そくざかく

nucleus accumbens (part of the forebrain)

対坐

たいざ

sitting opposite each other

只管打坐

しかんたざ

shikantaza

単坐

たんざ

sitting alone

単坐機

たんざき

single-seated plane

単坐式

たんざしき

single-seated

端坐

たんざ

sitting upright (properly)

長坐

ちょうざ

long stay

鼎坐

ていざ

three people sitting in a triangle

湯坐

ゆえ

royal family nursemaid (Yamato court)

半跏趺坐

はんかふざ

half lotus position (meditation posture)

複坐

ふくざ

two-seater (e.g. aircraft)

便坐

べんざ

toilet seat

黙坐

もくざ

sitting silently

夜坐

やざ

nocturnal seated Zen meditation (esp. around 8pm)

列坐

れつざ

attendance

蓮華坐

れんげざ

lotus position (meditation and yoga posture)

露坐

ろざ

sitting in the open air

擱坐

かくざ

being disabled (of a tank, train, etc.)

跪坐

きざ

kneeling with the balls of the feet on the floor and sitting on one's heels