Word Meaning お座敷

おざしき ozashiki

お座敷 is read as おざしき (ozashiki) and means dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko.

Meaning

English

  1. dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko
  2. tatami room

Reading

Kana

おざしき

Romaji

ozashiki

Writing Variants

  • 御座敷 おざしき ozashiki

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 118189 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

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お座敷遊び

おざしきあそび

(private) geisha entertainment

お座敷がかかる

おざしきがかかる

to be invited (often to perform for an audience)

座敷

ざしき

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

上がり座敷

あがりざしき

elevated podium in Japanese-style house

表座敷

おもてざしき

front room

小座敷

こざしき

extension of the main room of a home (in traditional palatial-style architecture)

離座敷

はなれざしき

room detached from main house

夏座敷

なつざしき

room arranged for the summer (by removing screens and doors to improve air flow)

貸座敷

かしざしき

(Edo-period) brothel

奥座敷

おくざしき

inner parlor

座敷着

ざしきぎ

dress worn by a geisha to a zashiki party

座敷芸

ざしきげい

performance at a drinking party