Kanji1 / 10
座 kanji
squat, seat, cushion, gathering, sit
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- Grade 6 (elementary school)
On readings
ザ
Kun readings
すわる
Words with 座
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N3座席Popularseat (esp. in public places or places with assigned seating); seating
- N2座敷Populartatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
- N2座布団Popularzabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular
- N1星座Popularconstellation; astrological sign; star sign; zodiac sign
- N1座談会Popularsymposium; round-table discussion
- N1即座にPopularimmediately; right away; on the spot
- N1座標coordinate; coordinates
- N1ご座いますto be; to exist; to be (doing); did; (have) done
- —座Popularseat; place; position; status; gathering; party; company; atmosphere (of a gathering); stand; pedestal; platform; trade guild; attaches to the names of constellations; attaches to the names of theatres, cinemas and theatrical troupes; counter for theatres, deities, Buddhist images, tall mountains, and satokagura songs
- —一座Popularthe whole company; the party; all those present; everyone in attendance; attendance (at a gathering); presence; banquet; dinner; party; troupe; (theatrical) company; (one) statue; top seat; head (of the table)
- —王座Popularthrone; first place; top spot; championship
- —銀座PopularGinza (district in Tokyo); busy shopping district; bustling location; silver mint (Edo period)
- —口座Popularaccount (e.g. bank)
- —講座Popularcourse (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
- —座禅Popularzazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)
- —座長Popularchairman; leader of a troupe; proprietor of a theatrical company
- —即座Popularimmediate; right there on the spot; impromptu; instant; instantaneous
- —連座Popularimplication (in a crime); involvement; sitting in a row (in the same seat)
- —正座Popularseiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
- —口座番号Popularaccount number (bank, etc.)