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
- —麒麟座Camelopardalis (constellation); the Giraffe
- —跨座式straddle-beam type
- —貸座敷tatami-mat room rented out for meetings, meals, etc.; place for assignations; (Edo-period) brothel
- —座敷着dress worn by a geisha to a zashiki party
- —角座標angular coordinate(s)
- —御座船boat reserved for nobles; pleasure boat
- —夏座敷room arranged for the summer (by removing screens and doors to improve air flow)
- —当座帳current journal (accounting)
- —小座敷small tatami room; extension of the main room of a home (in traditional palatial-style architecture); room smaller than four and a half tatami (in tea ceremony)
- —地謡座noh chorus seating area; side stage (noh)
- —後見座back-right corner of rear stage (area behind main noh stage); stage attendant's spot
- —狂言座place on bridge passageway next to the rear of a noh stage (where the interlude kyogen actors wait)
- —座入りentering a tea room; joining a group
- —つる座Grus (constellation); the Crane
- —はえ座Musca (constellation); the Fly
- —とも座Puppis (constellation); the Poop Deck
- —高座名rakugo stage name
- —遷座祭ceremony for moving a deity to a new site
- —星座図astronomical chart; star chart
- —当座煮food boiled or stewed in soy sauce, sugar, mirin, etc. for short-term preserving