N2779/1725

座ざ敷しき

irregular kanji usagenounnoun (generic)

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ざしき

Meanings

tatami room, tatami mat room, formal Japanese room
dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)

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Example sentences

旅館りょかんの座敷ざしきでゆっくり過すごしたい。

I want to relax in the tatami room of a Japanese inn.

座敷ざしきに通とおされて、緊張きんちょうした。

I was nervous when I was shown into the formal tatami room.

昨夜さくやは芸者げいしゃを呼よんで座敷ざしきで宴会えんかいを開ひらいた。

Last night, we held a banquet in the tatami room with geisha invited.

この古ふるい家いえには広ひろい座敷ざしきがあり、床とこの間まには掛かけ軸じくが飾かざられている。

This old house has a large tatami room, and a hanging scroll is displayed in the alcove.

接待せったいのために料亭りょうていの座敷ざしきを予約よやくしておくべきだったと後悔こうかいした。

I regretted that I should have reserved a tatami room at a traditional restaurant for the business entertainment.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)