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座, ざ
1. seat, place
2. position, status
3. gathering, party, company, atmosphere (of a gathering)
4. stand, pedestal, platform
historical term
5. trade guild
これは昭和座から舞台中継です。
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座る, 据わる, 坐る, すわる
Godan verb, Intransitive
1. to sit (down), to have a seat, to be seated, to kneel (on the floor)
2. to assume (a position), to take on (a duty), to occupy (a post)
esp. 据わる
3. to hold steady, to hold still
数人の学生がベンチに座り、昼食を食べていた。
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銀座, ぎんざ
1. Ginza (district in Tokyo)
Noun, used as a suffix, See 台風銀座
2. busy shopping district, bustling location
historical term
3. silver mint (Edo period)
ニューヨークの五番街は銀座と比較される。
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講座, こうざ
1. course (e.g. of lectures)
2. academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
この講座では応急手当の基本的な技能を教えます。
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王座, おうざ
1. throne
2. first place, top spot, championship
現在のチャンピオンは彼であり、その王座を奪える新人挑戦者はいないだろう。
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即座, そくざ
May take 'no'
immediate, right there on the spot, impromptu, instant, instantaneous
「今、行動を起こせ」という、それが伝える実際的な意味に加えて、即座の行動がなぜ重要であるかという多くの理由をも、言外に示唆していたのであった。
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歌舞伎座, かぶきざ
1. kabuki troupe, kabuki theater (theatre)
2. Kabuki-za (theatre in Tokyo)
来月の歌舞伎座の出し物はなんですか。
座り込む, 坐り込む, すわりこむ
Godan verb, Intransitive
1. to (enter and) sit down, to plop oneself down, to plant oneself down
2. to sit down (and refuse to move), to sit in (in protest)
息を切らして座り込んだ。
連座, 連坐, れんざ
Takes suru
1. implication (in a crime), involvement
Archaism
2. sitting in a row (in the same seat)
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一座, いちざ
1. the whole company, the party, all those present, everyone in attendance
Takes suru
2. attendance (at a gathering), presence
3. banquet, dinner, party
4. troupe, (theatrical) company
See 座・8
5. (one) statue
あの女優は一座の一枚看板だ。
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上座, かみざ, じょうざ
Takes suru, May take 'no'
chief seat, seat of honor, seat of honour, head of the table
彼は食卓の上座についた。
座敷, 坐敷, ざしき
1. tatami room, tatami mat room, formal Japanese room
2. dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
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座礁, 坐礁, ざしょう
Takes suru, Intransitive
running aground, being stranded, grounding, beaching, to run aground, to strand
正座, 正坐, せいざ
Takes suru, Intransitive
seiza, kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
ずっと正座してたからか、足がしびれちゃって。
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星座, せいざ
1. constellation
2. astrological sign, star sign, zodiac sign
古代の天文学者は、星座を見つけ、名前をつけた。
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座布団, 座ぶとん, 座蒲団, 坐蒲団, ざぶとん
zabuton, flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular
この座布団を干して下さい。
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当座, とうざ
May take 'no'
1. (for) the time being, (for) the present, (for) the moment
2. immediate, present, current
3. (for) some time (after)
See 当座預金, Abbreviation
4. checking account, current account
この小切手を銀行の当座に入れなさい。
座禅, 坐禅, ざぜん
Buddhist term
zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)
彼は座禅を組んだ。
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座右, ざゆう, ざう
May take 'no'
1. (by) one's side, place close to one's person, place within arm's reach
Honorific or respectful
2. used in letters to refer to the recipient indirectly or written beside an addressee's name to show respect
私はその本を座右に置いている。