Kanji坐
Readingざ
Frequency16%
Used in (71 in total)
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
sitting upright (properly)
lotus position (meditation and yoga posture); padmasana; sitting with legs crossed and feet placed on opposing thighs
sitting opposite each other
seated figure (e.g. of Buddha); sedentary statue; sedentary image
sitting calmly and quietly (i.e. in order to meditate)
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
sitting alone
remaining an idle spectator; looking on unconcernedly (doing nothing)
daily life; daily routine; while awake or asleep; at all times; day in, day out; constantly
running aground; stranding; being disabled (of a tank, train, etc.); being put out of action
sitting cross-legged; sitting in the lotus position
kneeling with the balls of the feet on the floor and sitting on one's heels
at all times; day in, day out; constantly; always
running aground; being stranded; grounding; beaching
sitting and lying down; daily life
sitting calmly; sitting comfortably; sitting cross-legged; being at ease; being content
sitting cross-legged
seat (esp. in public places or places with assigned seating); seating
tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
zabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular
implication (in a crime); involvement; (arch.) sitting in a row (in the same seat)
(commander, visiting dignitary) going on board (warship, plane)
enshrinement (of a deity); residing (in a shrine or sacred place); sitting prominently (in a place); being plunked down; being planted (in a spot)
suppository
nucleus accumbens (part of the forebrain)
half lotus position (meditation posture); sitting with one foot placed on the opposite thigh
low table
three people sitting in a triangle
living in idleness
deportment; behavior; carriage
ischium; ischial bone
attendance; presence
sitting together; the same theater (theatre); involvement; entanglement
round straw mat; sitting in a circle
sedentary work
sciatica; sciatic neuralgia; ischiodynia; ischias
suppository
shikantaza; meditation practice where one stays intensely focused without focusing on any particular object
stranding; running aground
sitting silently
nocturnal seated Zen meditation (esp. around 8pm); sitting at night
sitting up straight
seat (of a chair)
legless chair (used in a room with tatami flooring)
leaving one's seat (before an event is over); excusing oneself (from a meeting, conversation, etc.)
sitting in the open air
sitz bath
classroom learning (as contrasted to practical training); classroom lecture; desk study
single-seater; single-seated; sitting alone
toilet seat
two-seater (e.g. aircraft)
one's sitting height
lotus position (meditation and yoga posture); padmasana; sitting with legs crossed and feet placed on opposing thighs; lotus seat (under Buddhist statue); lotus base; lotus pedestal
round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
single-seated plane; single-seater
reeling by hand (esp. silk); hand filature; counter sinking (making conical depression so screw-heads don't protrude above surface); spot facing (machining a flat space for bolt head, etc.); hollowing out (e.g. wooden chair seat, scallop pattern on roof, etc.)
(formal) ways of sitting
orthopnoea; orthopnea
coccygeus muscle; ischiococcygeus
sedentary work
extremely hot summer weather; (lit.) like sitting in an earthenware steamer
sitting and worshipping; worshipping while sitting down
sitting up in bed
sitting and hugging one's knees; sitting down; crouching