正座

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Chinese

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just (right); main; upright
just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year
 
seat; base; stand
seat; base; stand; measure word for large, solid things
 
simp. and trad.
(正座)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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正座

  1. seat facing the stage (in a theater)

Japanese

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Etymology 1

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正座 (seiza): A geisha sitting seiza-style.
 正座 on Japanese Wikipedia
 Seiza on Wikipedia
Kanji in this term
せい
Grade: 1

Grade: 6
kan'on goon
Alternative spelling
正坐

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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(せい)() (seiza

  1. sitting (kneeling) in a particular traditional Japanese way (with legs folded under oneself); seiza

Verb

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(せい)()する (seiza surusuru (stem (せい)() (seiza shi), past (せい)()した (seiza shita))

  1. to sit in the seiza way
Conjugation
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Descendants

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  • English: seiza

See also

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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
しょう
Grade: 1

Grade: 6
goon

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(しょう)() (shōzaしゃうざ (syauza)?

  1. the seat of honor (where honored guests should sit), the seat in the front
Synonyms
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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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正座 (jeongjwa) (hangeul 정좌)

  1. hanja form? of 정좌 (sitting (kneeling))