How to say "position" in Japanese

• 位置いちJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbCovers the spatial sense: where something or someone is located, as in the position of a building on a map or an object in a room. This is the default for physical location.
  彼かれの事務所じむしょは町まちの中心ちゅうしん部ぶに位置いちしている。↗

  His office is located in the center of the town.
• 立場たちばJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounRefers to a person's standpoint or situation — where they stand socially or in an argument, as in being in a difficult position or speaking from a managerial position.
  お答こたえできる立場たちばにありません。↗

  I'm not in a position to answer.
• ポジションJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounThe borrowed English word, used much as 'position' is in English — for example a player's place on a team or a post in a company.
  僕ぼくはバスケットボールチームの最後さいごのポジションの申し込もうしこみをしようとスポーツ事務所じむしょへ行いったが、誰だれかが先さきを越こしてしまった。↗

  I went down to the sports office to sign up for the last position on the basketball team, but somebody else beat me to it.
• 姿勢しせいJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounMeans the posture of the body — how one stands or sits — and by extension a figurative stance or attitude. For the general senses of 'position' it is seldom the word you want.
  彼かれはまっすぐな姿勢しせいで立たっていた。↗

  He stood in an upright position.
• 順位じゅんいCommon
  nounCovers only the ranking sense of 'position': where someone or something falls in an order, such as a finishing position in a race or a rank on a list.

Choose 位置 for physical location, 立場 for a person's standpoint or situation, 「ポジション」 for a role or team slot, 姿勢 for bodily posture or stance, and 順位 for rank in an ordering.

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• 位置いちplace
• 立場たちばposition
• ポジションposition
• 姿勢しせいposture
• 順位じゅんいorder
• 格かくstatus
• 身分みぶん(social) standing
• 体勢たいせいposture
• 陣地じんちencampment
• 所在しょざいlocation (of)
• 肩書きかたがきtitle (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord)
• 場所ばしょplace
• 働き口はたらきぐちposition
• 役柄やくがらrole
• 位置付けるいちづけるto place (in relation to the whole)
• 職しょくjob
• 地点ちてんspot
• 腰ごしposture
• 役所やくどころassigned role
• 建玉たてぎょくposition (in finance: amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer)
• 定位ていいposition
• 持ち高もちだかposition
• 勤め口つとめぐちposition
• 就職口しゅうしょくぐちposition
• 立ち位置たちいちposition (where one is standing)
• 地歩ちほfoothold
• 立脚地りっきゃくちstandpoint
• 立脚点りっきゃくてんstandpoint
• 地位ちい(social) position
• 拠点きょてんbase (of operations)
• 役やくposition (of responsibility)
• 席せきposition
• 座ざposition
• 椅子いすpost
• 態度たいどattitude (towards an issue, etc.)
• 陣じんcamp
• ポストpost
• 瀬せposition
• 立地りっちstandpoint
• 去就きょしゅう(one's) course of action
• 旗色はたいろone's allegiance
• 席次せきじranking
• 旗幟きし(one's) stance
• 体位たいいposture
• 線せんline (of action)
• 番ばんrank
• 玉ぎょくposition (in finance, the amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer)