居座る・居坐る・居据わる|いすわるisuwaru[3]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Which spelling to use
居座る居座る is the most common and standard form. It is the recommended choice for learners when writing the word.
居坐る居坐る is a rarely used variant of 居座る. You may encounter it, but 居座る is the usual choice.
居据わる居据わる is a rarely used variant of 居座る. You may encounter it, but 居座る is the usual choice.
Definitions
- godan verb, intransitive verbto remain; to stay (somewhere)
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 居座る（いすわる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 居座ります（いすわります） |
| Negative (nai) | 居座らない（いすわらない） |
| polite (masen) | 居座りません（いすわりません） |
| classical zu / nu | 居座らず・居座らぬ（いすわらず・いすわらぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 居座った（いすわった） |
| polite (mashita) | 居座りました（いすわりました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 居座らなかった（いすわらなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 居座りませんでした（いすわりませんでした） |
| Te form | 居座って（いすわって） |
| Potential | 居座れる（いすわれる） |
| Passive | 居座られる（いすわられる） |
| Causative | 居座らせる（いすわらせる） |
| Causative passive | 居座らせられる・居座らされる（いすわらせられる・いすわらされる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 居座れば（いすわれば） |
| tara | 居座ったら（いすわったら） |
| Volitional | 居座ろう（いすわろう） |
| polite (mashou) | 居座りましょう（いすわりましょう） |
| Imperative | 居座れ（いすわれ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym居残るいのこるNeutralStaying on after others have left, also working overtime or staying behind at school, e.g. 「放課後に居残る」; it lacks the headword's pejorative nuance of refusing to budge.
- Synonym居続けるいつづけるNeutralSimply staying on in the same place, stressing continuity; it does not carry the nuance of clinging on or refusing to leave.
- Related滞留たいりゅうWrittenWritten/formal prose for lingering or being stuck somewhere; also used of goods piling up, as in 「台風が滞留」.
- AntonymどくNeutralTo step aside or make way; the opposite of the headword's clinging to a spot and refusing to move.
- Antonym去るさるWrittenWritten/formal prose for leaving or going away; the opposite of the headword.
Use 「居座る」 for refusing to leave or clinging to a position, as in 「社長の座に居座る」 or 「台風が居座る」. For staying behind after school, say 「居残る」; for being stuck or lingering, 「滞留」; for leaving, 「去る」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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