座|ざza[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. nounseat; place
  2. nounposition; status
    ついに彼女かのじょは権力けんりょくの座ざを手てに入いれた。↗
    Finally she attained a position of power.
  3. noungathering; party; company; atmosphere (of a gathering)
  4. nounstand; pedestal; platform
  5. nountrade guild
  6. suffixattaches to the names of constellations
  7. suffixattaches to the names of theatres, cinemas and theatrical troupes
    This is a direct broadcast from the Showa theater.
  8. suffix, countercounter for theatres, deities, Buddhist images, tall mountains, and satokagura songs
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym席せきNeutralThe most versatile word for a seat or a place in a gathering. 「座」 is more written/formal and also covers the gathering itself and its atmosphere.
  • Synonym座席ざせきWrittenWritten/formal: seats on transport or in theaters. 「座」 also means status or a gathering occasion.
  • SynonymシートNeutralA loanword for seats in cars, theaters and the like. 「座」 also covers status and gathering occasions.
  • Related椅子いすNeutralA chair as furniture; figuratively, a post or position. 「座」 is more written/formal, for a seat or status.
  • Related腰掛けこしかけNeutralA stool or bench; figuratively, a temporary job. 「座」 covers a seat, status, or a gathering occasion.

For a seat, status, or gathering in written or formal prose, use 「座」, as in 「座を外す」「首位の座」. For an ordinary seat use 「席」; for seats on transport or in theaters use 「座席」 or 「シート」; for a chair use 「椅子」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. (ザ)すわる場所ばしょ、定てい位置いち。
  2. (ザ)すわること(元もとはこの意味いみを表あらわす文字もじは坐ざ。常用じょうよう外がいとなったことから代用だいように用もちいる。ただし、戦前せんぜんから混同こんどうあり)
  3. (ザ)皆みなが集あつまっている場ば。その雰囲気ふんいき。
  4. (ザ)平安へいあん時代じだいから戦国せんごく時代じだいまで存在そんざいした同業者どうぎょうしゃ組合くみあい。
  5. (ざ:日本にっぽん史し)同業者どうぎょうしゃの組合くみあい。
  6. (ざ)劇団げきだん。芸能げいのうのグループ。一座いちざ。
  7. (ざ)一部いちぶの劇場げきじょうや映画館えいがかんの名称めいしょうに使つかわれる。『歌舞伎座かぶきざ』『みゆき座ざ』など。
  8. (ざ)星座せいざ。
  9. (ざ:助数詞じょすうし)祭神さいじん・仏像ぶつぞうを数かぞえる。
  10. (ざ:助数詞じょすうし)山やまを数かぞえる。
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