座り込む・坐り込む|すわりこむsuwarikomu[4]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Which spelling to use
座り込む座り込む is the most common written form. Use it when someone enters and sits down, plops down, or sits down and refuses to move; it is the form learners are most likely to encounter.
坐り込む坐り込む is a rarely used kanji-and-kana variant of 座り込む. You may encounter it in writing, but 座り込む is the practical choice.
Definitions
- godan verb, intransitive verbto (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down
- godan verb, intransitive verbto sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 座り込む（すわりこむ） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 座り込みます（すわりこみます） |
| Negative (nai) | 座り込まない（すわりこまない） |
| polite (masen) | 座り込みません（すわりこみません） |
| classical zu / nu | 座り込まず・座り込まぬ（すわりこまず・すわりこまぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 座り込んだ（すわりこんだ） |
| polite (mashita) | 座り込みました（すわりこみました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 座り込まなかった（すわりこまなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 座り込みませんでした（すわりこみませんでした） |
| Te form | 座り込んで（すわりこんで） |
| Potential | 座り込める（すわりこめる） |
| Passive | 座り込まれる（すわりこまれる） |
| Causative | 座り込ませる（すわりこませる） |
| Causative passive | 座り込ませられる・座り込まされる（すわりこませられる・すわりこまされる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 座り込めば（すわりこめば） |
| tara | 座り込んだら（すわりこんだら） |
| Volitional | 座り込もう（すわりこもう） |
| polite (mashou) | 座り込みましょう（すわりこみましょう） |
| Imperative | 座り込め（すわりこめ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Related腰掛けるこしかけるNeutralSitting on a chair, steps, or other raised spot with the feet hanging down. 「座り込む」 stresses plopping down and staying put, but can also be used for chairs.
- Related座するざするWrittenWritten/formal word for the act of sitting itself, as in 「座して待つ」; it can also mean being implicated, and carries no sense of a sit-in protest.
- Antonym立ち上がるたちあがるNeutralTo stand up, moving from a seated position to standing; figuratively, to rise up and take action — the opposite of 「座り込む」, which is sitting down and refusing to move.
Use 「座り込む」 for plopping down and staying put or a sit-in protest, as in 「道端に座り込む」「座り込みデモ」. For sitting on a chair or other raised spot, use 「腰掛ける」; 「立ち上がる」 is its opposite. 「座する」 is a written/formal word for the act of sitting.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
Japanese definitions
Kanji in this word
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