高座|こうざkouza[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounplatform; stage; upper seat; pulpit

• Synonym演壇えんだんNeutralA platform for giving speeches or lectures, centered on public-speaking occasions; 「高座」 is the raised seat for yose (rakugo hall) performers or monks preaching.
• Synonym教壇きょうだんNeutralThe platform a teacher stands on in a classroom, centered on teaching; 「高座」 is the raised seat for yose performance or temple preaching.
• Synonym講壇こうだんNeutralA lecture platform, also used figuratively for academia; tied to schools and scholarship, while 「高座」 is for yose performance or temple preaching.
• Synonym演台えんだいNeutralA lectern-style desk for a speaker, or the spot on stage where one speaks or performs; 「高座」 is used only for yose performance and temple preaching.

Use 「高座」 for the raised platform a yose performer sits on or where a monk preaches, as in 「高座に上がる」. For a speech or lecture platform say 「演壇」, for a classroom teacher's platform 「教壇」, and for a school or academic platform 「講壇」.

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1. 寺院じいんにおいて僧そうが説法せっぽうや修法しゅほうする際さい、一般いっぱんの席せきよりも高たかく造つくる席せきや壇だん。
2. 寄席よせなどで演者えんじゃが座すわる席せき。またそこで行おこなう演芸えんげい。
3. 上席じょうせき。上座かみざ。