座る【すわる】
to sit, to squat, to assume (a position), to hold steady, to hold still
座【ざ】
seat, place, position, status, gathering, party, company, atmosphere (of a gathering), stand, pedestal, platform, trade guild, attaches to the names of constellations, attaches to the names of theatres, cinemas and theatrical troupes, counter for theatres, deities, Buddhist images, tall mountains, and satokagura songs
銀座【ぎんざ】
Ginza (Tokyo neighborhood), busy shopping district, bustling location, silver mint (Edo period)
座長【ざちょう】
chairman, leader of a troupe, proprietor of a theatrical company
講座【こうざ】
course (e.g. of lectures), academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
王座【おうざ】
throne, first place, top spot, championship
座席【ざせき】
seat
即座【そくざ】
immediate, right there on the spot, impromptu, instant, instantaneous
座談会【ざだんかい】
symposium, round-table discussion
連座【れんざ】
implication (in a crime), involvement, sitting in a row (in the same seat)
一座【いちざ】
the whole company, the party, all those present, everyone in attendance, attendance (at a gathering), presence, banquet, dinner, party, troupe, (theatrical) company, (one) statue, top seat, head (of the table)
座敷【ざしき】
tatami room, tatami mat room, formal Japanese room, dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
座り込み【すわりこみ】
sit-in (protest), sit-down (strike)
星座【せいざ】
constellation, astrological sign, star sign, zodiac sign
座り【すわり】
sitting, stability
高座【こうざ】
platform, stage, upper seat, pulpit
台座【だいざ】
pedestal
座布団【ざぶとん】
zabuton, flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular
座標軸【ざひょうじく】
coordinate axis
座禅【ざぜん】
zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)
