- 座る【すわる】 - to sit, to squat, to assume (a position), to hold steady, to hold still 
- 口座【こうざ】 - account (e.g. bank) 
- 座標【ざひょう】 - coordinate, coordinates 
- 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 
- 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) 
- 星座【せいざ】 - constellation, astrological sign, star sign, zodiac sign 
- 座布団【ざぶとん】 - zabuton, flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular 
- 座禅【ざぜん】 - zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position) 
- 正座【せいざ】 - seiza, kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles 
- 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 
- 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) 
- 座り込み【すわりこみ】 - sit-in (protest), sit-down (strike) 
- 座り【すわり】 - sitting, stability 
- 高座【こうざ】 - platform, stage, upper seat, pulpit