to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to kneel (on the floor)

to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)

Esp. 据わる

to hold steady; to hold still

Historical term

royal family nursemaid (Yamato court)

to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down

to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)

seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles

to remain; to stay (somewhere)

tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room

dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)

to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture

zabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular

Children's language; Common noun; Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb

sitting down; sitting up

Interjection; Dog command

sit!

to sit cross-legged

Idiomatic expression

to rest on one's laurels; to be self-complacent