set, lay a foundation, install, equip, squat down, sit down

11 strokesFrequency 1,468JLPT N1Grade 8

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す.えるす.わる

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Common Words

座る据わるわる坐るIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #566
1

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

Examples
数人の学生がベンチに座り、昼食を食べていた。
Some students were sitting on the bench and having lunch.
2

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

3

Esp. 据わる

to hold steady; to hold still

見据える見すえるすえるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #3566
1

to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on

2

to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on

Examples
我々は将来を見据えつつ、今そこにある危機を乗り越えていかねばならない。
We have to look the future straight in the eye and prepare to get through the coming crisis.
据えるえるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #6942
1

to place (in position); to fix; to set (e.g. table); to lay (foundation)

Examples
中央には机が据えられていて、赤い革張りの回転椅子がそえてあった。
A desk stood in the centre, with a red leather swivel chair.
2

to install; to seat (someone)

3

to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)

4

to apply (moxa)

居座るすわ居坐る居据わるIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #10321
1

to remain; to stay (somewhere)

Examples
招待もしていないのに息子の友達がおしかけてきて二週間も居据わった
My son's friend imposed himself on us for two weeks.
打ち据えるちすえるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #26027
1

to strike (someone) down; to knock down; to thrash; to beat severely

2

to place firmly

腰を据える腰をすえるこしをすえるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #27708
1

to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something)

Examples
彼はその仕事に腰を据えている
He has settled down to the job.
2

to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to settle in

3

to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)

肝が据わるきもがすわる肝が座るExpressionGodan verbFreq #29262
1

Idiomatic expression

to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel

睨み据えるにらみすえるTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #36970
1

to stare at with a fixed gaze; to glare

腹に据えかねる腹に据え兼ねる腹にすえかねるはらにすえかねるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #39219
1

cannot suppress one's anger; cannot stomach

Examples
彼女の態度は少々腹にすえかねる
I find her manner a little hard to take.
据え付ける据付けるえつけTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #39535
1

to install; to equip; to mount; to fix (in place); to set up

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