Keyword
to sit
Info
FrequencyTop 300-400
Type
Kyōiku (6th grade) 
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KankenLevel 5
Heisig1100
Readings
すわ
(53%)
(45%)
Composed of
house on a cliff
sitting around an earth pillar
Mnemonic

If you really want to sit down then you can just go inside that house on a cliff and sit around an earth pillar with everybody else.

Used in kanji (1 in total)
mat
Used in vocabulary (569 in total)
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
immediately; right away; on the spot
Examples (200 in total)
"Where should I sit?" "Anywhere is OK."
No, sit down.
Sit here.
You may sit here.
Is it okay if I sit here?
You can sit here.
Is it OK if I sit here?
Come and sit over here.
Please sit down for a moment.
You can sit anywhere you like.
Sit wherever you like.
Where should I sit?
Where do you want to sit?
You can sit down now.
The woman was sitting between two men.
Please sit wherever you like.
I know a place where we can sit down and talk.
If you want to sit, you may sit here.
He has been sitting there for two hours.
He was sitting there.
He sat reading a book.
He sat in front of me.
I sat among them.
Who was sitting here?
How much longer are you going to be sitting here?
We all just sat there and waited.
I may sit in the back.
I sat next to him.
I sat down next to him.
He sat next to her.
He seated himself next to me.
She sat next to him.
Come sit next to me.
Let's find something to sit on.
There was no choice but to sit and wait.
The boy sat among the girls.
There were already over 20 people sitting there.
Sit down. You are not allowed to stand up.
For now, let's sit here.
A beautiful girl sat next to me.
Please remain seated for a few minutes.
The students sat quiet all the time.
He sat looking out of the window.
I know the boy who is sitting closest to the door.
Don't sit on the floor.
He was sitting on the floor.
Can you sit on the floor without using your hands?
They sat under a tree.
She was sitting under a tree.
My father and mother were sitting under a tree.
"Sit down, please," he said.
Do you mind if I sit down?
They told us to sit here.
They sat side by side.
She is used to sitting.
He's sitting at the table.
How much longer do you plan to sit here?
Sit wherever you want.
She asked him to sit down.
After being told, "Please, sit down," I sit in the chair.
The boy sat on a chair.
Are there enough chairs here for everyone?
The teacher is sitting on a chair.
He's sitting between the two chairs.
He sat in the chair.
Are there enough chairs to seat 12 people?
We have enough seats for everyone.
There were enough seats for all of us.
Just sit there and be quiet.
The cat is sitting on the table.
Can we sit at the table over there?
Sit down and rest for a while.
A quiet place to sit and rest would be nice.
We sat talking about the remote past.
We should sit down.
We must sit down.
A woman was sitting on a stool in a bar.
The cat is sitting on the desk.
We sat in the center of the room.
We sat around the fire in a circle.
Who is the woman talking to my brother sitting next to him?
Everybody wants to sit beside her.
The girl sat beside me.
Sit beside me.
I sat by his side.
I like sitting by the window.
This chair is really comfortable to sit on.
It's too cold for me to sit out here. Let's eat inside.
She sat beside me in church.
He was sitting surrounded by the students.
He sat surrounded by young girls.
I think you'd better sit down.
You broke the table you were sitting on.
The little boy sat on his father's shoulders.
He sits in this chair when he watches television.
She was sitting in a chair, watching TV.
The old man sat in the chair with his eyes closed.
He sat there with his eyes closed.
He sat beside her with his eyes closed.
He sat at his desk, with his eyes closed.
She sat on the floor, her eyes closed.
She sat next to him with her eyes closed.
She was sitting there with her eyes closed.
Sit over there.
He often sits by me and listens to music.
Who is sitting at the other end of the table?
He sat surrounded by his children.
The old man sat surrounded by the children.
Do you have time to sit down and have some coffee?
As soon as we sat down, she brought us coffee.
Let's sit here for a while and look at the view.
I'd like to sit near the front.
You should do that immediately.
The moment I sat down, I fell asleep.
He settled down in his armchair to listen to the music.
She sat next to him and listened quietly.
Sit down with me.
Whenever I ride the train, no one sits next to me.
He was sitting in the library when I saw him.
We were seated at the supper table.
I motioned for her to sit down.
I had the chance to sit down in a train for the first time in a long time.
My grandfather always sits in this chair.
I prefer working hard to just sitting idle.
He forced her to sit down.
Some of the men were sitting on the floor.
She sat in a chair reading a magazine.
The children were sitting in a line, watching television.
She sat surrounded by her children.
Don't sit on that bench.
Let's sit down on that bench.
The child, with sleepy eyes, was sitting on the bench.
Sit on the bench.
Let's sit on the bench.
Let's sit down on the bench.
He and his friend sat on the bench.
He is still sitting on the bench.
He sat on the bench.
He was sitting on a bench.
He's sitting on the bench.
He was sitting on a bench with his eyes closed.
They sat on a bench in the park.
They sat on a park bench and began talking.
She sat on the bench.
She is sitting on the bench.
We sat on a bench in the park.
I sat waiting on the bench.
I sat waiting on a bench.
The old man sits on the bench.
He was sitting with his arms folded.
I sat in the front of the bus.
She sat next to him on the bus.
He sat surrounded by his grandchildren.
She sat surrounded by her grandchildren.
An old man sat surrounded by his grandchildren.
Some students were sitting on the bench and having lunch.
I noticed that she sat in the front row.
I found the chair was comfortable when I sat on it.
She's sitting in the kitchen and drinking tea.
I had my wallet stolen by the man sitting next to me.
This sofa can seat three people easily.
Don't sit on the sofa.
I sat on the sofa.
Since he was tired, he was sitting on the sofa with his eyes closed.
He sat on the sofa with his arms folded.
They were sitting on the sofa in our living room.
She sat on the sofa, reading a magazine.
I went into the room, where I found the children sitting on the sofa.
I'm sitting on the sofa.
Three children sat on the sofa.
I saw a little girl sitting by the road, crying.
Grandma and Grandpa sat in front of the house.
I want to be at the top of the company.
I sat outside and studied Japanese.
An ugly cat sat in my chair!
Come here, little girl, sit down!
I sat at the front in order to hear the lecture clearly.
She often sits there reading a book.
The teacher and I sat face to face.
The person sitting on the sofa is my grandmother.
She sat next to him wishing she were somewhere else.
I sat watching a baseball game on TV.
She sat gazing out of the window.
He sat listening to the radio.
I sat next to the driver.
Two children are sitting on top of the fence.
The group was seated in the back of the restaurant.
The old man sat on the bench with his eyes closed.
We took action immediately so that things wouldn't get worse.
All you need to do is just sit here.
Please return to your seat.
Is there somebody sitting in this seat here?
Should I put this bag under the seat?
I'd like to reserve a seat on this train.
Please remain seated until the bus comes to a complete stop.
Fasten your seat belt.
Let's go back to our places.
I booked a seat.
He rose from his seat.
They exchanged seats with each other.