Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. being (somewhere)
usu. used in compound words
2. sitting
Alt. forms
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (35 in total)
torii; Shinto shrine archway
pretending to be out
(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies
play; drama
lintel (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors)
long visit; overstaying
arrogant
from where one sits; while sitting by
waitress (in a ryokan or traditional restaurant); hostess
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
sunken hearth; sunken fireplace
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
working overtime; detention; being kept in (e.g. after school)
(one's) seated posture
living in the mountains; house in the mountains
living room (Western style); sitting room
whereabouts; address
iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards
high-handed; overbearing
house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker or keeper (official post in the Edo period)
from one's seat; without stirring
movements; sitting and standing
staying at home
going concern; stocks and all; goods and furniture included
shrine; imperial palace
sitting while waiting; (according to the lunar calendar) an eighteen-day-old moon
sitting on a veranda
burglary turned robbery (i.e. when the burglar is detected)
remaining
playing while the cat is away; taking a break while the boss is out; doing what one wants when one is (finally) alone; (lit.) relaxing while the demon is out
one's surroundings; surrounding area
kimono seat lining
a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; (lit.) there aren't always loach under the willow tree; good luck does not always repeat itself
aural highlight of a noh play in which the main actor remains seated