Illustration: Sliding doors stand open onto a family home's guest room, revealing an uninterrupted arrangement of tatami mats beneath a low table. Guests sit with their legs tucked beneath them while the host brings a tray of tea from the adjoining wooden corridor. A simple flower arrangement occupies the alcove.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

座ざ敷しき

zashiki

tatami room

Example sentences

  1. 茶ちゃは、初はじめは公家くげや武士ぶしの座敷ざしきで行おこなわれた。

    The tea ceremony was held in the parlor in the house of a court noble and samurai during the early stages.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. 侍さむらいが座敷ざしきで相撲すもうをしている時ときに畳たたみを裏返うらがえすように言いった。

    When samurai were doing Sumo-wrestling on a tatami-mat room, he ordered that the other side of the straw-like cover should be used instead.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. これを聞きいた井伊直孝いいなおたかは盛親もりちかを座敷ざしきに上あげて、大名料理だいみょうりょうりで供応きょうおうした。

    Having heard this, Naotaka II ushered Morichika to drawing room and entertained him with food good enough for daimyo.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 座敷

  • 座squat; seatOnザKunすわる
  • 敷spread; paveOnフKunしく

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