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Romanization
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Variations:
行住坐臥
行住座臥(iK)

 gyoujuuzaga / gyojuzaga
    ぎょうじゅうざが
(yoji) daily life; daily routine; while awake or asleep; at all times; day in, day out; constantly; the four cardinal behaviors: walking, standing, sitting and lying

Variations:
居眠り
居睡り(rK)

 inemuri
    いねむり
(n,vs,vi) nodding off (while sitting); dozing

Variations:
空気椅子
空気イス
空気いす

 kuukiisu(空気椅子, 空気isu); kuukiisu(空気isu) / kukisu(空気椅子, 空気isu); kukisu(空気isu)
    くうきいす(空気椅子, 空気いす); くうきイス(空気イス)
(1) air chair; wall sit; exercise mimicking sitting in a chair; (2) chain of people sitting on each other's laps

Variations:
二股
二俣
二また
二叉
二又

 futamata
    ふたまた
(1) seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) bifurcation; fork; branch; dichotomy; (3) fence-sitting; playing it both ways; parting of the ways

Variations:
居ながら
居乍ら
坐ら(oK)

 inagara
    いながら
(adverb) from where one sits; while sitting by

Variations:
膝詰め
ひざ詰め
膝づめ
膝詰

 hizazume
    ひざづめ
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (sitting) knee-to-knee; face-to-face

Variations:
夜更かし
夜更し
夜ふかし

 yofukashi
    よふかし
(n,vs,vi) staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk

Variations:
お姉さん座り
御姉さん座り(sK)

 oneesansuwari
    おねえさんすわり
(n,vs,vi) (colloquialism) (See 横座り) sitting on the floor with one's legs tucked under to one side

Variations:
お平らに
お平に
御平に
御平らに

 otairani
    おたいらに
(expression) please make yourself comfortable; please relax your sitting position

Variations:
立ち居
起ち居
立居
起居(io)

 tachii / tachi
    たちい
movements; sitting and standing

Variations:
居ながらにして
居乍らにして(sK)

 inagaranishite
    いながらにして
(expression) from one's home; while sitting at home; without leaving one's house; without moving from one's chair; without taking a step outside

Variations:
二股
二俣
二又
二また
二叉(rK)

 futamata
    ふたまた
(1) seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) bifurcation; fork; branch; dichotomy; (3) fence-sitting; playing it both ways; parting of the ways

Variations:
居ながら
居乍ら(rK)
坐ら(rK)

 inagara
    いながら
(adverb) (kana only) (usu. as 〜にして) (See いながらにして) from one's home; while sitting at home; without leaving one's house; without moving from one's chair; without taking a step outside

Variations:
座布団
座ぶとん
座蒲団
坐蒲団

 zabuton
    ざぶとん
zabuton (flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular)

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船を漕ぐ
舟を漕ぐ
船をこぐ
舟をこぐ

 funeokogu
    ふねをこぐ
(exp,v5g) (idiom) to nod off (while sitting); to doze off; to row a boat

Variations:
シッティングルーム
シッティング・ルーム

 shittinguruumu; shittingu ruumu / shittingurumu; shittingu rumu
    シッティングルーム; シッティング・ルーム
sitting room

Variations:
揚げ足
挙げ足
上げ足
揚足
挙足
上足

 ageashi
    あげあし
(1) raised leg; lifting a leg; (2) (上げ足, 上足 only) (ant: 下げ足) upturn (in the market); (3) (archaism) sitting cross-legged

Variations:
家族団らん
家族団欒
家族だんらん(sK)

 kazokudanran
    かぞくだんらん
(noun/participle) (yoji) happy family circle; sitting in a family circle and enjoying conversation; harmony in a family

Variations:
胡坐
胡座
胡床(rK)
趺坐(rK)

 agura(gikun)
    あぐら(gikun)
(kana only) (See あぐらをかく・1) sitting cross-legged

Variations:
二股
二俣
二又
二叉(rK)
二また(sK)

 futamata
    ふたまた
(1) seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) bifurcation; fork; branch; dichotomy; (3) fence-sitting; playing it both ways; parting of the ways

Variations:
留守番
るす番(sK)
留守ばん(sK)

 rusuban
    るすばん
(n,vs,vi) (1) care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; staying at home; (2) caretaker; house-sitter

Variations:
夜更かし
夜更し(sK)
夜ふかし(sK)

 yofukashi
    よふかし
(n,vs,vi) staying up late; sitting up late at night; keeping late hours

Variations:
お平らに
お平に
御平に(sK)
御平らに(sK)

 otairani
    おたいらに
(expression) please make yourself comfortable; please relax your sitting position

Variations:
お座り
お坐り(rK)
御座り(sK)
御坐り(sK)

 osuwari
    おすわり
(n,vs,vi) (1) (child. language) sitting down; sitting up; (interjection) (2) (dog command) sit!

Variations:
座布団
座ぶとん
座蒲団(rK)
坐蒲団(rK)

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

Variations:
隣同士
隣どうし(sK)
隣どおし(sK)
隣通し(sK)

 tonaridoushi / tonaridoshi
    となりどうし
next-door neighbors; (living, sitting) next to each other

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Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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