体育座り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
たい
Grade: 2
いく
Grade: 3
すわ > ずわ
Grade: 6
Alternative spelling
體育座り (kyūjitai)
Kanji in this term
たい
Grade: 2
いく
Grade: 3
すわ
Grade: 6
Alternative spelling
體育座り (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 体育 (taiiku, physical education) +‎ 座り (suwari, sitting).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いいくずわり [tàííkúzúꜜwàrì] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ta̠iikɯ̟zɨβ̞a̠ɾʲi]
  • (Tokyo) いいくすわり [tàííkúsúꜜwàrì] (Nakadaka – [5])
  • IPA(key): [ta̠iikɯ̟sɨβ̞a̠ɾʲi]

Noun

(たい)(いく)(ずわ) or (たい)(いく)(すわ) • (taiikuzuwari or taiikusuwari

  1. sitting and hugging one's knees; fetal position

Synonyms

  • 体操座(たいそうずわ) (taisōzuwari), 体操座(たいそうすわ) (taisōsuwari, literally exercise sitting)
  • (especially Kansai) 三角座(さんかくずわ) (sankakuzuwari), 三角座(さんかくすわ) (sankakusuwari, literally triangle sitting)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN