体育座り

Japanese
Kanji in this term
体 育 座
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
体 育 座
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) たいいくず​わり [tàííkúzúꜜwàrì] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ta̠iikɯ̟ᵝzɨᵝɰᵝa̠ɾʲi]
  • (Tokyo) たいいくす​わり [tàííkúsúꜜwàrì] (Nakadaka – [5])
  • IPA(key): [ta̠iikɯ̟ᵝsɨᵝɰᵝa̠ɾʲi]

Noun

体(たい)育(いく)座(ずわ)り or 体(たい)育(いく)座(すわ)り • (taiikuzuwari or taiikusuwari) 

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

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

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