座る – Vocabulary details

座すわる

Verb (5-dan, る, intransitive)

1. to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to kneel (on the floor)

彼かれはそれだけ言いって、座すわった。He said just that and sat down.

2. to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)

to sit

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わる

to remain; to stay (somewhere)

to succeed to someone's post; to take someone's place; to take over someone's position; to step into someone's shoes

to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel

ここに座すわって。

Sit here.

座すわっても構かまいませんか？

Do you mind if I sit down?

遠えん慮りょしないで、座すわりな。

Don't be shy, sit down.

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