Japanese
Noun
座敷 (hiragana ざしき, romaji zashiki)
- a traditional Japanese-style room with tatami flooring, or in older times, with wood flooring and mats or cushions for sitting upon
- such a room used as a parlor to receive guests
- by extension from the meaning of entertaining guests:
- a seat at a feast or party
- an invitation to a feast or party
- a feast or party
- (euphemistic) used by geisha and other entertainers, meaning a customer or patron
- (Noh, archaic) the audience of a Noh performance
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 座敷形 (ざしきなり, zashikinari): perfunctory, just enough to get by
- 座敷芸 (ざしきげい, zashiki gei): an entertainment or other performance at a feast or party
- 座敷乞食 (ざしきこじき, zashiki kojiki): someone who takes as much food and drink home as possible after being treated to a meal: a mooch
- 座敷行灯 (ざしきあんどん, zashiki andon): a traditional paper-shaded lamp used in a tea room
- 座敷持 (ざしきもち, zashikimochi): from the mid-Edo Period, a prostitute who has her own room in the red light district
- 座敷女中 (ざしきじょちゅう, zashiki jochū): a female servant or maid who waits on customers or guests at a restaurant or inn
- 座敷浄瑠璃 (ざしきじょうるり, zashiki jōruri): a 浄瑠璃 (jōruri) performance without puppets, given at a private home or at a zashiki party
- 座敷大蛾, 座敷雀 (ざしきすずめ, zashiki suzume): alternate word for 内雀 (uchisuzume), hummingbird or hawk moths of sub-family Smerinthinae, family Sphingidae
- 座敷天麩羅 (ざしきてんぷら, zashiki tenpura): tempura fried up and served fresh in a zashiki room
- 座敷童子 (ざしきわらし, zashiki warashi): a kind of yōkai: a red-faced ghost or apparition of a child haunting an old house, particularly the inner zashiki room
- 座敷能 (ざしきのう, zashiki nō): a Noh performance given in a zashiki room
- 座敷付 (ざしきつき, zashikitsuki): parlor-room etiquette
- 座敷兵法 (ざしきひょうほう, zashiki hyōhō): theory without practice
- 座敷奉行 (ざしきぶぎょう, zashiki bugyou): a general concierge for a meeting hall or conference center; in the Muromachi Period, the steward in charge of preparing a daimyō household for a visit by the shōgun
- 座敷踊 (ざしきおどり, zashiki odori): dancing at a drinking party; in the red light district, a large group of prostitutes dancing in the large zashiki of a high-end brothel
- 座敷牢 (ざしきろう, zashikirō): a traditional Japanese padded cell for imprisoning criminals or the insane
- 座敷幟 (ざしきのぼり, zashiki nobori): streamers hung in the zashiki room for Children's Day on 5 May
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See also
座敷 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ja