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    3. 胡坐

    胡坐

    胡あぐ坐ら

    sitting cross-legged

    KMT8CoreNounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab16 strokes

    胡座胡床趺坐

    あぐら

    Noun

    1.
    sitting cross-legged
    word usually written using kana alone

    Stroke 0 / 16

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは床ゆかに胡あぐ坐らをかいて座すわった。

    He sat cross-legged on the floor.

    KMT6Daily Life
    日に本ほんの伝でん統とう的てきな家か屋おくでは、胡あぐ坐らをかくことが多おおい。

    In traditional Japanese houses, people often sit cross-legged.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsHome & Housing
    茶さ道どうでは、正せい座ざが基き本ほんだが、場ば合あいによっては胡あぐ坐らも許ゆるされる。

    In tea ceremony, seiza is basic, but cross-legged sitting is sometimes allowed.

    KMT8Culture & Traditions
    長ちょう時じ間かん胡あ坐ぐらをかいていると、足あしが痺しびれてくることがあります。

    If you sit cross-legged for a long time, your legs might go numb.

    KMT9Daily Life
    瞑めい想そうの際さいには、胡あぐ坐らをかく姿し勢せいが集しゅう中ちゅう力りょくを高たかめると言いわれている。

    It is said that sitting cross-legged during meditation enhances concentration.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy

    Kanji that make up this word

    胡
    なんぞ…(5)
    barbarian・foreign
    坐
    すわ.る・おわす・そぞろに・まします…(2)
    sit
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