Etymology
A compound of 座 (za, “sitting”) + 敷 (shiki, “spreading, covering”), the stem noun form of verb 敷く (shiku, “to spread or lay out on the floor or ground”).
Japanese houses originally had wood floors, and mats or cushions called 座 (za) would be laid out (敷く (shiku)) for sitting upon. Tatami (畳) flooring did not become common until some time during the Muromachi Period, approximately 1337 to 1573.
Pronunciation
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.ja.Wikipedia