上席

Japanese

Kanji in this term
上	席
じょう Grade: 1	せき Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じょーせき [jòósékí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞ːse̞kʲi]

Noun

上(じょう)席(せき) • (jōseki) ^{←じやうせき (zyauseki)^?}

seat, place of honor (seat occupied by the person most senior, of highest status, etc.)

Synonyms

上(かみ)座(ざ) (kamiza)

Antonyms

末(まっ)席(せき) (masseki)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN