椅子
いす
hepburn isu
chair
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 椅子に座ってください。Please have a seat.
- 椅子が足りない。There are not enough chairs.
Collocations
椅子 (isu, chair)椅子に座る (isu ni suwaru, sit on a chair)回転椅子 (kaiten isu, swivel chair)折りたたみ椅子 (oritatami isu, folding chair)ハイチェア (hai chea, high chair)
Mnemonic
Isu (椅子) is "chair" — B + no-cluster simple vocab. Kanji "i (lean) + ko (small)". Typically paired with suwaru. Usage: (1) isu ni suwaru; (2) isu wo hiku (pull out a chair, polite guest hosting); (3) isu kara tachiagaru; (4) kaiten isu, oritatami isu, hai chea variants. Compare: sofa, benchi, tatami, zabuton. Japans youshitsu (chairs) vs washitsu (tatami plus zabuton floor seating) duality exists, but isu itself stays flat vocab. Korean and Chinese yi-zi share the kanji. JLPT N5 plus furniture-vocabulary basics.
Quick check
Core difference of washitsu vs youshitsu?