席
せき
hepburn seki
seat, place
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 席に座ってください。Please take your seat.
- 席が空いています。A seat is open.
Collocations
席 (seki, seat)指定席 (shitei-seki)自由席 (jiyuu-seki)優先席 (yuusen-seki)席を譲る (give up seat)
Mnemonic
Seki (席) is "seat / place" — B + no-cluster kanji noun. Shinkansen and rail types: (1) shitei-seki (reserved); (2) jiyuu-seki (unreserved, first-come); (3) green-sha (first-class); (4) yuusen-seki (priority seat — pregnant, elderly, disabled). Homophonous 咳 (seki, cough) — same kanji and reading; context separates. Korean jari / jwaseok parallel and Chinese zuowei / xiwei parallel.
Quick check
Shinkansen seat split?