腰掛ける: 5 Terms and Phrases

• 腰掛ける
• to sit (down)
• seat oneself
• take the load off one's feet
• take a seat

• 肘掛いすに腰掛ける。
• Sit in an armchair.

• 腰掛けると椅子に触れる部分
• buttocks

• 盛大な溜息をつきながら、テーブルの上にどさどさとパンを置き、椅子にどっかりと腰掛ける。
• Heaving a great sigh I plunk my bread on the table and flump onto the chair.

• 全席を椅子席にして観客が「腰掛ける」ようにしたのは、演劇改良運動の一環として明治22年 (1889) に落成した歌舞伎座が最初だった。
• The Kabuki-za Theater, which was completed in 1889 as part of the Engeki kairyo undo (theatrical performance improvement movement), was the first theater to change all the floor seats to chair-based seating, with the result that audiences were forced to 'sit' on chairs.