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升席

ますせき

N1boxed seating area

Examples

家族四人で相撲場の升席に座った。

升席では靴を脱いで座るよう案内された。

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Study notes

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

  • Structure: 升席(ますせき) refers to viewing seats arranged in square, partitioned spaces.
  • Basic usage: It describes a box seating area where a family sits together at a sumo arena.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

  • A partitioned viewing space
    • 升席 focuses on a defined seating space rather than one individual chair.
  • Reading the compound
    • is read ます and is read せき, combined into the word.

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