Seiza 正座【せいざ】Japanese Lesson #90

＜Seiza is a traditional way of sitting in Japan. Your feet will go to sleep if you’re not accustomed to it. ＞

サカモトは正座せいざをしていたが、足あしのしびれよりも、水虫みずむしのかゆさに我慢がまんできなかった。

Sakamoto was sitting in seiza but rather than having numbness in his feet,
he couldn’t put up with the itchiness of his athlete’s foot any longer.

Vocab Breakdown

正座（せいざ）：a traditional way of sitting in Japan

足（あし）：feet

しびれ：numbness, (a body part) going asleep

よりも：than, rather

水虫（みずむし）：athlete’s foot

かゆさ：itchiness

我慢できない（がまんできない）：can’t stand something anymore, can’t put up with something/someone

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