座敷

Etymology
A compound of, the stem noun form of verb.

Japanese houses originally had wood floors, and mats or cushions called would be laid out  for sitting upon. Tatami flooring did not become common until some time during the Muromachi Period, approximately 1337 to 1573.

Noun

 * 1) a traditional Japanese-style room with tatami flooring, or in older times, with wood flooring and mats or cushions for sitting upon
 * 2) such a room used as a parlor to receive guests
 * 3) by extension from the meaning of entertaining :
 * 4) a seat at a feast or party
 * 5) an invitation to a feast or party
 * 6) a feast or party
 * 7)  used by geisha and other entertainers, meaning a  or
 * 8)  the audience of a Noh performance

Coordinate terms

 * : The earthen floor-level at the entrance of traditional Japanese houses; farmhouses, townhouses, etc.
 * : The raised-wooden main floor-level in a traditional Japanese houses; farmhouses, townhouses, etc.

Derived terms

 * : perfunctory, just enough to get by
 * : an entertainment or other performance at a feast or party
 * : someone who takes as much food and drink home as possible after being treated to a meal: a mooch
 * : a traditional paper-shaded lamp used in a tea room
 * : from the mid-Edo Period, a prostitute who has her own room in the red light district
 * : a female servant or maid who waits on customers or guests at a restaurant or inn
 * : a performance without puppets, given at a private home or at a zashiki party
 * , : alternate word for, hummingbird or hawk moths of subfamily , family
 * : tempura fried up and served fresh in a zashiki room
 * : a kind of yōkai: a red-faced ghost or apparition of a child haunting an old house, particularly the inner zashiki room
 * : a Noh performance given in a zashiki room
 * : parlor-room etiquette
 * : theory without practice
 * : a general concierge for a meeting hall or conference center; in the Muromachi Period, the steward in charge of preparing a daimyō household for a visit by the shōgun
 * : dancing at a drinking party; in the red light district, a large group of prostitutes dancing in the large zashiki of a high-end brothel
 * : a traditional Japanese padded cell for imprisoning criminals or the insane
 * : streamers hung in the zashiki room for Children's Day on 5 May