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(intransitive) To assume a sitting position from a standing position. / (transitive or reflexive) To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.

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sit down

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sit down

Verb

intransitive reflexive transitive figuratively

(intransitive) To assume a sitting position from a standing position. / (transitive or reflexive) To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.

Japanese Meaning

（自動詞）立った状態から座った姿勢に変わる。 / （他動詞または再帰動詞）誰かを座らせる、または座席を提供して座らせる。

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After standing in line for hours, I was finally able to sit down and catch my breath.

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何時間も列に立っていた後、ようやく腰を下ろして息を整えることができた。

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Sense（1）

(intransitive) To assume a sitting position from a standing position.

Sit down! We have work to do.

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Sense（2）

(transitive or reflexive) To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.

Sit your ass down and shut up.

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Sense（3）

(figuratively) To meet formally at a conference table.

Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.

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