ネコがイスに座っていた。

cat; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

chair; stool; post; office; position

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still