Illustration: Through an open sliding door in a Japanese home, a compact study contains a wooden desk, shelves packed with books, a reading lamp, and an upholstered chair by the window. A resident enters carrying another small stack of books, then discovers the household cat asleep across the chair's cushion.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

書しょ斎さい

shosai

study, home office

Example sentences

  1. このドアは書斎しょさいに通つうじている。

    This door leads to the study.

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  2. 彼かれは書斎しょさいにいる。

    He is in his library.

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  3. 私わたしの書斎しょさいは２階かいにある。

    My study is upstairs.

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Kanji in 書斎

  • 書writeOnショKunかく
  • 斎purification; Buddhist foodOnサイKunとき・つつしむ・ものいみ

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