書斎

しょさい

Study, private office

N3noun·shosai

How to remember it

書(write) + 斎(purified room) — a quiet room set aside for writing and reading.

Example sentences

  • 父は書斎で毎晩遅くまで本を読んでいる。

    ちちはしょさいでまいばんおそくまでほんをよんでいる。

    Father reads books late into the night in his study.

  • この部屋を書斎に使うつもりです。

    このへやをしょさいにつかうつもりです。

    I plan to use this room as a study.

Usage

Formal word for a private home study or den; not used for public libraries.

Related words

本棚読書書斎机

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