しつ
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. room
2. wife (of someone of high rank)
3. scabbard
4. Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
Kanji used
room
Pitch accent
Top 1700
Used in vocabulary (191 in total)
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
indoor; inside the room
one's own room
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
sickroom; hospital room; ward
library (usu. single-room); small library
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
school infirmary
conference room; council room
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
cellar; basement
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
suffix for room numbers; suffix for apartment numbers
guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room
locker room; changing room; dressing room
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
private room
concubine (of a noble)
section chief; laboratory manager; office head; room monitor
royal family
doctor's office; medical office; sickbay
Japanese-style room
same room; sharing a room; occupying the same room
lounge; common room
break room; lounge (e.g. in an onsen); resting room
living room
to leave the room
office (room)
operating room; operating theatre
dressing room; fitting room
president's office; director's office
tearoom; tea house; tea-ceremony room; tea arbour; tea arbor
legal wife (of a noble) (as opposed to a concubine); room for receiving guests; heir; successor
shower stall; shower cubicle; shower room
pilothouse; wheelhouse; steering house
detached office; annex
control room; control booth
interrogation room; interview room; sweatbox
lecture hall; lecture room
home economics room
office kitchenette; room with facilities for boiling water
cargo hold (of an aircraft, ship, etc.); cargo bay
exhibition room (e.g. museum); showroom (for goods)
(private) study room
stone hut; rock chamber; tomb; stone burial chamber
cockpit; control cabin; flight compartment; pilot compartment; control room
nap room (in an office, fire station, etc.)
chamber (of a gun)
cook-house; galley; kitchen
operating room; operating theatre
toilet; lavatory; powder room
Western-style room
(indoor) observation deck; observation room; observatory
recreation room
outside (the room, building); outdoors
counseling room; counselling room; consulting room; advisory centre
visiting room; visitation room
no vacancy; full occupancy
compartment (of a train); interior (of a car)
staffroom; teachers' lounge; faculty lounge
machine room; machinery room; engine room; machine house
hermit's cell; retreat
vacant or unoccupied room
(a) confessional
research office; research division; inquiry section
duty room; staff room; waiting room
coffee room (hotel, office building, etc.); tea room
smoking room; smoking compartment
stairwell; stair hall; staircase
secretarial office
freezing compartment; freezer
front room; front parlor; lobby; anterior ventricle
changing room; dressing room; locker room
being in one's room (office, etc.)
drivers cab; operator's cab
conductor's compartment
art studio
assembly room; assembly hall; meeting room; community room
maternity room; delivery room
barbershop; barber shop
telephone booth (indoor)
Japanese (school) lunchroom; Japanese (school) cafeteria
vacant or unoccupied room
storeroom; stockroom
ball room; dance room
planning office
trunk (of a car); boot; luggage space; cargo compartment
cold room; refrigerated room; cold compartment (e.g. of a refrigerator)
specimen room; herbarium
isolation room; quarantine room; isolation ward
crisper (e.g. in refrigerator); vegetable drawer; produce compartment
chemistry laboratory; chemical laboratory
cerebral ventricle
holding cell; drunk tank; isolation room; quarantine room
stationmaster's office
maternity room; delivery room
morgue; mortuary
nursery school; day nursery; nursery room
office (usu. for construction, maintenance, services, etc.)
projection room; projection booth
breeding facility (e.g. lab. animals); breeding room
gas chamber
interrogation room; interview room; sweatbox
storage room; closet
airtight chamber
room; chamber; monk in charge of business in the monks' quarters; bedroom (of a married couple); locule (in a plant ovary); atria and ventricles
room for zazen meditation; room for Buddhist practices; Zen monk's quarters; head priest (of a Zen temple)
luggage compartment; cargo bay (aircraft); baggage compartment
drawing and manual arts room; arts and craft room
air chamber
recording room; recording studio
laboratory; testing room
ice house; ice compartment; ice-making room
room for rent (lease); room to let; office space for rent (lease)
situation room; crisis management office
palace; imperial family
labor room; labour room
room for breast-feeding; nursing room
press room; press gallery
indoor and outdoor
solitary cell; solitary confinement cell; isolation cell
rest or recreation room
nursery; nursing room; baby-care room
emergency room; ER; casualty department
hotel room with both Western and Japanese elements (usu. with Western-style beds and a separate tatami-floored living area)
child's room; nursery
barbershop; barber shop
clean room (e.g. in semiconductor manufacturing); cleanroom
room rent; room rate (hotel, etc.)
maternity room; delivery room
accounting room; accounting office; cashier's office
proofroom; proof-reading room; reading room
room for rent (lease); room to let; office space for rent (lease)
central control room; main control room
home room (in a school)
suppression pool (nuclear reactor); pressure suppression chamber
language laboratory
auxiliary machinery room
cell (e.g. monk's)
Sculptor (constellation)
listening room (e.g. in a record store); listening booth
Examples (5 in total)
Report to the emergency room.
The laundry room is in the basement.
The singer was standing by in the studio.