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 1600
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
locker room; changing room; dressing room
guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room
suffix for room numbers; suffix for apartment numbers
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
private room
section chief; laboratory manager; office head; room monitor
royal family
concubine (of a noble)
doctor's office; medical office; sickbay
Japanese-style room
lounge; common room
same room; sharing a room; occupying the same 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
detached office; annex
pilothouse; wheelhouse; steering house
interrogation room; interview room; sweatbox
lecture hall; lecture room
control room; control booth
office kitchenette; room with facilities for boiling water
home economics room
exhibition room (e.g. museum); showroom (for goods)
cargo hold (of an aircraft, ship, etc.); cargo bay
(private) study room
nap room (in an office, fire station, etc.)
cockpit; control cabin; flight compartment; pilot compartment; control room
operating room; operating theatre
cook-house; galley; kitchen
chamber (of a gun)
toilet; lavatory; powder room
stone hut; rock chamber; tomb; stone burial chamber
Western-style room
recreation room
(indoor) observation deck; observation room; observatory
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
research office; research division; inquiry section
(a) confessional
duty room; staff room; waiting room
stairwell; stair hall; staircase
coffee room (hotel, office building, etc.); tea room
smoking room; smoking compartment
secretarial office
freezing compartment; freezer
front room; front parlor; lobby; anterior ventricle
being in one's room (office, etc.)
changing room; dressing room; locker room
conductor's compartment
maternity room; delivery room
assembly room; assembly hall; meeting room; community room
art studio
barbershop; barber shop
drivers cab; operator's cab
Japanese (school) lunchroom; Japanese (school) cafeteria
telephone booth (indoor)
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)
crisper (e.g. in refrigerator); vegetable drawer; produce compartment
isolation room; quarantine room; isolation ward
specimen room; herbarium
chemistry laboratory; chemical laboratory
cerebral ventricle
holding cell; drunk tank; isolation room; quarantine room
maternity room; delivery room
morgue; mortuary
nursery school; day nursery; nursery room
projection room; projection booth
stationmaster's office
office (usu. for construction, maintenance, services, etc.)
breeding facility (e.g. lab. animals); breeding room
interrogation room; interview room; sweatbox
gas chamber
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
laboratory; testing room
room for rent (lease); room to let; office space for rent (lease)
situation room; crisis management office
ice house; ice compartment; ice-making room
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
clean room (e.g. in semiconductor manufacturing); cleanroom
recording room; recording studio
room rent; room rate (hotel, etc.)
maternity room; delivery room
barbershop; barber shop
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.