Vocab Info

N1 Noun, Noun suffix

(しつ)room, wife (of someone of high rank), scabbard, Chinese 'Encampment' constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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    1. Noun, Noun suffix

      1. 1.

        room

      2. 2.

        wife (of someone of high rank)

        Rare term
      3. 3.

        scabbard

        Rare term
      4. 4.

        Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

        Astronomy,

    All Forms

    室 【しつ】

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      (かたな)(とう)(しつ)(おさ)める。

      To put a sword away in its scabbard.

      • N1

      戦国(せんごく)大名(だいみょう)(せい)(しつ)は、側室(そくしつ)(めかけ)よりも身分(みぶん)(たか)かった。

      The main wife of a feudal lord during the Warring States period held a higher status than concubines or secondary wives.

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      入社(にゅうしゃ)以来(いらい)(ぼく)はこの会社(かいしゃ)営業(えいぎょう)企画(きかく)(しつ)日々(ひび)(はたら)いています。

      Since joining the company, I've been working daily in the sales planning room.

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      このホテルの508(ごう)(しつ)では10(ねん)(まえ)殺人(さつじん)事件(じけん)()きたそうです。

      Apparently, a murder occurred ten years ago in Room 508 of this hotel.

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      徳川(とくがわ)家康(いえやす)(しつ)ともなれば、大層(たいそう)豪勢(ごうせい)()らしをしていたに(ちが)いありません。

      As the wife of Tokugawa Ieyasu, she must have lived a very luxurious life.

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