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書斎

JLPT N3 · Vocabulary

書斎 — “study, reading room”

書斎 (read しょさい) means study, reading room. It appears on the JLPT N3 vocabulary list and is a noun.

Reading

しょさい

Meaning

study, reading room

書斎 in a sentence

父ちちは書斎しょさいで本ほんを読よむ。

My father reads books in his study.

The kanji in 書斎

書to write
斎purification; (surname)

Words that share a kanji with 書斎

書くかく— to write
辞書じしょ— dictionary
図書館としょかん— library
葉書はがき— postcard
教科書きょうかしょ— textbook
書類しょるい— documents, papers
書物しょもつ— books, writings
図書としょ— books, literature

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