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室
Room
むろ (muro)
JLPT N4
Interesting Fact
🍵 Tea master Sen no Rikyū designed tiny tea rooms with entrances so low that everyone—including proud samurai—had to bow before entering. Inside the room, rank disappeared, and all guests were treated as equals, reflecting the humble spirit of the Japanese tea ceremony.
Memory Trick
☄️🏠 Imagine a meteor falling from the sky and landing on the floor inside a house. The roof(宀) is above, and the meteor has reached the ground(土) beneath it. That's a room—室.
Readings
Onyomi: シツ (shitsu)
Kunyomi: むろ (muro)
Example Words
教室
きょうしつ (kyoushitsu)
Classroom
美容室
びようしつ (biyoushitsu)
Hair salon
和室
わしつ (washitsu)
Japanese-style room
会議室
かいぎしつ (kaigishitsu)
Meeting room
Example Sentence
私は 教室で 勉強しています。
わたしは きょうしつで べんきょうしています。
watashi wa kyoushitsu de benkyou shiteimasu
I am studying in the classroom.