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しつ
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1

a room (an enclosed space in a building). Also frequently used as a suffix meaning 'room' (e.g. 教室, 会議室).

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会議室は三階にあります。準備ができたらお知らせください。

The conference room is on the third floor. Please let me know when you're ready.

図書室では静かに勉強してください。

Please study quietly in the library (reading room).

寝室の窓から夜景がきれいに見える。

You can see a beautiful night view from the bedroom window.

2

rare/archaic: the wife of a person of high rank (an old term; rarely used today).

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古い史料には、将軍の室が祭祀を取り仕切ったと記されている。

Old records state that the general's wife oversaw certain rites.

3

rare/archaic: a scabbard or sheath for a sword (an old usage).

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古文には『刀は室に収められた』とあり、ここでの室は鞘を指す。

In old writings it says 'the sword was placed in the 室,' where 室 refers to the scabbard.

4

astronomy: the name of one of the Chinese 'Twenty-Eight Mansions' (the mansion called 'Shi' / 室).

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二十八宿の一つ、室は玄武に関係する星宿の一部である。

Shi (室) is one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions and is part of the constellation group associated with Xuanwu.

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