書院|しょいんshoin[0]heiban (flat)

1. noundrawing room; study; writing alcove
2. nounpublishing housein company names

• Synonym書斎しょさいNeutralThe everyday word for a study; 「書院」 chiefly means the shoin-style room of traditional Japanese architecture.
• Synonym書房しょぼうNeutralA study, also often used in publishers' and bookshops' names; 「書院」 mainly denotes the shoin-style drawing room or study.
• Synonym書室WrittenA study or reading room; a written word, little used.
• Synonym書屋WrittenA study, also used as a bookshop name; a written word, little used.
• Related文房ぶんぼうWrittenA room for reading and writing; a written word, little used.

Use 「書院」 for the alcove drawing room or study of traditional Japanese architecture, as in 「書院造」, and for publishing house names. For an everyday study say 「書斎」; 「書房」 often appears in publisher and bookshop names. 「文房」「書室」「書屋」 are rare written words.

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1. 中国ちゅうごく唐とうの時代じだい、役所やくしょに付属ふぞくする書庫しょこまたは編纂へんさん所しょ。
2. 中国ちゅうごく宋そうの時代じだい以降いこうの私学しがく。
3. 寺院じいん、公家くげ、武家ぶけの屋敷やしきの居間いま兼けん書斎しょさい。
4. 書店しょてん。出版社しゅっぱんしゃ。