書院

しょいん

Meanings

1. Noun drawing room; study; writing alcove
2. publishing house (in company names)

Kanji

• 書 write. Read as ショ.
• 院 institution. Read as イン.

Words containing 書院

• 書院番 (しょいんばん) shogun bodyguards (Edo-period)
• 書院造り (しょいんづくり) traditional style of Japanese residential architecture

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