厨

Originally a compound of 涅 (kuri, “black; dark-colored”, cognate with 黒 (kuro, “black”); in reference to the darkening of the walls from soot from cooking fires) + 屋 (ya, “house; shed”).

compound

cognate with <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">黒</i> (kuro, “black”); in reference to the darkening of the walls from soot from cooking fires


厨

ja-noun

厨(ちゅう) • (chū)

From Middle Chinese 廚 (MC drju). The kan'on pronunciation, so likely a later borrowing.


局

a private room in a palace or noble residence created by subdividing a larger room or gallery with curtains and screens


糞

From Old Japanese, in turn from Proto-Japonic *kuso.
Cognate with 臭い (kusai, “stinky, smelly”), 腐る (kusaru, “to rot, to become stinky”).

このノートパソコンはクソだ！

(by extension) shit, crap, garbage, trash


糞

下手糞

crappy (bad at something), to be shit at doing something

襤褸糞

crappy, for shit: a derogatory emphasizing suffix.


糞

糞 (canonical)
糞 (canonical)
fun (romanization)

/pun/ → /fun/
From Middle Chinese 糞 (MC pjunH).

ふれあい動物園のモルモットが受けるストレスを糞中コルチコステロンによって推定する試み

fureai dōbutsuen no morumotto ga ukeru sutoresu o funchū koruchikosuteron ni yotte suitei suru kokoromi

Non-invasive monitoring of stress via fecal corticosterone levels in guinea pigs on public display


糞

Appears to derive from baby talk. Compare English poopoo and Mandarin 㞎㞎 (bǎba).


厨房

厨(ちゅう)房(ぼう) • (chūbō)

Alternative kana conversion of 中(ちゅう)坊(ぼう) (chūbō).

ja-r

中(ちゅう)坊(ぼう) (chūbō)

(Internet slang, derogatory) Internet troll


浴室

浴室 (canonical)
yokushitsu (romanization)

bathroom (a room where baths or showers are taken)


教室

ja-noun

教(きょう)室(しつ) • (kyōshitsu) ^(←けうしつ (keusitu)?)

教室 (canonical)
kyōshitsu (romanization)
keusitu (romanization)
けうしつ (hiragana historical)

[kʲo̞ːɕi̥t͡sɨ]


寝室

寝室 (canonical)
shinshitsu (romanization)

[ɕĩɰ̃ɕit͡sɨ]


トイレ

Clipping of トイレット (toiretto), borrowed from English toilet.


実験室

実験室 (canonical)
jikkenshitsu (romanization)

[d͡ʑik̚kẽ̞ɰ̃ɕi̥t͡sɨ]

From 実験 (jikken, “experiment”) + 室 (-shitsu, “room”).

suf

Synonym of 研究室 (kenkyūshitsu, “laboratory”)


お手洗い

御(お) (o-, honorific prefix) + 手(て)洗(あら)い (tearai, “hand washing”)

ja-compound

お手洗いはどこですけえ。

a restroom, a toilet, a lavatory, a bathroom


雪隠

(obsolete) Synonym of 便所 (benjō, “toilet”)


雪隠

[se̞t̚t͡ɕĩɴ]

/seQiN/ [set̚iɴ] → /seQtiN/ [set̚t͡ɕin]
The in reading for 隠 changes to chin as an instance of renjō (連声).


雪隠

[he̞t̚t͡ɕĩɴ]


暗室

[ã̠ɰ̃ɕi̥t͡sɨ]

a darkroom (dark room where photographs are developed)


手術室

手術室 (canonical)
shujutsushitsu (romanization)

医者の一人はそれだけきき終ると手術室のドアの方へ去りかけた。

1947, 宮本百合子, 道標

One of the doctors headed toward the operating room door after hearing only that.

Isha no hitori wa sore dake kikiowaru to shujutsushitsu no doa no hō e sarikaketa.


事務室

事務室 (canonical)
jimushitsu (romanization)


便所

[bẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞]

Appears to be a coinage in Japanese from Middle Chinese-derived roots, as a compound of 便 (ben, “convenience, ease”, also meaning “bodily waste; bowel movement”) + 所 (sho, “place”). The sho changes to jo as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Compare English expressions seat of ease, house of ease, also pooper, shitter.
First cited in works from the late 1400s.

compound

(gambling slang) a pachinko machine one can use leftover balls on.


うんこ

From うん (un, the sound made when straining) + こ (-ko, diminutive nominalizer).

suf

1996 February 20 [1988 February 15], Mitsuru Adachi, “交差点前 [In Front of the Intersection]”, in SHORT(ショート) PROGRAM(プログラム) [SHORT PROGRAM], 25th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 57:

ウンコ！

ウンコ！

2010 January 9, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)二(に)百(ひゃく)七(しち)十(じゅう)五(ご)訓(くん) 捜(さが)しものをする時(とき)はそいつの目(め)線(せん)になって捜(さが)せ [Lesson 275: When You Look for Something, Look from Its Viewpoint]”, in [銀](ぎん)[魂](たま) [Silver Soul], volume 32 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

立ちションじゃない ウンコだ

立ちションじゃない ウンコだ


システムキッチン

[ɕisɨ̥te̞mɯ̟ kʲi̥t̚t͡ɕĩɴ]

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from system + kitchen, equivalent to システム (shisutemu) + キッチン (kitchin).

pseudo-loan

unit kitchen, a complete kitchen, custom kitchen, a kitchen fitted with appliances, a fitted kitchen, an integrated kitchen system


講堂

ja-noun

講(こう)堂(どう) • (kōdō)


試聴室

試聴室 (canonical)
shichōshitsu (romanization)


ロビー

ロビー • (robī)


座敷

A compound of 座 (za, “sitting”) + 敷 (shiki, “spreading, covering”), the stem noun form of verb 敷く (shiku, “to spread or lay out on the floor or ground”).
Japanese houses originally had wood floors, and mats or cushions called 座 (za) would be laid out (敷く (shiku)) for sitting upon. Tatami (畳) flooring did not become common until some time during the Muromachi Period, approximately 1337 to 1573.

座敷芸

an entertainment or other performance at a feast or party

座敷乞食: someone who takes as much food and drink home as possible after being treated to a meal: a mooch

座敷行灯

座敷行灯 ざしきあんどん

a traditional paper-shaded lamp used in a tea room

座敷持

from the mid-Edo Period, a prostitute who has her own room in the red light district

座敷女中

座敷女中 ざしきじょちゅう

a female servant or maid who wait on customers or guests at a restaurant or inn

座敷浄瑠璃: a 浄瑠璃 performance without puppets

座敷天麩羅

座敷天麩羅 ざしきてんぷら

tempura fried up and served fresh in a zashiki room

apparition of a child haunt an old house

座敷能

a Noh performance given in a zashiki room

座敷兵法

座敷兵法 ざしきひょうほう

座敷奉行: a general concierge for a meeting hall

the steward in charge of preparing a daimyō household for a visit by the shōgun

a large group of prostitute dancing in the large zashiki of a high-end brothel

座敷牢

a traditional Japanese padded cell for imprison criminal or the insane

座敷幟: streamer hung in the zashiki room for Children's Day on 5 May

土間: The earthen floor-level at the entrance of traditional Japanese houses

広間: The raised-wooden main floor-level in a traditional Japanese houses

a traditional Japanese-style room with tatami flooring, or in older times, with wood flooring and mats or cushions for sitting upon

such a room used as a parlor to receive guests

by extension from the meaning of entertaining guests:

(euphemistic) used by geisha and other entertainers, meaning a customer or patron

(Noh, archaic) the audience of a Noh performance


研究室

ja-noun

研(けん)究(きゅう)室(しつ) • (kenkyūshitsu) ^(←けんきうしつ (kenkiusitu)?)

研究室 (canonical)
kenkyūshitsu (romanization)
kenkiusitu (romanization)
けんきうしつ (hiragana historical)

[kẽ̞ŋʲkʲɨːɕi̥t͡sɨ]

From 研究 (kenkyū, “research”) + 室 (-shitsu, “room”).


クロークルーム

ja-noun

クロークルーム • (kurōkurūmu)


ダイニングキッチン

Wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism), derived from dining + kitchen, where "dining" is an abbreviation of dining room.


内蔵

内蔵する (canonical)
naizō suru (romanization)
naizau (romanization)
内蔵し (stem)
内蔵した (past)
内蔵し
ないぞうし
naizō shi
内蔵する
ないぞうする
naizō suru
内蔵すれ
ないぞうすれ
naizō sure
内蔵せよ (imperative literary)
内蔵しろ (colloquial imperative)
ないぞうせよ (imperative literary)
ないぞうしろ (colloquial imperative)
naizō seyo (imperative literary)
naizō shiro (colloquial imperative)
内蔵される (passive)
ないぞうされる (passive)
naizō sareru (passive)
内蔵させる (causative)
内蔵さす (causative)
ないぞうさせる (causative)
ないぞうさす (causative)
naizō saseru (causative)
naizō sasu (causative)
内蔵できる (potential)
ないぞうできる (potential)
naizō dekiru (potential)
内蔵しよう (volitional)
ないぞうしよう (volitional)
naizō shiyō (volitional)
内蔵しない (negative)
ないぞうしない (negative)
naizō shinai (negative)
内蔵せず (continuative negative)
ないぞうせず (continuative negative)
naizō sezu (continuative negative)
内蔵します (formal)
ないぞうします (formal)
naizō shimasu (formal)
内蔵した (perfective)
ないぞうした (perfective)
naizō shita (perfective)
内蔵して (conjunctive)
ないぞうして (conjunctive)
naizō shite (conjunctive)
内蔵すれば (conditional hypothetical)
ないぞうすれば (conditional hypothetical)
naizō sureba (conditional hypothetical)

１３インチ以上のテレビに内蔵された。

Jūsan inchi ijō no terebi ni naizō sareta.

It was built in to all TVs of 13 inches and larger.

to have something built in; to come with


屋根裏

From 屋根(やね) (yane, “roof”) + 裏(うら) (ura, “bottom”).

ja-compound

1999 May 25, “屋(や)根(ね)裏(うら)の物(もの)の怪(け) [Attic Specter]”, in BOOSTER 2, Konami:

A specter that might be lurking in just about any attic. It does not mean any harm, though.

どの家の屋根裏にも潜んでいるもののけ。特にわるさはしない。

Dono ie no yaneura ni mo hisondeiru mono no ke. Toku ni warusa wa shinai.


ビデ

a bidet that only cleans a woman's genitals, or such a function on a general-purpose bidet (this term has a more narrow meaning than "bidet" in English)


化粧室

ja-noun

化(け)粧(しょう)室(しつ) • (keshōshitsu) ^(←けしやうしつ (kesyausitu)?)

化粧室 (canonical)
keshōshitsu (romanization)
kesyausitu (romanization)
けしやうしつ (hiragana historical)

[ke̞ɕo̞ːɕi̥t͡sɨ]


文房

文房 (canonical)
bunbō (romanization)
bunbau (romanization)
ぶんばう (hiragana historical)

/bunbau/ → /bunbɔː/ → /bunboː/
From Middle Chinese 文房 (MC mjun bjang, literally “literature, studies, writing + room, area”). Uses the kan'on reading for the first character, so possibly a later borrowing.


鳥糞石

鳥糞石 (canonical)
chōfunseki (romanization)


グアノ

Internationalism, ultimately from Spanish guano, from Quechua wanu; see English guano.


海鳥糞

海鳥糞 (canonical)
kaichōfun (romanization)

[ka̠it͡ɕo̞ːɸɯ̟̃ɴ]


天井裏

ja-noun

天(てん)井(じょう)裏(うら) • (tenjōura) ^(←てんじやううら (tenzyauura)?)

天井裏 (canonical)
tenjōura (romanization)
tenzyauura (romanization)
てんじやううら (hiragana historical)

[tẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑo̞ːɯ̟ɾa̠]

天井 (tenjō, “ceiling”) + 裏 (ura, “bottom”)


ラボラトリー

[ɾa̠bo̞ɾa̠to̞ɾʲiː]


試写室

試写室 (canonical)
shishashitsu (romanization)


自室

ja-noun

自(じ)室(しつ) • (jishitsu) ^(←じしつ (zisitu)?)

自室 (canonical)
jishitsu (romanization)
zisitu (romanization)
じしつ (hiragana historical)


仏間

仏間 (canonical)
butsuma (romanization)
butuma (romanization)
ぶつま (hiragana historical)

A room in a house where Buddhist items are located.


金隠し

金隠し (canonical)
kinkakushi (romanization)

[kʲĩŋka̠kɯ̟ɕi]

From 金 (kin, short for 金玉 (kintama, “testicles”)) + 隠し (kakushi, continuative of 隠す (kakusu, “to hide”)), literally “the one that hides testicles”.

af

short for <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">金玉</i> (kintama, “testicles”)

continuative of <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">隠す</i> (kakusu, “to hide”)

shield placed in front of a squat toilet


あぽ

(dialect, Hakata) poop, doo-doo, number two


分娩室

分娩室 (canonical)
bunbenshitsu (romanization)

[bɯ̟̃mbẽ̞ɰ̃ɕit͡sɨ]

From 分娩(ぶんべん) (bunben) + 室(しつ) (shitsu).


楽屋

楽屋 (canonical)
gakuya (romanization)
がくや (hiragana historical)

楽屋にお邪魔する


懺悔室

ja-noun

懺(ざん)悔(げ)室(しつ) • (zangeshitsu) ^(←ざんげしつ (zangesitu)?)

懺悔室 (canonical)
zangeshitsu (romanization)
zangesitu (romanization)
ざんげしつ (hiragana historical)

[d͡zã̠ŋɡe̞ɕit͡sɨ]


庫裏

1922, Inoue Masao, Ōsaka fu zenshi [Osaka prefecture complete inventory], page 482:

The grounds cover 88 tsubo, including the main temple, living quarters, and storage building.

境内は八拾八坪を有し、本堂・庫裏・納家を存す。

Keidai wa hachijūhachi tsubo o yū shi, hondō kuri osameke o son su.


オペ室

オペ室 (canonical)
opeshitsu (romanization)


給湯室

給湯室 (canonical)
kyūtōshitsu (romanization)

[kʲɨːto̞ːɕit͡sɨ]

From 給湯(きゅうとう) (kyūtō) + 室(しつ) (shitsu).


ユーティリティー

ユーティリティー • (yūtiritī)

[jɯ̟ːtʲiɾʲitʲiː]

ユーティリティークラブ ユーティリティークラブ#Japanese

(golf) Short for ユーティリティークラブ (yūtiritī kurabu, “hybrid”).

ユーティリティープログラム ユーティリティープログラム#Japanese

(computing) Short for ユーティリティープログラム (yūtiritī puroguramu, “utility program”).

ユーティリティールーム ユーティリティールーム#Japanese

Short for ユーティリティールーム (yūtiritī rūmu, “utility room”).