後室

Japanese
Kanji in this term
後 室
こう
Grade: 2		 しつ
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) こーしつ [kòóshítsú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ːɕit͡sɨᵝ]

Noun

後(こう)室(しつ) • (kōshitsu) 

  1. room at the back of a house, traditionally inhabited by the widow of the deceased head of household
  2. (metonymically) such a widow

Synonyms
  • 後房

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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