Word Meaning 奥座敷

おくざしき okuzashiki

奥座敷 is read as おくざしき (okuzashiki) and means inner parlor.

Meaning

English

  1. inner parlor
  2. inner parlour
  3. salon
  4. living room

Reading

Kana

おくざしき

Romaji

okuzashiki

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 37 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Antonyms 表座敷 Rank 122769 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

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座敷

ざしき

dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)

上がり座敷

あがりざしき

elevated podium in Japanese-style house

表座敷

おもてざしき

front room

小座敷

こざしき

extension of the main room of a home (in traditional palatial-style architecture)

離れ座敷

はなれざしき

room detached from main house

夏座敷

なつざしき

room arranged for the summer (by removing screens and doors to improve air flow)

お座敷

おざしき

dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko

貸座敷

かしざしき

(Edo-period) brothel

座敷着

ざしきぎ

dress worn by a geisha to a zashiki party

座敷芸

ざしきげい

performance at a drinking party

座敷わらし

ざしきわらし

protective household deity in Tōhoku, appearing as a red-faced child spirit with bobbed hair

座敷遊び

ざしきあそび

(private) geisha entertainment