Word Meaning 書院 (Shoin): Publishing House, Drawing Room

Meaning

English

publishing house
drawing room
study
writing alcove

Reading

Kana

しょいん

Romaji

shoin

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 15759 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

書院造

しょいんづくり

traditional style of Japanese residential architecture

書店

しょてん

bookshop

書道

しょどう

calligraphy

書物

しょもつ

book

書き方

かきかた

format (e.g. of a report)

書家

しょか

calligrapher

書体

しょたい

typeface

書き手

かきて

skilful writer

書写

しょしゃ

handwriting (as a school subject)

書画

しょが

paintings and calligraphic works

書き写す

かきうつす

to copy (down)

大学院

だいがくいん

graduate school

Example Sentences

1

米国の研修医制度については、田中まゆみ氏の著書「ハーバードの医師づくり」（医学書院）を一部参考とさせていただきました。

In regard to the internship system in the United States I availed myself of part of Miyumi Tanaka's work "Making doctors in Harvard" (Igaku-Shoin Ltd.) as a reference.