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研究室
けんきゅうしつ
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the professor's office; laboratory
Kenkyūshitsu is 研究 (kenkyū, “research”) plus 室 (-shitsu, “room”).
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In a sentence
私たちはその研究室を利用した。
We have made use of the laboratory.
彼は自分の研究室で実験を行っている。
He is carrying out experiments in his laboratory.
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What Wiktionary says
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- “From 研究(けんきゅう) (kenkyū, “research”) + 室(しつ) (-shitsu, “room”).”
Source: Wiktionary: 研究室 (dump of 2026-09-02), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Reading, meaning and part of speech from JMdict, and kanji readings from KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG).
What the labels mean
- 漢語 Sino-Japanese
- Words built from Chinese-derived morphemes — borrowed from Chinese or coined in Japan out of Chinese parts — read with on'yomi.
- Compound
- Two or more words or stems joined into one.