(きょうしつ)

きょうしつ
noun
classroom
1. classroom
A room in a school or educational institution where classes are taught. The physical space where learning takes place.
教室(きょうしつ)(はい)ってください
Please enter the classroom.
(わたし)たち教室(きょうしつ)三階(さんかい)あります
Our classroom is on the third floor.
教室(きょうしつ)(しず)してください
Please be quiet in the classroom.
教室(きょうしつ)(まど)()けていいです
May I open the classroom window?
教室(きょうしつ)掃除(そうじ)しましょう
Let's clean the classroom.
教室(きょうしつ)三十人(さんじゅうにん)生徒(せいと)いる
There are thirty students in the classroom.
2. class, course (as a place)
Can also refer to a learning class or course, as in 料理(りょうり)教室(きょうしつ) (cooking class) or 英語(えいご)教室(きょうしつ) (English class).
I attend a cooking class.
ピアノ教室(きょうしつ)(かよ)いたい
I want to attend a piano class.
(ちか)英会話(えいかいわ)教室(きょうしつ)あります
Is there an English conversation class nearby?
子供向(こどもむ)水泳(すいえい)教室(きょうしつ)(さが)しています
I'm looking for a swimming class for children.
I made friends at the dance class.

教室(きょうしつ) means classroom (a room for teaching) or a class/course/school.

WORD FORMATION:
(きょう) (teach) + (しつ) (room) = teaching room

SENSE 1 - CLASSROOM:

  • 教室(きょうしつ)(はい)る: to enter the classroom
  • 教室(きょうしつ)掃除(そうじ)する: to clean the classroom
  • 教室(きょうしつ)三階(さんがい)です: The classroom is on the third floor

SENSE 2 - CLASS/COURSE:

  • 料理(りょうり)教室(きょうしつ): cooking class
  • ピアノ教室(きょうしつ): piano class/school
  • 英会話(えいかいわ)教室(きょうしつ): English conversation class
  • 水泳(すいえい)教室(きょうしつ): swimming class

OTHER 〜(しつ) COMPOUNDS:

  • 会議室(かいぎしつ): meeting room
  • 研究室(けんきゅうしつ): laboratory, professor's office
  • 事務室(じむしつ): office
  • 待合室(まちあいしつ): waiting room
  • 更衣室(こういしつ): changing room