寝室(しんしつ)

しんしつ
noun
bedroom
building
1. bedroom
A room used primarily for sleeping.
寝室(しんしつ)で本(ほん)を読(よ)む。
To read a book in the bedroom.
寝室(しんしつ)は2階(かい)にある。
The bedroom is on the second floor.
主(しゅ)寝室(しんしつ)にクローゼットがある。
The master bedroom has a closet.
寝室(しんしつ)の電気(でんき)を消(け)して寝(ね)る。
I turn off the bedroom light and go to sleep.
この家(いえ)は寝室(しんしつ)が三(みっ)つある。
This house has three bedrooms.

The standard word for a bedroom, used in speech as well as on floor plans. In casual talk people often just say 部屋(へや), and ベッドルーム appears mainly in real-estate and interior-design writing.

Compounds

  • 主寝室(しゅしんしつ): master bedroom
  • 夫婦(ふうふ)の寝室(しんしつ): the couple's bedroom

Related words

Watch out

In a floor-plan code such as 3LDK, the 3 counts rooms besides the living, dining, and kitchen area; they are not necessarily bedrooms.

Related Words

Related: 浴室(よくしつ) (bathroom)
Related: 書斎(しょさい) (study)
Related: 居間(いま) (living room)
Related: 和室(わしつ) (Japanese-style room)
Related: 洋室(ようしつ) (Western-style room)
Compare: ベッドルーム (bedroom)
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Added 2026.1.16 14:20 · Revised 2026.9.30 14:51
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