書しょ院いん

noun

drawing room; study; writing alcove

In traditional Japanese architecture, a room with a built-in desk or alcove for reading and writing, often with tatami and shoji. Can also refer to a study or library in a temple or old residence.

• この寺てらの書しょ院いんからは美うつくしい庭にわが見みえる。

  From the study of this temple, you can see a beautiful garden.

• 書しょ院いん造づくりの部屋へやでお茶ちゃをいただいた。

  We had tea in a room built in the shoin-zukuri style.

noun

publishing house

Used in company names, e.g., 〇〇書院. Not a general term for a publisher.

• 明めい治じ書しょ院いんは国こく語ご教きょう科か書しょで有ゆう名めいな出しゅっ版ぱん社しゃだ。

  Meiji Shoin is a publishing house famous for its Japanese language textbooks.