LingakuFrequency rank: – (for form 押し入れ: 50,150. – 51,356.)
- closet (built into the wall of a room); (built-in) wardrobe
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- closet (built into the wall of a room)
- (built-in) wardrobe
This refers to a storage space often found in Japanese homes, typically used to store bedding, clothes, or other items. It is integrated into the architecture of the room.
This meaning highlights the fact that the storage space is not a standalone unit but is instead part of the room's structure, often maximizing space efficiency.
Generated collocations (experimental)
おしいれ押入れをせいり整理するto organize the closetおしいれ押入れにしまうto store in the closetおしいれ押入れのなか中inside the closetおしいれ押入れにいれる入れるto put in the closetおしいれ押入れのとびら扉closet doorおしいれ押入れのふとん布団futon stored in the closetおしいれ押入れのすぺえすスペースspace in the closetおしいれ押入れをつかう使うto use the closetいるい衣類をおしいれ押入れにしゅうのう収納するto store clothes in the closetおしいれ押入れをそうじ掃除するto clean the closet
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
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When she looked, he shut the door and locked her into the totally dark closet.
He once lied and told her a rare creature lived in her closet.
I had no toys or anything else, so I used a chalk that had been bought for me and drew pictures and letters on a closet door.
6. かわい河合というゆうじん友人のいえ家へいった行ったとき時、ぴすとるピストルをかわい河合がはなった放った。そうだん装弾していないつもりで、くち口をわたくし私のほう方へむけていた向けていたが、はいっていて入っていて、わたくし私のみみ耳とすれすれに、うしろのおしいれ押入れへぶちこんだぶち込んだ。
Once, when I went to my friend Kawai's house, he fired a pistol. He thought it was not loaded and pointed it at my mouth, but it was and the bullet grazed my ear before hitting the closet.
7. ぼく僕ががっこう学校からかえってくる帰ってくると、おしいれ押入れからものおと物音がきこえた聞こえたので、かいねこ飼い猫のちろチロかとおもって思ってがらっガラッととをあけたら戸を開けたら、しらない知らないおとこのひと男の人がなか中にいた。
Once I arrived home from school, I heard some sounds coming from my closet, and thinking that it was just our pet cat Chiro, I opened the door wide open, and instead found some guy I didn't know inside.