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更衣室 (こういしつ, kouishitsu) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “changing room”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 11
更衣 室には 鍵がかかっています
The locker room is locked.
私は更衣室で財布を盗まれた。
I had my purse stolen in the changing room.
私は 更衣 室で 財布を 盗まれた。
I had my purse stolen in the changing room.
私たちは競技場付属建物内の更衣室に行った。
We went to the locker room in the fieldhouse.
ぼくはかれをギャツビーが横たわっている更衣室に連れていき、それから席を外した。
I took him into the drawing-room, where his son lay, and left him there.
玄関1Dの近傍に更衣室1Jを設け、この更衣室1Jに複数の出入口11,12を設ける。
A dressing room 1J is provided near a hallway 1D and a plurality of doorways 11, 12 are provided in the dressing room 1J.
更衣室に引きかえしたぼくは、一瞬、こうして仕事柄屋敷に詰めている人々もみな予期せぬ弔問客なのだと思った。
I went back to the drawing-room and thought for an instant that they were chance visitors, all these official people who suddenly filled it.
早くから源定省（のちの宇多天皇）の室となったが、宇多天皇即位後の仁和4年（888年）に更衣(女官)となり禁色を許された。
She became a wife of MINAMOTO no Sadami (who later became Emperor Uda) at a young age, and became a koi (a lady in waiting in the court) after the accession of Emperor Uda in 888, and was allowed to use kinjiki (literally, "forbidden colors," seven colors traditionally reserved for the imperial family and nobility).
更衣(女官)（こうい）…本来は「便殿」詰めの女官であったが、後に天皇の寝室にも奉仕して女御に次ぐ地位の配偶者に改められた。
Koi (nyokan [court lady]): Originally, a koi was a court lady who served at the 'benden' (emperor's temporary place of sojourn [a temporary stay]) but later the koi served in the emperor's bed room and was elevated into the position of consort next to the nyogo.
貞観殿（みくしげどの）…本来は「御匣殿」詰めの女官であったが、後に天皇の寝室にも奉仕して更衣に次ぐ地位の配偶者に改められた。
Mikushigedono: Originally a nyokan served at the 'Mikushirodono' (a place to prepare the wardrobe of an emperor) but changed the meaning later to a mikushigedono who served in the emperor's bedroom and was elevated to the position of a consort next to koi.
御息所（みやすんどころ）…本来は「御息所」詰めの女官であったが、後に天皇の寝室にも奉仕して更衣に次ぐ地位の配偶者に改められた。
Miyasudokoro: Originally, a miyasudokoro was a nyokan in service of the emperor's bedchamber (bedroom) but changed the meaning later to a miyasudokoro who served at emperor's bedroom and elevated to the position of a consort next to koi.