敷居しきい (shikii)

threshold; windowsill

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Meaning

敷居 (しきい, shikii) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “threshold; windowsill”.

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Example sentences 9

その みせ敷居しきいたか

That shop has a high threshold.

とりすう まど敷居しきいにとまった。

Some birds alighted on the window sill.

二度にどふたたびこの いえ敷居しきいはまたがないぞ。

I'll never set foot in this house again.

あんな 敷居しきいたかひと相手あいてにしません。

I don't talk to anyone who's that status-conscious.2