敷居

Japanese

Kanji in this term
敷 居
しき
Grade: S
い
Grade: 5
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
閾

Pronunciation

Noun

敷(しき)居(い) • (shikii) ←しきゐ (sikiwi)?

  1. threshold, sill (bottom-most part of a doorway)

Derived terms

  • 敷居(しきい)を跨(また)ぐ (shikii o matagu, “to enter”)

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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