Meaning of 敷居(しきい) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 敷居

Kana Reading しきい

Romaji shikii

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

Meaning

threshold

Examples of 敷居, しきい in a sentence

二度と再びこの家の敷居はまたがないぞ。

I'll never set foot in this house again.
鳥が数羽窓の敷居にとまった。

Some birds alighted on the window sill.
２度と彼女はその家の敷居をまたがなかった。

Never again did she enter the house.

Related Kanji

敷 JLPT 1

15 strokes

spread, pave, sit, promulgate

On'Yomi: フ

Kun'Yomi: し.く, -し.き

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居 JLPT 3

8 strokes

reside, to be, exist, live with

On'Yomi: キョ, コ

Kun'Yomi: い.る, -い, お.る

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