threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors)
閾
しきいしきみしき
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threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors), sill
architecture
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日本の伝統的な家屋には、部屋の間に敷居がある。
Traditional Japanese houses have thresholds between rooms.
その店は敷居が高く感じられ、なかなか入りづらい。
That shop felt like it had a high threshold, making it difficult to enter.
障子を閉めるには、敷居の溝に沿って滑らせる。
To close the shoji, you slide it along the groove in the threshold.
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