Definition of 敷居 (しきい)

しき

敷居

しきい

shikii

noun
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors), sill(architecture term)
See also:鴨居
Other readings:
【しきい】
【しきみ】
【しき】
Related Kanji
spread, pave, sit, promulgate
reside, to be, exist, live with
threshold
Example sentences(showing 3 results)

とり
すう
まど
しき
敷居
Some birds alighted on the window sill

I'll never set foot in this house again

Never again did she enter the house