How to Say ‘Teachers' office’ in Japanese
職員室
shokuin shitsu
[shoh-koo-een shee-tsu]
💬 Usage Tip: [職員室] is the staff room where teachers work. It’s different from a principal’s office; it’s more like a shared teacher workspace.
🇯🇵 In Japan: Visitors often don’t go straight to classrooms—schools may ask you to come to [職員室] (or the entrance office) and sign in first.
Phrase Breakdown
職員
shokuin
[shoh-koo-een]
staff; faculty
職員 refers to school staff/teachers as employees. Used in compound words like 職員室.
職員室に職員がいます。
There are staff members in the staff room.
室
shitsu
[shee-tsu]
room
Means “room” and appears in many place words (教室 classroom, 会議室 meeting room).
職員室の前で待ちます。
I will wait in front of the staff room.
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