Translation guide
The opening or entrance to a room or building, including the surrounding frame. Japanese distinguishes between the physical entrance area, the door itself, and the threshold.
The physical opening or space where you enter or exit a room or building, often including the frame.
General term for an entrance/exit opening. Used for doorways, gateways, etc. Neutral and widely applicable.
This doorway is used in emergencies.
Specifically the doorway of a Japanese-style room or house, often with a sliding door. Conveys a traditional feel.
He was standing in the doorway.
The entrance hall or doorway area of a Japanese house or apartment, where shoes are removed. Refers to the space just inside the door.
Please take off your shoes at the doorway.
Entrance (as opposed to exit). Can refer to the doorway itself, but emphasizes the point of entry.
The doorway is over there.
The bottom part of a doorway, the strip you step over.
Figurative use meaning an opportunity, a way in, or a transition point.
出入口 is the most general term for any entrance/exit opening. 戸口 is specifically the doorway of a traditional Japanese room with sliding doors. 玄関 refers to the entrance hall area inside a house or apartment, not just the opening.
I'll wait at the building's doorway.
A curtain hangs in the doorway.
It's a house with a spacious entrance doorway.
English 'doorway' refers to the opening, not the door itself. In Japanese, ドア (doa) means the door panel. Use 出入口 or 戸口 for the opening. If you say ドアのところ (doa no tokoro), it means 'at the door', which can be ambiguous.
Please don't stand in the doorway (literally 'at the door').
She stood in the doorway, hesitant to enter.
戸口 fits the image of a traditional or home setting.
I sat on the doorway step and put on my shoes.
A doorway to the future has opened.