戸

Meaning

戸 centers on a door or gate as a physical barrier and entryway. The counter sense extends naturally from counting houses by their doors.

• 神戸こうべ
  N5

  Kobe (city)

• 江戸えど

  Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo

• 戸と
  N1

  door (esp. Japanese-style)

• 井戸いど
  N2

  water well

• 瀬戸せと

  strait; channel

• 戸惑うとまどう
  N2

  to be bewildered; to be perplexed

• 戸籍こせき
  N1

  family register

• 戸惑いとまどい

  being at sea; losing one's bearings; confusion; wonderment

• 木戸きど

  wicket gate; wooden door

• 戸数こすう

  number of houses; number of households

• 網戸あみど

  window screen; insect screen; mosquito screen; screen; screen door

• 一戸建ていっこだて
  N2

  detached house; stand-alone house; single-family home

• 瀬戸際せとぎわ

  brink; verge; critical moment; crucial moment

• 戸棚とだな
  N2

  cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet

• 門戸もんこ

  door

• 戸口とぐち

  door; doorway

• 下戸げこ

  non-drinker; someone who cannot drink

• 雨戸あまど
  N2

  sliding storm shutter

• 戸外こがい

  open air; outdoors; outside

• 戸締まりとじまり
  N1

  locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors

• 瀬戸物せともの
  N2

  earthenware; porcelain; china; pottery; crockery

• 戸別訪問こべつほうもん

  door-to-door visit; door-to-door canvassing (canvasing)

• 江戸っ子えどっこ

  (true) Tokyoite; Edoite; Tokyo native; Edokko

• ガラス戸ガラスど
  N1

  glass door

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