切きり戸ど口ぐち

noun

small wooden door at the rear of a noh stage

Specific term in Noh theater for the small door at the back of the stage used by stagehands and musicians.

• 能のう舞ぶ台たいの切きり戸ど口ぐちから囃子はやし方かたが出で入いりする。

  The musicians enter and exit through the small door at the rear of the Noh stage.

noun

small garden gate

A small gate or door in a garden, often a simple wooden structure. Cross-referenced with 小門.

See also: 小門

• 庭にわの奥おくに切きり戸ど口ぐちがあって、そこから小こ道みちに出でられる。

  There is a small garden gate at the back of the garden, from which you can go out to the path.