戸と口ぐち

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

Refers to the physical door or the entrance area of a building, especially in a house or small building. Slightly more formal than ドア.

〈人ひと〉が戸と口ぐちに立たつto stand at the doorway
彼かの女じょは戸と口ぐちに立たって私わたしを待まっていた。
She was standing at the doorway waiting for me.
戸と口ぐちから〈動どう詞し〉to enter/exit through the doorway
猫ねこが戸と口ぐちから静しずかに入はいってきた。
The cat quietly came in through the doorway.
戸と口ぐちで〈人ひと〉を出で迎むかえるto greet someone at the doorway
家か族ぞくは戸と口ぐちで私わたしを出で迎むかえてくれた。
My family greeted me at the doorway.

出で入いり口ぐちN3
出入口 is a general term for any entrance/exit point (e.g. of a building or station), while 戸口 specifically denotes a door or doorway, often of a house.
入いり口ぐちN5
入り口 refers broadly to any entrance point, whereas 戸口 emphasizes the actual door or doorway itself, often of a traditional dwelling.
ドアN5
ドア is the common word for a Western-style door, while 戸口 often implies a traditional Japanese entrance or smaller doorway and is slightly more formal.
戸とN1
戸口 is the everyday modern word for a doorway or entrance, while this archaic sense of 戸 for 'entrance' is rarely used alone today.

玄げん関かんN5
玄関 is the entrance hall or foyer area of a house, while 戸口 is the door or doorway itself, not the room behind it.

Compound of 戸 (to, 'door') and 口 (kuchi, 'mouth; opening'). The reading とぐち is a standard rendaku form.