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雨戸 (amado) Japanese meaning: sliding storm shutter | Kotomora
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We closed the storm shutters in preparation for the typhoon.
When I opened the storm shutters in the morning, the room became bright.
Usage patterns 雨あま 戸ど を 閉し める to close the storm shutters
I closed the storm shutters before the typhoon arrived.
雨あま 戸ど を 開あ ける to open the storm shutters
It was morning, so I opened the storm shutters.
雨あま 戸ど を 立た てる to put up/close the storm shutters (for the night or a storm)
Many houses put up the storm shutters when night falls.
Kanji 戸 door, counter for houses, door radical (no. 63) Related words シャッター is a broad loanword covering metal shop or garage shutters (and camera shutters), while 雨戸 refers specifically to the sliding wooden or metal panels fitted outside a house's windows for storm and security protection.
戸 is the general word for a door or sliding door of any kind, whereas 雨戸 names the specific exterior storm shutter used to protect windows from rain and wind.
Etymology Transparent compound of 雨 meaning 'rain' and 戸 meaning 'door, panel, shutter'; the spelling directly reflects its use as a protective shutter against weather.
