ドア

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. ドアを閉めてください。▶ —
   Please close the door.
2. 玄関のドアが開きません。▶ —
   The entrance door won't open.

Collocations

Mnemonic

ドア doa — loanword from "door". Japanese door vocabulary splits three ways: ドア (Western swing door), 引き戸 (hikido, traditional sliding door), 扉 (tobira, formal/literary kanji). Traditional homes lean on 障子 (paper screen) and 襖 (sliding partition) — efficient for small spaces and ventilation, still common in city homes. Modern apartments default to ドア with knob or lever. One word marks the traditional/modern split. Standalone 扉 lives in books, poems, formal speech — 心の扉 (kokoro no tobira, "door of the heart") as metaphor.

Quick check

1. Standard door type in traditional Japanese homes?

   • 引き戸 (sliding door) — 障子 / 襖 paper-and-wood slides
   • ドア (Western swing)
   • 扉 (heavy door)
   • No door