戸(と)

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noun
door, sliding door
1. door, sliding door
A door, especially a traditional Japanese sliding door. Often used in compounds.
戸(と)を閉(し)めてください。
Please close the door.
戸(と)が開(あ)いています。
The door is open.
寒(さむ)いから、戸(と)を閉(し)めてくれませんか。
It's cold, so could you please close the door?
風(かぜ)が強(つよ)いので、戸(と)がガタガタ言(い)っています。
The wind is strong, so the door is rattling.
この古(ふる)い家(いえ)の戸(と)は木(き)でできていて、開(あ)けるのが大変(たいへん)です。
The sliding doors of this old house are made of wood, so they're hard to open.

戸(と) refers to a door, especially traditional Japanese sliding doors. It's often used in compounds.

CONTRAST WITH ドア:

  • 戸(と): traditional sliding doors, general "door" in compounds
  • ドア: Western-style hinged doors (from English "door")

COMMON EXPRESSIONS:

  • 戸(と)を開(あ)ける: to open the door
  • 戸(と)を閉(し)める: to close the door
  • 戸(と)を叩(たた)く: to knock on the door

COMMON COMPOUNDS:

  • 雨戸(あまど): storm shutters
  • 戸棚(とだな): cupboard, cabinet
  • 引(ひ)き戸(ど): sliding door
  • 開(あ)き戸(ど): hinged door (when contrasting with sliding)
  • 網戸(あみど): screen door
  • 玄関(げんかん)の戸(と): entrance door

RELATED WORDS:

  • 扉(とびら): door (literary/formal)
  • 障子(しょうじ): paper sliding door
  • 襖(ふすま): Japanese sliding partition
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Added 2026.1.7 21:59 · Revised 2026.2.13 2:51
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