ドア

どあ

noun

door

building

1. door

A hinged or sliding barrier at an entrance. Often used for Western-style doors.

ドアが開(あ)いています。

The door is open.

ドアを閉(し)めてください。

Please close the door.

ドアをノックしてください。

Please knock on the door.

出(で)る時(とき)は、ドアを閉(し)めてね。

Close the door when you leave, okay?

風(かぜ)が強(つよ)くて、ドアが開(あ)かなかった。

The wind was strong, so the door wouldn't open.

ドア is a loanword from English 'door.' It covers Western-style hinged doors and the doors of cars, trains and elevators (even sliding ones: 電車(でんしゃ)のドア). Traditional Japanese doors have their own words (SIMILAR WORDS).

Common collocations

ドアを開(あ)ける: to open the door
ドアを閉(し)める: to close the door
ドアをノックする: to knock on the door
ドアが開(あ)く: the door opens (intransitive)

Types

自動(じどう)ドア: automatic door
回転(かいてん)ドア: revolving door
フロントドア: front door (of a car); the front door of a house is 玄関(げんかん)のドア

Similar words

戸(と): door (traditional/general)
扉(とびら): door (formal/literary)
引(ひ)き戸(ど): sliding door
襖(ふすま): fusuma (paper sliding door)
障子(しょうじ): shoji (paper screen door)

Related Words

Compare: 戸(と) (door (traditional Japanese))

Compare: 門(もん) (gate)

Compare: 乗降口(じょうこうぐち) (boarding entrance)

Compare: 開(ひら)き戸(ど) (hinged door)

Compare: 扉(とびら) (door)

Compare: 引(ひ)き戸(ど) (sliding door)

Compare: 襖(ふすま) (fusuma)

Compare: 障子(しょうじ) (shoji)

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Added 2026.1.7 21:31 · Revised 2026.10.7 15:55

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