表 口(おもてぐち)

おもてぐち

noun

front entrance; main entrance

1. front entrance; main entrance

the main or formal entrance to a building, as opposed to back or side entrances

表口(おもてぐち)から入(はい)ってください。

Please enter through the front entrance.

表口(おもてぐち)は閉(し)まっているので裏口(うらぐち)へ回(まわ)ってください。

The front entrance is closed, so please go around to the back door.

店(みせ)の表口(おもてぐち)に行列(ぎょうれつ)ができていた。

There was a line at the front entrance of the store.

Common collocations

表口(おもてぐち)から入(はい)る: to enter from the front
表口(おもてぐち)に回(まわ)る: to go around to the front

Similar words

裏口(うらぐち): back entrance (the opposite; also figurative, as in 裏口(うらぐち)入学(にゅうがく))
正面(しょうめん)玄関(げんかん) / 正面(しょうめん)入口(いりぐち): main entrance, the usual words for offices, hospitals and public buildings; 表口(おもてぐち) suits shops, houses and stations.
玄関(げんかん): the entryway of a house or building

Related Words

Antonym: 裏口(うらぐち) (back entrance)

Related: 玄関(げんかん) (entrance, entryway)

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Added 2026.1.21 22:22 · Revised 2026.10.12 10:46

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