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sliding door
A door that opens by sliding sideways along a groove or rail rather than swinging on hinges. Common in traditional Japanese architecture (shoji, fusuma) and also widely used in modern Japanese homes for closets, entryways, and room partitions.
引き戸を開けた。
I opened the sliding door.
この部屋の入り口は引き戸になっている。
The entrance to this room is a sliding door.
引き戸は開閉に場所を取らないので、狭い部屋に向いている。
Since sliding doors don't take up space when they open and close, they suit small rooms.
Compound of 引く (to pull) + 戸 (door). Contrasted with hinged doors, which require swing-out clearance.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 引き戸を開ける: to open a sliding door
- 引き戸を閉める: to close a sliding door
- 引き戸の部屋: a room with sliding doors
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 開き戸: hinged door — opens by swinging on hinges
- 襖: fusuma — paper-and-wood sliding panel for interior partitions
- 障子: shoji — sliding screen of translucent paper on a wooden frame