避 難 口(ひなんぐち)

ひなんぐち

noun

emergency exit; evacuation exit

1. emergency exit; evacuation exit

A door or opening designated for escaping a building during a fire, earthquake, or other emergency. Standard wording on safety signage and in fire-code documents.

避難口(ひなんぐち)を確認(かくにん)してください。

Please check where the emergency exits are.

避難口(ひなんぐち)の前(まえ)に物(もの)を置(お)かないでください。

Please do not place objects in front of the emergency exit.

煙(けむり)が充満(じゅうまん)する前(まえ)に、一番(いちばん)近(ちか)い避難口(ひなんぐち)から外(そと)へ出(で)た。

Before the smoke filled the room, we got outside through the nearest emergency exit.

Formed from 避難(ひなん) (evacuation, taking refuge) plus 〜口(ぐち) (opening, gateway), which voices to ぐち in compounds.

Common collocations

避難口(ひなんぐち)誘導灯(ゆうどうとう): emergency exit guidance light
避難口(ひなんぐち)を塞(ふさ)ぐ: to block an emergency exit
最寄(もよ)りの避難口(ひなんぐち): the nearest emergency exit

Similar words

非常口(ひじょうぐち): emergency exit — far more common in everyday speech and on green exit signs; 避難口(ひなんぐち) is the more technical, fire-code term

Related Words

Compare: 非常口(ひじょうぐち) (emergency exit)

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Added 2026.8.2 18:20 · Revised 2026.9.4 21:29

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