Japanese word
玄関
げんかん
In your course · Chapter 16
- Part of speech
- noun
- Level
- A2
- Frequency
- No. 950 in the course corpus
Meanings
- entryway
- entrance
- front door
- entranceway
- entry hall
- vestibule
- porch
- foyer
- mud room
Source: Tonada course · JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0 (EDRDG Licence))
Kanji
- 玄
- On reading:
- ゲン
- Kun reading:
- くろ、くろ.い
- Meanings:
- mysterious, occultness, black, deep, profound
- 関
- On reading:
- カン
- Kun reading:
- -ぜき、かか.わる、からくり、かんぬき、せき
- Meanings:
- connection, barrier, gateway, involve, concerning
Source: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0 (EDRDG Licence))