日本語道場

Nihongo Dojo — N3 → N2

Kanji
戸

N2

Meaningsdoor, counter for houses, door radical (no. 63)
On'yomiコ
Kun'yomiと
Strokes4
Radical戶

Compounds

  • water well

  • door (esp. Japanese-style), shutter, window shutter, entrance (to a home)

  • number of houses, number of households

  • locking up (doors and windows), fastening the doors

  • being at sea, losing one's bearings, confusion, wonderment

  • to be bewildered, to be perplexed

  • Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo), Yedo

Example sentences

  • I'll leave you to lock up.

  • The storm rattled the shutters.

  • She tried to open the door, which she found impossible.

  • I was born and raised in Tokyo.

  • We recommend that mains water have a water-quality test carried out once a year, well water twice a year.

  • In the Edo period, moon-viewing parties were very popular.

  • Local industry flourished throughout the land in the Edo period thanks to the promotional efforts by each clan.

  • An odd shoe was left on the doorstep.