How to say "doorway" in Japanese

• 戸口とぐちCommon
  nounThe common everyday word for a doorway: the opening at the entrance to a house or room, where a door is. Use it for the ordinary sense of 'doorway'.
  支配人しはいにんは戸口とぐちに立たった。↗

  The manager stood at the door.
• 扉口とびらぐち
  nounA less common word whose senses include doorway, door, and hatch. For the everyday doorway of a house or room, 戸口 is the usual choice; this one is seldom the word you want there.

For an ordinary doorway—the opening into a house or a room—戸口 is the everyday choice; 扉口 is a less common word that also covers doors and hatches, so it is seldom the word you want for this sense.

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• 戸口とぐちdoor
• 扉口とびらぐちdoorway