How to say "entrance" in Japanese

• 登場とうじょうJLPT N2approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbCovers 'entrance' only in the theatrical sense: a character's entrance on the stage, or an appearance in a book, film, or similar. It is not the word for a door or building entrance.
  その女優じょゆうは舞台ぶたいに３度ど登場とうじょうした。↗

  That actress made three entrances onto the stage.
• 入り口いりぐちJLPT N5approx.Common
  nounThe general word for a physical entrance: the door, gate, or approach to a building, room, park, or station. When you mean the place where you go in, this is usually the word you want.
  １台だいの車くるまが入り口いりぐちに止とまった。↗

  A car stopped at the entrance.
• 玄関げんかんJLPT N5approx.Common
  nounRefers to the entrance or front door of a house or building, especially the entryway area just inside where you remove shoes. Use it for homes and similar buildings, not for venues or stages.
  トムが玄関げんかんにいるのでなかに入はいるように言いってください。↗

  Tom is at the door. Please ask him in.
• 入りいりCommon
  noun, noun (suffix)Glossed as 'entering; entrance; entry', it points to the act of entering rather than the entrance itself, and it often works as a suffix. For a doorway, 入り口 is the safer choice.
  船ふねは改装かいそうのため目下もっかドック入いりしている。↗

  The ship is now in dock for a refit.
• 入場にゅうじょうJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbCovers entering or being admitted into a venue or event: entrance to a theater, stadium, or hall, often involving tickets or admission. Not the word for the physical doorway of a house.
  この切符きっぷで２名めい入場にゅうじょうできます。↗

  This ticket admits two persons.

Choose 「入り口」 or 玄関 for a physical entrance, 入場 for entering/admission to a venue, 登場 for a stage or dramatic entrance, and 「入り」 mainly for the act of entering rather than the place.

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• 登場とうじょうentrance (on the stage)
• 入り口いりぐちentrance
• 玄関げんかんentrance
• 入りいりentering
• 入場にゅうじょうentrance
• 入学にゅうがくadmission (to a school or university)
• 入所にゅうしょadmission (to an institute, nursery school, facility, etc.)
• 入会にゅうかいadmission (to a society, club, etc.)
• 入校にゅうこうadmission (to a school)
• エントランスentrance
• 玄関先げんかんさきentrance
• 乗車口じょうしゃぐちentrance (for passengers at a train station)
• 上がり口あがりくちentrance
• 昇降口しょうこうぐちentrance
• 上がり端あがりはなentrance (i.e. of a Japanese house)
• とば口とばくちentrance
• 乗り口のりぐちentry door (to a vehicle)
• 門口かどぐちdoor
• 入場口にゅうじょうぐちadmission gate
• インenter here
• 口くちgate