How to say "entry" in Japanese

• 参加さんかJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbCovers 'entry' in the sense of taking part in an event or activity, but its core meaning is participation or joining. For 'entry' in English, it is usually better to reach for エントリー unless the emphasis is on participating.
  あなたは競技きょうぎに参加さんかしましたか。↗

  Did you take part in the game?
• エントリーCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbThe natural choice for 'entry' in the sense of signing up or registering for an event, competition, or similar. It covers both the act of applying to enter and the registration itself.
  エントリーはすべて、追加ついか後ごにチェックします。↗

  All entries are subject to review once added.
• 入りいりCommon
  noun, noun (suffix)Refers to the act of entering or the fact of something having gone in. As a translation of 'entry' it is fairly limited, and in many contexts a different word will be what you actually want.
  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.
• 入り口いりぐちJLPT N5approx.Common
  nounA physical entrance or gate: the place where you go in. Use it when 'entry' means the doorway or access point itself, as in the entry to a building or park.
  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.
• 記載きさいJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbAn entry in the sense of an item recorded or mentioned in a document, such as a line in a register or a record in a list. This is the word for written entries rather than acts of entering.
  ハーブ、レオン・トーマス著ちょ、ハーバルライフ社しゃよりという名前なまえを記載きさいしてください。↗

  Just make sure that credit is given: "from The Herbs, by Leon Thomas, published by Herbal Life."

Use 「エントリー」 for entering events or competitions, 「入り口」 for a physical entrance, 記載 for an entry in a document, and prefer 参加 for participation or 「入り」 for the act of entering.

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• 参加さんかparticipation
• エントリーentry (in an event, competition, etc.)
• 入りいりentering
• 入り口いりぐちentrance
• 記載きさいmention (in a document)
• 出場しゅつじょうparticipation (in a tournament, match, race, etc.)
• 応募おうぼapplication
• 記入きにゅうentry (in a form, register, diary, etc.)
• 進入しんにゅうentry
• 加入かにゅうjoining (a club, organization, etc.)
• 申し込みもうしこみapplication
• 登録とうろくregistration
• 書き入れかきいれentry
• 記帳きちょうregistry
• 入館にゅうかんentry (into a library, museum, etc.)
• 付け込みつけこみentry
• 記述項きじゅつこうentry (COBOL)
• 入力にゅうりょくinput
• 項目こうもくheadword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.)
• 書き込みかきこみentry (e.g. to a form)
• 科目かもくitem
• インenter here