入り・入|いりiri[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, noun (suffix)entering; entrance; entry
- nounattendance; audience; number (of visitors, customers, etc.)
- noun (suffix)containing
- nounincome; earnings; takings
- nounexpenses; expenditurealso written as 要り
- nounsetting (of the Sun or Moon)
- nounbeginning (of the equinoctial week, midsummer, etc.); start; first day
- Synonym入り口いりぐちNeutralThe everyday word for an entrance. 「入り」 itself stresses the act of entering or the attendance figure, and often works as a suffix rather than naming a place.
- Synonym戸口とぐちNeutralA room's doorway; it is home-oriented and points to where the door is, while 「入り」 refers to the entering itself.
- Synonym入場にゅうじょうNeutralEntering a venue or event, as in 「入場無料」; it focuses on admission, while 「入り」 also covers turnout and suffix uses.
- Synonym進入しんにゅうWrittenA written word for people or vehicles advancing into a place, as in 「進入禁止」「敵の進入」; 「入り」 mostly serves as a suffix or for attendance.
- SynonymエントランスNeutralA loanword for a building's entrance hall; it has a modern feel, where 「入り」 is a plain native word.
- Synonym門口かどぐちNeutralThe front gate of a house; it sounds old-fashioned, unlike the neutral 「入り」.
- Synonym入構にゅうこうWrittenA formal, written word for entering a facility such as a factory or station; 「入り」 is the broader everyday term.
- Related玄関げんかんNeutralA house's front door and entryway, as in 「玄関で靴を脱ぐ」; it names a specific spot in the home, unlike 「入り」.
- Related木戸きどNeutralThe entrance gate of a theatre or sumo venue; it carries a traditional flavour that 「入り」 lacks.
- Related戸口とぐちNeutralA room's doorway; it is home-oriented and points to where the door is, while 「入り」 refers to the entering itself.
- Related立ち入りたちいりNeutralEntering a particular area, as in 「立ち入り禁止」; it targets a zone, while 「入り」 is the general word.
- Related乗り口のりぐちNeutralThe door or spot for boarding a bus or train; it is specific to vehicles, while 「入り」 covers entering in general.
- Related玄関先げんかんさきNeutralThe area just around the front door, as in 「玄関先で失礼します」; it points to that spot, not the act of entering.
- Related登り口のぼりぐちNeutralThe starting point of a climb, such as a mountain trail or stairs; an upward entrance, unlike the general 「入り」.
- Related上がり口あがりくちNeutralIn a Japanese house, the spot where you step up from the dirt floor onto the raised floor after removing shoes; a specific place, not the act of entering.
- Related昇降口しょうこうぐちNeutralA school's shoe-changing entrance or a ship's hatch; it centres on moving up and down, unlike the general 「入り」.
- Relatedとば口とばくちCasualColloquial for an entrance or the very start of something, as in 「とば口に立つ」; 「入り」 is neutral in register.
- AntonymでNeutralThe antonym: going out or appearing on stage, the opposite of 「入り」.
Use 「入り」 for the act of entering, for attendance figures, or as a suffix meaning 'containing', as in 「客の入り」「砂糖入り」「梅雨入り」. For a physical entrance pick 「入り口」; for admission to a venue 「入場」; for entering an area 「立ち入り」. 「玄関」 is a home's front door, 「エントランス」 a modern building hall, 「木戸」 a traditional theatre or sumo gate, 「乗り口」 a vehicle's boarding door, 「登り口」 a climb's starting point, while 「進入」 and 「入構」 are written words for moving into a place or facility. 「出」 is the antonym, going out.
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