入り・入|いりiri[0]heiban (flat)

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Which spelling to use
入り入り is the more common written form and the recommended choice for beginners; it uses a mixture of kanji and kana.
入入 is a less common kanji-only variant with irregular okurigana; beginners should recognize it as an alternative rather than choose it by default.
Definitions
  1. noun, noun (suffix)entering; entrance; entry
    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.
  2. nounattendance; audience; number (of visitors, customers, etc.)
    今日きょうは客きゃくの入いりが悪わるい。↗
    There is only a small audience today.
  3. noun (suffix)containing
    1箱ばこは20本ぽん入いりである。↗
    Each package contains a score of cigarettes.
  4. nounincome; earnings; takings
  5. nounexpenses; expenditurealso written as 要り
  6. nounsetting (of the Sun or Moon)
  7. nounbeginning (of the equinoctial week, midsummer, etc.); start; first day
Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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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Japanese definitions
  1. 中なかに入はいること。
  2. 中なかに入はいっていること。
  3. 太陽たいようや月つきが沈しずむこと。
  4. 最初さいしょの日ひ。
  5. 実入みいり。収入しゅうにゅうや利益りえき。
  6. 入はいり具合ぐあい。
  7. 池いけなどの水みずの出入でいりを調整ちょうせいするための樋とい
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