玄関|げんかんgenkan[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounentrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule; porch; foyer; mud room
   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.

• Synonym入り口いりぐちNeutralGeneral term for any place you enter, not limited to homes — 「駅の入り口」; 「玄関」 is a building's formal main entrance.
• SynonymエントランスNeutralLoanword for the entrance lobby of an apartment building or hotel; common in everyday speech as well.
• Related出入り口でいりぐちNeutralAn opening for going in and out, stressing the passage function rather than a formal entrance — 「非常出入り口」.
• Related門もんNeutralThe door panel itself, as in 「戸を開ける」; it does not refer to the entryway space.
• Related門口かどぐちNeutralThe area around the doorway, from the gate to the house door; slightly old-fashioned in flavor.

Use 「玄関」 for a home's formal main entrance; 「入り口」 for entrances in general (「駅の入り口」), 「出入り口」 for doors used to enter and exit, 「エントランス」 for an apartment or hotel lobby, 「門口」 for the doorway area (slightly old-fashioned), and 「戸」 for the door itself.

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1. 建物たてものや住居じゅうきょの正式せいしき、あるいは主要しゅような入いり。