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玄関

JLPT N5 · Vocabulary

玄関 — “entrance (to a house or a building)”

玄関 (read げんかん) means entrance (to a house or a building). It appears on the JLPT N5 vocabulary list and is a noun.

Reading

げんかん

Meaning

entrance (to a house or a building)

玄関 in a sentence

玄関げんかんで靴くつを脱ぎぬぎます。

I take off my shoes at the entrance.

The kanji in 玄関

玄profound, dark
関relation; gate

Words that share a kanji with 玄関

関係かんけい— relation, relationship, connection
関心かんしん— interest, concern
関するかんする— to concern, to relate to
関連かんれん— relation, connection, relevance
機関きかん— engine; institution, organization
関西かんさい— Kansai region (Osaka-Kyoto area)
関東かんとう— Kanto region (Tokyo area)
機関車きかんしゃ— locomotive, railway engine

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