玄関

• 読み: げんかん
• ローマ字: genkan
• 漢字の分解: 玄 (gen) — mysterious, profound; 関 (kan/seki) — gate, barrier, connection
• 発音: /ɡe.ɴ.ka.ɴ/

意味

Entrance; front door; entryway. The entrance area of a Japanese home where shoes are removed.

A distinctly Japanese architectural feature — the genkan is a lower-level area just inside the front door where visitors remove their shoes before stepping up to the main floor. It serves as a transition between outside and inside. Common phrases: 玄関で靴を脱ぐ (take off shoes at the entrance), 玄関のドア (front door).

例文

1. 玄関で靴を脱いでください。
2. 玄関に花を飾りました。
3. 玄関のベルが鳴りました。

使い方ガイド

場面: home, architecture, daily life

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Originally a Buddhist term: 玄 (profound/mysterious) and 関 (gate/barrier). It referred to the gateway to profound teachings. Over time, it came to mean the entryway of any building.

文化的背景

時代: Medieval

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal