折戸

折戸

Japanese

Kanji in this term
折	戸
お(り) Grade: 4	と > ど Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
折戶 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おり​ど [òríꜜdò] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
• IPA^(key): [o̞ɾʲido̞]

Noun

折(おり)戸(ど) • (orido) 

1. folding door
   • 1906, Natsume Sōseki, Botchan‎:

     :

     ある日(ひ)の夕方(ゆうがた)折戸(おりど)の蔭(かげ)に隠(かく)れて、とうとう勘太郎(かんたろう)を捕(つら)まえてやった。

     Aru hi no yūgata orido no kage ni kakurete, tōtō kantarō o tsuramaete yatta.

     One certain evening I hid myself behind a folding-gate of the fence and caught him in the act.

References

1. 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō