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玄関 (げんかん): Entrance hall — Japanese vocabulary

玄関 is read げんかん and means "Entrance hall". JLPT N5 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

玄関

Reading
げんかん · genkan
Translation
Entrance hall
Level
JLPT N5
Pitch accent
げんかんが

Example

玄関で靴を脱ぎます。

げんかんでくつをぬぎます。

We take off our shoes at the entrance.

Kanji in this word

  • 玄 — Mysterious, Occultness, Black
  • 関 — connection

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