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])
• IPA^(key): [o̞ɾʲido̞]

Noun

折(おり)戸(ど) • (orido) 

1. folding door
   • 1906, Natsume Sōseki, Botchan‎^[1]:
     :

     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.