"genkan" meaning in All languages combined

See genkan on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: [ˈɡɛŋkɑn] Forms: genkans [plural], genkan [plural]
Etymology: From Japanese 玄関(げんかん) (genkan), from Middle Chinese 玄關 (MC hwen kwaen, literally “front door”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|-}} Japanese, {{ja-r|玄関|げんかん}} 玄関(げんかん) (genkan), {{der|en|ltc|-}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|玄關||entrance to Buddhist knowledge|lit=front door}} 玄關 (MC hwen kwaen, literally “front door”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|genkan}} genkan (plural genkans or genkan)
  1. The entryway to a Japanese house, where street shoes are removed and houseshoes put on before entering the house, and houseshoes removed and street shoes put on before leaving the house. Wikipedia link: genkan

Romanization [Japanese]

Head templates: {{head|ja|romanization|head=|sc=Latn}} genkan
  1. Rōmaji transcription of げんかん Tags: Rōmaji, alt-of, romanization Alternative form of: げんかん

Inflected forms

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