自動ドア

Japanese

Kanji in this term
自	動
じ Grade: 2	どう Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

Calque of English automatic door, equivalent to 自動 (jidō, “automatic”) +‎ ドア (doa, “door”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じどードア [jìdóó dóꜜà] (Nakadaka – [4])
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑido̞ː do̞a̠]

Noun

自(じ)動(どう)ドア • (jidō doa)

automatic door
- 1987 September 11, “‘Shinsei’ Tokugawa Bijutsukan o miru yomigaeru daimyo no kurashi [Viewing the ‘reborn’ Tokugawa Art Museum recalls the life of the feudal lord]”, in Chūnichi Shimbun, page 3:
  
  城(じょう)門(もん)が開(ひら)くように門(もん)戸(こ)がスルスルと両(りょう)側(がわ)に引(ひ)く自(じ)動(どう)ドアを通(かよ)って第(だい)一(いち)展(てん)示(じ)室(しつ)。
  Jōmon ga hiraku yō ni monko ga surusuru to ryōgawa ni hiku jidō doa o kayotte daīchi tenjishitsu.
  Opening like a castle gate, both sides of the automatic door slide apart smoothly and we pass into the first exhibition room.

Synonyms

自(じ)動(どう)扉(とびら) (jidōtobira)