出口 Exit

Meaning

Primary

Exit

Word Type

noun

Explanation

The mouth you exit out of is just a doorway (I hope), but an easier way to describe this word or concept is to call it an exit.

Reading

でぐち

Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. 出口 is an exception to this rule, however, and uses its kun'yomi readings. There's no particular reason why this is, but oftentimes a "body part" word (like mouth) changes a word to use kun'yomi readings instead of on'yomi ones. You already know the kun'yomi reading for 口 (くち) from learning the vocab, but to remember the reading for 出 you can think the following:

If I exit out this mouth, I'll end up in the ocean (you were swallowed by a whale) and I will surely end up dead (で).

Also keep in mind that because of rendaku, くち becomes ぐち.

Context

Common Word Combinations

• 出口に〜

  出口にむかう

  to head for the exit

  出口にいる

  to be at the exit

  出口にある

  to be at the exit

• 出口を〜

  出口を出る

  to leave by the exit

  出口をふさぐ

  to block the exit

  出口をさがす

  to look for the exit

• 〜の出口

  ホースの出口

  the end of a hose

  インターの出口

  interchange exit

  トンネルの出口

  tunnel exit

Context Sentences

そこは出口ではありません。

That is not an exit.

出口はあちらです。

The exit is over there.

このトイレ、出口がないよ。

This bathroom doesn't have an exit.

Kanji Composition

1. 出

   しゅつ Exit
2. 口

   こう Mouth