Meaning

Primary

Screen Door

Alternative

Window Screen

Word Type

noun

Explanation

A net door is a screen door, or a window screen. Makes sense, right? It's basically a mesh net made into a door or window, letting air in while keeping bugs out!

Reading

あみど
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

You learned the kun'yomi for 網 when you learned it as a vocabulary word. Take that reading, add the 戸 reading with rendaku, and you have yourself あみど.

Context

Pattern of Use

Common Word Combinations

  • 網戸を開ける

    to open a screen door

    網戸を閉める

    to close a screen door

    網戸を設置する

    to install a screen door

    網戸を取り付ける

    to attach a screen door

    網戸を張り替える

    to replace a screen

    網戸を掃除する

    to clean a screen door

Context Sentences

網戸をちゃんと閉めないと虫が入るよ!

If you don't close the screen properly, bugs will get in!

あの古い網戸は本当に気持ち悪いね。

That old screen door is so gross.

庄司は網戸が破れているのに気がついた。

Shoji noticed that the window screen was torn.

最後に見たのは、網戸越しの静かな夜だった。

The last thing I saw was a quiet night beyond the window screen.

Kanji Composition