シャッター

シャッター · shattaa · JLPT N2 · noun

shutter

🚪 シャッター = shut + -er: a thing that shuts, like a store's roll-down door

Its sound 'sha-tta' echoes English 'shatter', loosely hinting at a sharp, fast closing. Shops in Japan use it for rolling steel doors over storefronts.

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