訪問

ほうもん · houmon · JLPT N3 · noun

visit

🚪🏠 訪問 = seek out + ask at the gate: calling on someone

訪 joins 言 (words) and 方 (direction): you go somewhere to talk to someone. 問 is a 口 (mouth) inside a 門 (gate), someone asking at the door. Together they mean calling on someone, as in 家庭訪問 (home visit).

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