戸別

Reading

Kana: こべつ

Romaji: kobetsu

Definition

adj-no

1

house-to-house; door-to-door; each house

Kanji

戸

Readings: コ、 と

Meanings: door, counter for houses, door radical (no. 63)

別

Readings: ベツ、 わか.れる、 わ.ける

Meanings: separate, branch off, diverge, fork, another, extra, specially

Example Sentence

ある戸別(こべつ)訪問(ほうもん)のセールスマンがお人好(ひとよ)しの老(ろう)婦人(ふじん)を馬鹿(ばか)にして大金(たいきん)を持(も)ち逃(に)げした。

➥A certain door-to-door salesman made a fool of a trusting old lady and went off with a lot of her money.