EXIT. It's the sign above the door.

What a Japanese person actually thinks
Pure signage, and unusually strong signage at that — the 出口 sign is a piece of national visual furniture. Nobody will read it as a metaphor for finding your way out of hardship.

Meaning

Literally: go out + mouth/opening
Actually: Exit. As in the illuminated green sign in every station, cinema and building in Japan.

Scores

Naturalness●●●●●

Correct.

Coolness●●●●●

There's a certain deadpan comedy in it, depending where on your body it goes.

Watch out

Nothing embarrassing lurking in here.

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活路 katsuro
a way out; the path to survival

If the idea was finding a way through, this is the real word — literally 'the road to living'. Used about escaping a desperate situation.

On skin

出口

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