Words — 52 found
1. gatekeeper; doorman; porter
もんぜんせいし
門前成市
1. having a constant stream of visitors; being thronged with callersYojijukugo (four character compound)
1. a pass allowing one through a gate
もんこと
門戸を閉ざす
1. to close the door (to); to shut the door (to); to exclude
もんぜんこぞうならきょうよ
門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む
1. you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; a shop-boy near the temple gate will recite sutras untaughtProverb
もんこは
門戸を張る
1. to keep a fine house; to put up a front; to make the front of the house nice (and be pretentious about it)
もんぜんいち
門前市をなす
1. to have many visitors (of a home); to be prosperous (of a shop)
門前市を成す 【もんぜんいちをなす】、門前市を為す 【もんぜんいちをなす】
もん
門をたたく
1. to knock at the gate
2. to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
門を叩く 【もんをたたく】
もんぜんじゃくらは
門前雀羅を張る
1. to be (practically) deserted; to have no visitors; to set a sparrow net in front of the gateIdiomatic expression, See also 門前雀羅 もんぜんじゃくら
もんぜんこぞう
門前の小僧
1. you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; a shop-boy near the temple gate (will recite sutras untaught)Proverb, Abbreviation, See also 門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む もんぜんのこぞうならわぬきょうをよむ