門前

もんぜん

Meanings

1. Noun before the gate; in front of the gate

Kanji

• 門 gate. Read as モン.
• 前 front. Read as ゼン.

Example sentences

• 門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む。
  A saint's maid quotes Latin.

Common phrases

• 門前にある

Words containing 門前

• 門前払い (もんぜんばらい) turning someone away (at the front door)
• 門前町 (もんぜんちょう) town originally built around a temple or shrine
• 門前雀羅 (もんぜんじゃくら) (a house) looking deserted with few visitors

And 6 more.

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