門前払い

もんぜんばらい

Also written 門前払

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Transitive turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; shutting the door in someone's face; refusal of admission
2. Noun rejecting without consideration; denying without substantial investigation
3. being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period) See also: 奉行所 (ぶぎょうしょ).

Kanji

• 門 gate. Read as モン.
• 前 front. Read as ゼン.
• 払 pay. Read as はらい.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists