| 門前 | [もんぜん, monzen] (n) before a gate; (P) #14,903 [Add to Longdo] |
| 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, monzennokozounarawanukyouwoyomu] (exp) (id) you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; a young monk outside the gate can read sutras he has never studied [Add to Longdo] |
| 門前市をなす;門前市を成す | [もんぜんいちをなす, monzen'ichiwonasu] (exp, v5s) to have many visitors (of a home); to be prosperous (of a shop) [Add to Longdo] |
| 門前雀羅 | [もんぜんじゃくら, monzenjakura] (n) (a house) looking deserted with few visitors [Add to Longdo] |
| 門前成市 | [もんぜんせいし, monzenseishi] (n) having a constant stream of visitors; being thronged with callers [Add to Longdo] |
| 門前町 | [もんぜんまち;もんぜんちょう, monzenmachi ; monzenchou] (n) town originally built around a temple or shrine [Add to Longdo] |
| 門前払い | [もんぜんばらい, monzenbarai] (n) turning another away at the gate or front door; refusing to receive a caller; (P) [Add to Longdo] |