Word Meaning 門前

もんぜん monzen

門前 is read as もんぜん (monzen) and means before the gate.

Meaning

English

before the gate
in front of the gate

Reading

Kana

もんぜん

Romaji

monzen

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 11789 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

門前町

もんぜんちょう

town originally built around a temple or shrine

門前払い

もんぜんばらい

turning another away at the gate or front door

門前市をなす

もんぜんいちをなす

to have many visitors (of a home)

門前成市

もんぜんせいし

having a constant stream of visitors

門前薬局

もんぜんやっきょく

pharmacy right outside a doctor's office or hospital

門前清

めんぜんちん

one's hand being completely concealed

門前の小僧

もんぜんのこぞう

you learn, without realising it, from what is around you

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

you learn, without realising it, from what is around you

前門

ぜんもん

front gate

門

かど

branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master

門

もん

branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master

門

と

door (esp. Japanese-style)

Example Sentences

2時半に正門前で会おう。

Let's meet in front of the main gate at 2:30.

門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む。

A saint's maid quotes Latin.

正門前には、まだ人の姿もない。

There isn't anybody in front of the main gate yet.

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