Word Meaning 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 monzen no kozounarawanukyou o yomu

門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む is read as もんぜんのこぞうならわぬきょうをよむ (monzen no kozounarawanukyou o yomu) and means you learn, without realising it, from what is around you.

Meaning

English

you learn, without realising it, from what is around you
a shop-boy near the temple gate will recite sutras untaught

Reading

Kana

もんぜんのこぞうならわぬきょうをよむ

Romaji

monzen no kozounarawanukyou o yomu

Stroke Sequence

12 Characters • 80 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Rank 73858 Priority L

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

門前の小僧

もんぜんのこぞう

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

習わぬ経は読めぬ

ならわぬきょうはよめぬ

you can't do something if you don't know how to do it

門前町

もんぜんまち

town originally built around a temple or shrine

門前

もんぜん

before the gate

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

めんぜん

one's hand being completely concealed

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

小僧

こぞう

young Buddhist monk

小前提

しょうぜんてい

minor premise

Example Sentences

門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む。

A saint's maid quotes Latin.