Word Meaning 門前市をなす

もんぜんいちをなす monzenichionasu

門前市をなす is read as もんぜんいちをなす (monzenichionasu) and means to have many visitors (of a home).

Meaning

English

to have many visitors (of a home)
to be prosperous (of a shop)

Reading

Kana

もんぜんいちをなす

Romaji

monzenichionasu

Writing Variants

門前市を為す もんぜんいちをなす monzenichi o nasu
門前市を成す もんぜんいちをなす monzenichi o nasu

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 31 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Proverb ✓ Rank 32309 Priority F

Related Vocabulary

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門前成市

もんぜんせいし

having a constant stream of visitors

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

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

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

市門

しもん

city gate

門

もん

branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master