Word Meaning 門前清

めんぜんちん menzenchin

門前清 is read as めんぜんちん (menzenchin) and means one's hand being completely concealed.

Meaning

English

  1. one's hand being completely concealed
  2. not having called any tiles

Reading

Kana

めんぜんちん

Romaji

menzenchin

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 60293 Priority J

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

門前清自摸和

めんぜんちんつもほー

winning off a self-drawn tile while completely concealed (meld)

門清

めんちん

having only tiles of one suit and not having called any tiles (meld)

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