Word Meaning 門前町

もんぜんちょう monzenchou

門前町 is read as もんぜんちょう (monzenchou) and means town originally built around a temple or shrine.

Meaning

English

  1. town originally built around a temple or shrine

Reading

Kana

もんぜんちょう

Romaji

monzenchou

Writing Variants

  • 門前町 もんぜんまち monzemmachi

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 8238 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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

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

鳥居前町

とりいまえまち

town that developed in front of a Shinto shrine's torii

前門

ぜんもん

front gate

かど

branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master