Word Meaning 門前雀羅

もんぜんじゃくら monzenjakura

門前雀羅 is read as もんぜんじゃくら (monzenjakura) and means (a house) looking deserted with few visitors.

Meaning

English

(a house) looking deserted with few visitors
sparrow net in front of the gate

Reading

Kana

もんぜんじゃくら

Romaji

monzenjakura

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 47 Total Strokes

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Related Vocabulary

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門前雀羅を張る

もんぜんじゃくらをはる

to be (practically) deserted

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

門前の小僧

もんぜんのこぞう

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

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

雀羅

じゃくら

sparrow net