Word Meaning 門徒

もんと monto

門徒 is read as もんと (monto) and means follower (of religion; esp. Jōdo Shinshū practitioners).

Meaning

English

follower (of religion; esp. Jōdo Shinshū practitioners)
believer

Reading

Kana

もんと

Romaji

monto

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 20049 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

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門徒物知らず

もんとものしらず

ignorance of Jōdo Shinshū practitioners (who only chant the Namu Amida Butsu and have little knowledge of other parts of Buddhism)

三門徒派

さんもんとは

Sanmonto sect (of Shin Buddhism)

門

もん

branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master

門

と

door (esp. Japanese-style)

門出

かどで

starting a new life

門前町

もんぜんまち

town originally built around a temple or shrine

門下生

もんかせい

pupil

門外漢

もんがいかん

outsider

門前

もんぜん

before the gate

門戸

もんこ

door

門下

もんか

one's pupil

門前払い

もんぜんばらい

turning another away at the gate or front door