Word Meaning 門をたたく

もんをたたく monotataku

門をたたく is read as もんをたたく (monotataku) and means to knock at the gate.

Meaning

English

to knock at the gate
to request an apprenticeship
to ask to be made a pupil

Reading

Kana

もんをたたく

Romaji

monotataku

Writing Variants

門を叩く もんをたたく mon o tataku

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Proverb ✓ Rank 66150 Priority K

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

門戸を開く

もんこをひらく

to open the door (to the world, women, etc.)

門

かど

branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master

門

もん

branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master

門前町

もんぜんちょう

town originally built around a temple or shrine

門前払い

もんぜんばらい

turning another away at the gate or front door

Example Sentences

求めよ、さらば与へられん。尋ねよ、さらば見出さん。門を叩け、さらば開かれん。すべて求むる者は得、たづぬる者は見いだし、門をたたく者は開かるるなり。

Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you; for every one who is asking doth receive, and he who is seeking doth find, and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.