Vocabulary
What does 門前払い (もんぜんばらい, monzenbarai) mean?
門前払い (もんぜんばらい, monzenbarai) means turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; shutting the door in someone's face.
| Reading | もんぜんばらい |
|---|---|
| Romaji | monzenbarai |
| Part of speech | noun, suru verb, transitive |
門前払いもんぜんばらい
monzenbarai
turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; shutting the door in someone's face
- 1noun · suru verb · transitive turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; shutting the door in someone's face
- 2noun rejecting without consideration; denying without substantial investigation
- 3noun being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)
Also written: 門前払