門前払い

門前払い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
門	前	払
もん Grade: 2	ぜん Grade: 2	はら > ばら Grade: S
on’yomi		kun’yomi

Etymology

From 門前 (monzen, “front door”) +‎ 払い (harai, “driving away”) The harai changes to barai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) もんぜんば​らい [mòńzéńbáꜜràì] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
• IPA^(key): [mõ̞nd͡zẽ̞mba̠ɾa̠i]

Noun

門前払(もんぜんばら)い • (monzenbarai) 

1. turning another away at the gate or front door; refusing to receive a caller

   門前払(もんぜんばら)いを食(く)わす

   monzenbarai o kuwasu

   to turn away someone at the front door

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN