門前払い
Japanese
Kanji in this term | ||
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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
門前払い • (monzenbarai)
- turning another away at the gate or front door; refusing to receive a caller
- 門前払いを食わす
- monzenbarai o kuwasu
- to turn away someone at the front door
- 門前払いを食わす
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN