Definition of もんぜん
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(n) before a gate
門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む。
A saint's maid quotes Latin.
Words related to もんぜん
- (n) town originally built around a temple or shrine
- (n) turning another away at the gate or front door; refusing to receive a caller
- (n) (a house) looking deserted with few visitors
- (n) having a constant stream of visitors; being thronged with callers
- (exp) you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; a young monk outside the gate can read sutras he has never studied
