もん
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. gate
2. branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master
when read as "もん"
3. division; phylum
when read as "もん"
Counter
4. counter for cannons
when read as "もん"
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (136 in total)
① 体系的に積み重ねられた知識のこと。またはそのような知識を蓄え、伝え、学ぶ行為。② 漢詩文、仏典、日本古典、和歌などを学ぶこと。
① 専らその分野だけに、深く携わっている仕事や学問。② 一つのことに専念すること。
gate with a crossbar
subphylum; subdivision
① 組織などで、全体を分類したそれぞれの部分。② 競技会や賞の選定、記録の比較などで、その属性などにより対象者を区分けした各群。
two-storied gate; tower gate
large front gate
① 凱旋を記念したり、凱旋の軍隊を讃えるために建てられた門。
red gate (esp. at Tokyo University)
before the gate; in front of the gate
one's pupil; one's student; one's follower
(religious) denomination; sect
camp gate; general
empress dowager
barrier; checkpoint; gateway; hurdle; obstacle; trial
① 漢字の部首「⾨」が構えであるときの呼称。
the northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; (lit.) the demon's gate; weak point; Achilles' heel
① 家柄。家格。② 物事の関係などが本来の逆になっていること。
gate lamp
gangway
Vaisravana (Buddhist deity)
follower (of religion; esp. Jōdo Shinshū practitioners); believer
front gate
gate for important persons; gate of honor
Teimon school (of haikai, founded by Matsunaga Teitoku)
study of Buddhist theory
① 学校の門のこと。
noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.
sluice gate; water gate; flood gate
north gate
outside a gate; beyond one's area of expertise
red-lacquered gate
Deva gate; temple gate guarded by fierce Deva Kings; temple gate of the Nio
① 肺臓の両側の、気管支・肺動脈・肺静脈が出入りする部位。
① 外出のため門を出ること。② 出入りする門。
beautifully decorated gate; female genitalia
thatched-roof gate (used as the entrance to a garden, esp. of a tea ceremony house)
emperor (of Japan); mikado; (the gates of an) imperial residence
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
main gate; main entrance
① 城の門。日本の城門の場合、設置される場所によって大手門、搦手門などに分類される。
large front gate
① 消化器官の末端、大便の出口。
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
back gate
south gate
pupil; student; follower
expulsion (of a pupil); excommunication; anathema
military family; warrior class
① 寺院の正門。② 。
gunport; embrasure; muzzle
disciple; pupil; follower
front gate
gatepost; pier
fellow student
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
lineage; pedigree; good family
① 牢獄の門。② 斬首された罪人の生首を、見せしめのために晒す刑罰。元来、首を晒す場所を牢獄の門の前としていたことから付いた名称。
inside the gates
large triple gate to temple
side gate; side door; service entrance
city gate
one's family; one's clan
gate of a (Shinto) shrine
gate of a (Shinto) shrine
① 毛細血管が合流した静脈が再び毛細血管網となる静脈系。特に肝門脈。
gate in the middle of the corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture); central gate (between the main gate and main hall of a temple); central gate (separating the inner and outer gardens of a teahouse)
shramana (wandering monk)
shramana (wandering monk)
powerful family
① 小さい門。
family clan based on the paternal line, sharing the same tomb and performing rituals together (Okinawa)
① 仏の説いた道。
gate of a palace
① 陣営の門。軍門。
main gate
cave entrance; tunnel
doorplate; nameplate; gate pass
Hamaguri Rebellion (1864); Kinmon incident
Zen; entering the path of Zen
priesthood; Buddhism
spiracle (respiratory pores in the body of insects)
small gate
the twelve gates of Heian's greater palace
pupil; student; follower
branch of a school
① 哺乳類の歯のうち最前に生えている歯。人間の場合上下4本づつ計8本ある。
bloodline; lineage; family; clan
head priest of temple formerly led by founder of sect
main southern gate of the Heian Palace's reception compound
sales department
style of temple gate featuring four supporting pillars and a gabled roof
main gate; front gate; latter half of the Lotus Sutra, which describes the nature of the Buddha
small gate in a mud or stone wall
imperial envoy gate; temple gate used by imperial envoy
wicket (e.g. in cricket); castle; stumps
corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
words can lead to disaster; the tongue is the root of calamities; the more you open your mouth the more likely you are to put your foot in it
tutelage
Tiananmen Square Massacre (1989); Tiananmen Square Incident
Toranomon Incident (assassination attempt on Prince Regent Hirohito; December 27, 1923)
Chordata (phylum of deuterostome animals)
superphylum
Edo-period popularized blend of Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian ethical teachings (popularised)
gate to the garden of a tea ceremony house
Echinodermata (phylum of marine invertebrates)
Platyhelminthes (phylum of flatworms)
Ctenophora (phylum comprising the comb jellies)
Nematoda (phylum of roundworms)
Chaetognatha (phylum of arrow worms)
influential family; the man in power
welcome arch
base component
Magnoliophyta (phylum of flowering plants); Angiospermae
five approaches to meditation; five objects of meditation
five gates of mindfulness: worship, praise, vows, observation, prayers for the dead
Choanozoa (phylum of protists closer to animals than to fungi)
Basidiomycota (phylum containing mushrooms, puffballs, etc.)
Ascomycota (phylum comprising the sac fungi)
Xenoturbellida (phylum of worm-like basal deuterostomes)
Hemichordata (phylum of marine deuterostomes)
Placozoa (phylum of multicellular invertebrates)
Cnidaria (phylum of marine animals)
Myxozoa (phylum of parasitic animals)
Acanthocephala (phylum of thorny-headed worms)
Amoebozoa (phylum of amoeboid protozoa)
Chlorophyta; division of green algae
Glaucophyta (phylum of freshwater microscopic algae)
Pinophyta; division comprising the conifers
gathering of excellent and capable people
Annelida (phylum of ringed worms)
Examples (48 in total)
Open the gate.
Shut the gate.
Lock the gate.