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"
Kanji used
gate
Pitch accent
Top 1700
Used in vocabulary (143 in total)
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
school gate
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
main gate; main entrance
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.
large front gate
large front gate
before the gate; in front of the gate
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
barrier; checkpoint; gateway; hurdle; obstacle; trial
sluice gate; water gate; flood gate
emperor (of Japan); mikado; (the gates of an) imperial residence
the northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; (lit.) the demon's gate; weak point; Achilles' heel
pupil; student; follower
expulsion (of a pupil); excommunication; anathema
military family; warrior class
main temple gate; temple
one's pupil; one's student; one's follower
gunport; embrasure; muzzle
disciple; pupil; follower
subphylum; subdivision
gatepost; pier
fellow student
prison gate
outside a gate; beyond one's area of expertise
inside the gates
large triple gate to temple
lineage; pedigree; good family
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
side gate; side door; service entrance
city gate
one's family; one's clan
gate of a (Shinto) shrine
gate of a (Shinto) shrine
arch of triumph; triumphal arch
follower (of religion; esp. Jōdo Shinshū practitioners); believer
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)
red-lacquered gate
(religious) denomination; sect
shramana (wandering monk)
shramana (wandering monk)
powerful family
small gate; side gate; wicket gate; side door
camp gate; general
family clan based on the paternal line, sharing the same tomb and performing rituals together (Okinawa)
Buddhism; priesthood
two-storied gate; tower gate
gate of a palace
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
surrender to the enemy
empress dowager
degree; lineage
cave entrance; tunnel
Hamaguri Rebellion (1864); Kinmon incident
doorplate; nameplate; gate pass
Deva gate; temple gate guarded by fierce Deva Kings; temple gate of the Nio
red gate (esp. at Tokyo University)
Zen; entering the path of Zen
priesthood; Buddhism
gate with a crossbar
spiracle (respiratory pores in the body of insects)
the twelve gates of Heian's greater palace
pupil; student; follower
branch of a school
bloodline; lineage; family; clan
incisor; incisive tooth
gate for important persons; gate of honor
pulmonary hilum
main southern gate of the Heian Palace's reception compound
head priest of temple formerly led by founder of sect
style of temple gate featuring four supporting pillars and a gabled roof
Teimon school (of haikai, founded by Matsunaga Teitoku)
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
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
Deva gate; temple gate guarded by fierce Deva Kings; temple gate of the Nio
study of Buddhist theory
(in the) style of a gate; gate-equipped (house, shop, etc.); kanji "gate" radical (radical 169)
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)
beautifully decorated gate; female genitalia
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
Tiananmen Square Massacre (1989); Tiananmen Square Incident
Toranomon Incident (assassination attempt on Prince Regent Hirohito; December 27, 1923)
Chordata (phylum of deuterostome animals)
Vaisravana (Buddhist deity)
thatched-roof gate (used as the entrance to a garden, esp. of a tea ceremony house); my home
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
Nematoda (phylum of roundworms)
Edo-period popularized blend of Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian ethical teachings (popularised)
Platyhelminthes (phylum of flatworms)
Ctenophora (phylum comprising the comb jellies)
Chaetognatha (phylum of arrow worms)
Echinodermata (phylum of marine invertebrates)
gate to the garden of a tea ceremony house
thatched-roof gate (used as the entrance to a garden, esp. of a tea ceremony house)
Toranomon Incident (assassination attempt on Prince Regent Hirohito; December 27, 1923)
Amoebozoa (phylum of amoeboid protozoa)
Ascomycota (phylum comprising the sac fungi)
Magnoliophyta (phylum of flowering plants); Angiospermae
Pinophyta; division comprising the conifers
Acanthocephala (phylum of thorny-headed worms)
Basidiomycota (phylum containing mushrooms, puffballs, etc.)
Annelida (phylum of ringed worms)
Hemichordata (phylum of marine deuterostomes)
Placozoa (phylum of multicellular invertebrates)
Ascomycota (phylum comprising the sac fungi)
Cnidaria (phylum of marine animals)
Glaucophyta (phylum of freshwater microscopic algae)
Chlorophyta; division of green algae
influential family; the man in power
five gates of mindfulness: worship, praise, vows, observation, prayers for the dead
Myxozoa (phylum of parasitic animals)
five approaches to meditation; five objects of meditation
gathering of excellent and capable people
Xenoturbellida (phylum of worm-like basal deuterostomes)
Choanozoa (phylum of protists closer to animals than to fungi)
five approaches to meditation; five objects of meditation
Examples (48 in total)
Open the gate.
Shut the gate.
Lock the gate.