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)
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。
① 学校の門のこと。
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。
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。
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
① 寺院の正門。② 。
one's pupil; one's student; one's follower
gunport; embrasure; muzzle
disciple; pupil; follower
subphylum; subdivision
gatepost; pier
fellow student
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。
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
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。
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。
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
① 小さい門。
camp gate; general
family clan based on the paternal line, sharing the same tomb and performing rituals together (Okinawa)
① 仏の説いた道。
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
① 陣営の門。軍門。
empress dowager
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。
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
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。
gate for important persons; gate of honor
① 肺臓の両側の、気管支・肺動脈・肺静脈が出入りする部位。
main southern gate of the Heian Palace's reception compound
head priest of temple formerly led by founder of sect
① 外出のため門を出ること。② 出入りする門。
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
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。
Deva gate; temple gate guarded by fierce Deva Kings; temple gate of the Nio
study of Buddhist theory
① 漢字の部首「⾨」が構えであるときの呼称。
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)
① 消化器官の末端、大便の出口。
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.