門前払い

Japanese
Kanji in this term
門 前 払
もん
Grade: 2		 ぜん
Grade: 2		 はら > ばら
Grade: S
on’yomi kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
門前拂い (kyūjitai)

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(もん)前(ぜん)払(ばら)い • (monzenbarai) 

  1. turning another away at the gate or front door; refusing to receive a caller
    門前払(もんぜんばら)いを食(く)わす
    monzenbarai o kuwasu
    to turn away someone at the front door

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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