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    前門

    前ぜん門もん

    front gate

    KMT10News #47+1NounHome & HousingKanji Vocab17 strokes

    ぜんもん

    Noun

    1.
    front gate

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    家いえの前ぜん門もんを開あけた。

    I opened the front gate of the house.

    KMT6Home & HousingDaily Life
    その寺じ院いんは立りっ派ぱな前ぜん門もんを持もっている。

    That temple has a magnificent front gate.

    KMT10Home & HousingCulture & Traditions
    前ぜん門もんの虎とら、後こう門もんの狼おおかみという故こ事じ成せい語ごは、進しん退たい窮きゅうまる状じょう況きょうを表あらわす。

    The idiom "a tiger at the front gate, a wolf at the back gate" describes a situation where one is in a dilemma.

    KMT10LiteratureCulture & Traditions
    彼かれの家いえは、美うつくしい庭にわと大おおきな前ぜん門もんが特とく徴ちょうだ。

    His house is characterized by a beautiful garden and a large front gate.

    KMT10Home & HousingNature & Environment
    城しろの前ぜん門もんは、敵てきの侵しん入にゅうを防ふせぐために堅けん固ごに作つくられていた。

    The castle's front gate was solidly built to prevent enemy invasion.

    KMT10Home & HousingHistoryMilitary

    Kanji that make up this word

    前
    まえ・-まえ…(4)
    in front・before
    門
    かど・と…(4)
    gate・counter for cannons
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