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    3. 門外不出

    門外不出

    門もん外がい不ふ出しゅつ

    (treasuring something by) never taking (it) off the premises

    KMT10News #37+1Noun, ParticleCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab22 strokes

    もんがいふしゅつ

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    (treasuring something by) never taking (it) off the premises
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    その秘ひ伝でんのレシピは門もん外がい不ふ出しゅつだ。

    That secret recipe is never to be taken off the premises.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsFood & Dining
    この古こ文もん書じょは、代だい々だい門もん外が不いふ出しゅつとして大たい切せつに守まもられてきた。

    This ancient document has been carefully protected for generations, never to be taken off the premises.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsHistory
    彼かれの研けん究きゅうデータは、企き業ぎょう秘ひ密みつとして厳げん重じゅうに管かん理りされ、門もん外がい不ふ出しゅつとされている。

    His research data is strictly managed as a trade secret and is considered never to be taken off the premises.

    KMT10Business & FinanceTechnology
    伝でん統とう工こう芸げいの技ぎ術じゅつは、師しから弟で子しへと口く伝でんで伝つたえられ、門もん外がい不ふ出しゅつのものが少すくなくない。

    Traditional craft techniques are passed down orally from master to apprentice, and many of them are never to be taken off the premises.

    KMT10Culture & TraditionsArt & Design
    その寺じ院いんに伝つたわる宝ほう物もつは、門もん外がい不ふ出しゅつの秘ひ宝ほうとして一いっ般ぱん公こう開かいされていない。

    The treasures passed down in that temple are not open to the public as secret treasures never to be taken off the premises.

    KMT10HistoryCulture & TraditionsReligion & Philosophy

    Kanji that make up this word

    門
    かど・と…(4)
    gate・counter for cannons
    外
    そと・ほか・はず.す・はず.れる・と-…(5)
    outside
    不
    negative・non-・bad・ugly・clumsy
    出
    で.る・-で・だ.す・-だ.す・い.でる・い.だす…(9)
    exit・leave・go out・come out・put out…(1)
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