後門
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
| 後 | 門 |
Pronunciation
Noun
後門 (hiragana こうもん, romaji kōmon)
- a back gate
- (figuratively) the anus, as a homophone for 肛門 and in contrast to 前門 (zenmon, “front gate”, figurative for vagina)
Compounds
- 後門類 (こうもんるい, kōmonrui): Opisthogoneata, a division of phylum Arthropoda that includes the centipedes and, in some categorizations, the insects
Synonyms
- (literal and figurative): 裏門 (うらもん, uramon)
- (figuratively): 肛門 (こうもん, kōmon)
Antonyms
- (literal and figurative): 前門 (ぜんもん, zenmon)
- (literal and figurative): 表門 (おもてもん, omotemon)
- (front gate, not figurative): 正門 (せいもん, seimon)
Mandarin
| simpl. | 后门 | |
|---|---|---|
| trad. | 後門 | |
Pronunciation
- (Beijing) IPA: /xm/
Noun
後門 (traditional, Pinyin hòumén, simplified 后门)
- back door, back gate
- (figuratively) favours given by someone in authority who has connections with the individual calling it in