こうもん

See also: ごうもん

Japanese edit

For pronunciation and definitions of こうもん – see the following entries.

【肛門】	[noun] (anatomy) anus

【校門】	[noun] school gate, school entrance

【黄門】

[noun] the gates of the Imperial Palace, originally painted yellow

[noun] (by extension) an infertile male

[noun] (historical) Short for 黄門侍郎 (kōmonjirō): Chinese equivalent of 中納言 (chūnagon), a middle councilor in the imperial Council of State

[noun] (historical) Short for 黄門監 (kōmonkan): Chinese equivalent of 大納言 (dainagon), a chief councilor in the imperial Council of State

[proper noun] Short for 水戸黄門 (Mito Kōmon): a nickname of Tokugawa Mitsukuni, the second daimyo of Mito Domain

【後門】	[noun] a back gate [noun] (figuratively) the anus, as a homophone for 肛門 and in contrast to 前門 (zenmon, “front gate”, figurative for vagina)

【閘門】	[noun] sluicegate, lock gate

(This term, こうもん, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 孔門, 公門, 港門.)