門前雀羅を張る
Japanese
editKanji in this term | ||||
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門 | 前 | 雀 | 羅 | 張 |
もん Grade: 2 |
ぜん Grade: 2 |
じゃく Jinmeiyō |
ら Grade: S |
は Grade: 5 |
on'yomi | kun'yomi |
Etymology
edit- From Literary Chinese 門可羅雀 (ménkěluóquè).
Idiom
edit門前雀羅を張る • (monzen jakura o haru)
- Desolated is a door when no guests come knocking. Lit. To hang a net on the door and use it to catch sparrows (as no guests ever come).
References
edit- The Kōjien (広辞苑) Dictionary of the Japanese Language, 5th edition, Iwanami Shoten Publishing, Tokyo.
Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 門 read as もん
- Japanese terms spelled with 前 read as ぜん
- Japanese terms spelled with 雀 read as じゃく
- Japanese terms spelled with 羅 read as ら
- Japanese terms spelled with 張 read as は
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- Japanese lemmas
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- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
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