門

Meaning

門 centers on a physical gate or doorway: an entrance or opening that can be closed. The counter-for-cannons sense is a specialized historical usage treating cannons as gate-like objects.

• 専門せんもん
  N5

  speciality; specialty; special subject of study; area of expertise; (one's) field; (one's) major

• 部門ぶもん
  N1

  division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category; department

• 門もん
  N5

  gate

• 入門にゅうもん
  N3

  becoming a pupil (of); becoming a disciple; entering an institution; beginning training

• 鳴門なると

  strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; maelstrom

• 名門めいもん
  N1

  distinguished family; famous family; noble family

• 専門医せんもんい

  (medical) specialist

• 正門せいもん
  N2

  main gate; main entrance

• 門前もんぜん

  before the gate; in front of the gate

• 一門いちもん

  family; clan; kin

• 関門かんもん
  N1

  barrier; checkpoint; gateway

• 門戸もんこ

  door

• 校門こうもん

  school gate

• 門前払いもんぜんばらい

  turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; shutting the door in someone's face; refusal of admission

• 登竜門とうりゅうもん

  gateway to success

• 裏門うらもん
  N1

  back gate

• 門下もんか

  one's pupil; one's student; one's follower

• 門扉もんぴ

  door(s) of a gate

• 門松かどまつ

  New Year's pine decoration

• 門下生もんかせい

  pupil; disciple; follower

• 門外漢もんがいかん

  outsider; layman; amateur

• 板門店パンムンジョム

  Panmunjom (Korea); Panmunjeom; Joint Security Area (Korean Demilitarized Zone)

• 宗門しゅうもん

  (religious) denomination; sect

• 専門家せんもんか
  N2

  specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit

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