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破門 (はもん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

破は門もん

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Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

expulsion (from a school or group)

Primarily used for formal expulsion of a student or member from an institution, especially in traditional arts, martial arts, or academic settings.

彼かれは素そ行こう不ふ良りょうで学がっ校こうを破は門もんされた。
He was expelled from school for misconduct.
師し匠しょうは弟で

子し

を

破は

門もん

に

し

た

。

The master expelled his disciple.

2

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

excommunication

Used in religious contexts for formal exclusion from a church or religious community; carries a strong, often irrevocable, connotation.

異い端たんの教おしえを広ひろめたため、彼かれは教きょう会かいから破は門もんされた。
He was excommunicated from the church for spreading heretical teachings.

Kanji

破rend, rip, tear
門gate, counter for cannons

Similar words

除じょ名めい
除名 is a more general term for removal from a membership list or register, often used in organizations, clubs, or political parties, without the strong disciplinary or religious overtones of 破門.
追つい放ほう
追放 means banishment or expulsion from a place or group, often with a sense of driving someone out; it can be used for political exile or social ostracism, whereas 破門 is specifically institutional or religious.

Etymology

Compound of 破 (ha, 'break, destroy') and 門 (mon, 'gate, school, sect'), literally meaning 'to break the gate' or 'to be shut out from the gate'. The term originally referred to expulsion from a Buddhist sect or a master's school, and later extended to Christian excommunication and secular institutional expulsion.