茅かや門もん

noun

thatched-roof gate

A gate with a thatched roof, typically used as an entrance to a garden, especially for a tea ceremony house. The reading is かやもん.

• 茶ちゃ室しつの庭にわには茅かや門もんが設もうけられている。

  A thatched-roof gate is installed at the entrance to the tea ceremony garden.

noun

my humble home

Only when written 茅門 · Only with reading ぼうもん

Humble expression for one's own home. Used with the reading ぼうもん and the kanji 茅門. Rare and literary; in modern speech, 拙宅 (せったく) is more common.

• どうぞ茅ぼう門もんへお越こしください。

  Please come to my humble home.