門もん

noun

gate; doorway

A physical gate, entrance, or doorway, often at a building, garden, or city wall.

• 寺てらの門もんをくぐる。

  I pass through the temple gate.

• 門もんの前まえに車くるまを止とめないでください。

  Please don't park in front of the gate.

noun, noun, used as a suffix

school (of thought); branch of learning

A school, sect, or tradition of learning based on the teachings of a single master. Often used as a suffix.

• 彼かれは孔こう子しの門もんに入はいった。

  He entered the school of Confucius.

• この流りゅう派ははいくつかの門もんに分わかれている。

  This school is divided into several branches.

noun, noun, used as a suffix

phylum; division (biology)

Biological taxonomic rank: phylum (animals) or division (plants).

• 脊せき椎つい動どう物ぶつ門もんには哺ほ乳にゅう類るいや鳥ちょう類るいが含ふくまれる。

  The phylum Chordata includes mammals and birds.

counter

counter for cannons

Rare counter used specifically for cannons. Not used in everyday counting.

• 城しろには十じゅう門もんの大たい砲ほうが備そなえられていた。

  The castle was equipped with ten cannons.