門もん前ぜんの小こ僧ぞう

expression

you learn, without realising it, from what is around you

Proverb; abbreviation of 門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む. Used to express that constant exposure leads to learning, even without formal study.

See also: 門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む (もんぜんのこぞうならわぬきょうをよむ)

• 彼かれは毎まい日にちパソコンを触さわっているうちに、門もん前ぜんの小こ僧ぞうでプログラミングができるようになった。

  By using the computer every day, he picked up programming without realizing it, just like the shop-boy near the temple gate.