門もん前ぜん払ばらい

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

turning away at the door; refusing entry; shutting the door on someone

Literal refusal of a visitor at the entrance, often before they can state their business. Can be used as a noun or with する as a transitive verb.

• セールスマンは門もん前ぜん払ばらいされた。

  The salesman was turned away at the door.

• 突とつ然ぜんの訪ほう問もん者しゃを門もん前ぜん払ばらいするのは気きが引ひける。

  I feel bad about shutting the door on an unexpected visitor.

noun

rejecting out of hand; dismissing without consideration

Figurative extension: refusing a proposal, idea, or request without proper examination, as if slamming the door on it.

• 彼かれの提てい案あんは門もん前ぜん払ばらいだった。

  His proposal was rejected out of hand.

• 新あたらしいアイデアを門もん前ぜん払ばらいせず、まず聞きいてみよう。

  Let's not dismiss the new idea without consideration; let's hear it out first.

noun

being chased from a magistrate's gate (Edo-period punishment)

Historical term: the lightest punishment in the Edo period, where an offender was driven away from the magistrate's office gate. Rarely used outside historical contexts.

See also: 奉行所

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、軽かるい罪つみでは門もん前ぜん払ばらいになることがあった。

  In the Edo period, minor offenses could result in being chased away from the magistrate's gate.