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noun
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(head priest of) temple formerly led by founder of sect, temple in which resided a member of nobility or imperial family, (head priest of) Honganji (temple in Kyoto)
expression, Godan-su verb
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to have many visitors (of a home), to be prosperous (of a shop)
Other readings:
門前市を成す【もんぜんいちをなす】
、門前市を為す【もんぜんいちをなす】
noun
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(a house) looking deserted with few visitors, sparrow net in front of the gate(yojijukugo)
expression, Godan-ru verb
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to be (practically) deserted, to have no visitors, to set a sparrow net in front of the gate(idiom )
See also:門前雀羅 (もんぜんじゃくら)
noun
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having a constant stream of visitors, being thronged with callers(yojijukugo)
expression
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you learn, without realising it, from what is around you, a shop-boy near the temple gate (will recite sutras untaught)(proverb, abbreviation)
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)
expression
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you learn, without realising it, from what is around you, a shop-boy near the temple gate will recite sutras untaught(proverb)
noun
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family clan based on the paternal line, sharing the same tomb and performing rituals together (Okinawa)
noun
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ignorance of Jōdo Shinshū practitioners (who only chant the Namu Amida Butsu and have little knowledge of other parts of Buddhism)(derogatory)