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門 kanji
gate, counter for cannons
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
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On readings
モン
Kun readings
かどと
Words with 門
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —幽門狭窄pyloric stenosis
- —大砲三門three cannons
- —意味部門semantic component
- —音韻部門phonological component
- —基底部門base component
- —辞書部門lexicon
- —変形部門transformational component
- —毘沙門天Vaisravana (guardian god of Buddhism)
- —専門科目special (specialized, specialised) subject
- —専門雑誌technical journal (periodical, magazine)
- —専門分野area of expertise; (one's) field; (one's) line
- —民間部門private sector
- —関門海峡Kanmon Straits (between Honshu and Kyushu)
- —門戸開放open door policy
- —門前雀羅(a house) looking deserted with few visitors; sparrow net in front of the gate
- —専門バカignorance outside of one's own field; overspecialization; one-trick pony
- —蟄居閉門house arrest; being placed in confinement at home
- —閉門蟄居house arrest; being placed in confinement at home
- —門前成市having a constant stream of visitors; being thronged with callers
- —禁門の変Hamaguri Rebellion (1864); Kinmon incident
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