もん
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. gate
2. branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master
when read as "もん"
3. division; phylum
when read as "もん"
Counter
4. counter for cannons
when read as "もん"
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (136 in total)
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
gate with a crossbar
subphylum; subdivision
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
two-storied gate; tower gate
large front gate
arch of triumph; triumphal arch
red gate (esp. at Tokyo University)
before the gate; in front of the gate
one's pupil; one's student; one's follower
(religious) denomination; sect
camp gate; general
empress dowager
barrier; checkpoint; gateway; hurdle; obstacle; trial
(in the) style of a gate; gate-equipped (house, shop, etc.); kanji "gate" radical (radical 169)
the northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; (lit.) the demon's gate; weak point; Achilles' heel
degree; lineage
gate lamp
gangway
Vaisravana (Buddhist deity)
follower (of religion; esp. Jōdo Shinshū practitioners); believer
front gate
gate for important persons; gate of honor
Teimon school (of haikai, founded by Matsunaga Teitoku)
study of Buddhist theory
school gate
noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.
sluice gate; water gate; flood gate
north gate
outside a gate; beyond one's area of expertise
red-lacquered gate
Deva gate; temple gate guarded by fierce Deva Kings; temple gate of the Nio
pulmonary hilum
going out
beautifully decorated gate; female genitalia
thatched-roof gate (used as the entrance to a garden, esp. of a tea ceremony house)
emperor (of Japan); mikado; (the gates of an) imperial residence
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
main gate; main entrance
castle gate
large front gate
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
back gate
pupil; student; follower
expulsion (of a pupil); excommunication; anathema
south gate
military family; warrior class
main temple gate; temple
gunport; embrasure; muzzle
disciple; pupil; follower
front gate
gatepost; pier
fellow student
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
prison gate
inside the gates
large triple gate to temple
lineage; pedigree; good family
side gate; side door; service entrance
city gate
one's family; one's clan
gate of a (Shinto) shrine
gate of a (Shinto) shrine
portal vein
gate in the middle of the corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture); central gate (between the main gate and main hall of a temple); central gate (separating the inner and outer gardens of a teahouse)
shramana (wandering monk)
shramana (wandering monk)
powerful family
small gate; side gate; wicket gate; side door
family clan based on the paternal line, sharing the same tomb and performing rituals together (Okinawa)
Buddhism; priesthood
gate of a palace
surrender to the enemy
main gate
cave entrance; tunnel
doorplate; nameplate; gate pass
Hamaguri Rebellion (1864); Kinmon incident
Zen; entering the path of Zen
priesthood; Buddhism
spiracle (respiratory pores in the body of insects)
small gate
the twelve gates of Heian's greater palace
pupil; student; follower
branch of a school
incisor; incisive tooth
bloodline; lineage; family; clan
main southern gate of the Heian Palace's reception compound
head priest of temple formerly led by founder of sect
sales department
style of temple gate featuring four supporting pillars and a gabled roof
main gate; front gate; latter half of the Lotus Sutra, which describes the nature of the Buddha
small gate in a mud or stone wall
imperial envoy gate; temple gate used by imperial envoy
wicket (e.g. in cricket); castle; stumps
corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
words can lead to disaster; the tongue is the root of calamities; the more you open your mouth the more likely you are to put your foot in it
tutelage
Tiananmen Square Massacre (1989); Tiananmen Square Incident
Toranomon Incident (assassination attempt on Prince Regent Hirohito; December 27, 1923)
Chordata (phylum of deuterostome animals)
superphylum
Edo-period popularized blend of Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian ethical teachings (popularised)
gate to the garden of a tea ceremony house
Echinodermata (phylum of marine invertebrates)
Platyhelminthes (phylum of flatworms)
Ctenophora (phylum comprising the comb jellies)
Nematoda (phylum of roundworms)
Chaetognatha (phylum of arrow worms)
influential family; the man in power
welcome arch
base component
Magnoliophyta (phylum of flowering plants); Angiospermae
five approaches to meditation; five objects of meditation
five gates of mindfulness: worship, praise, vows, observation, prayers for the dead
Choanozoa (phylum of protists closer to animals than to fungi)
Basidiomycota (phylum containing mushrooms, puffballs, etc.)
Ascomycota (phylum comprising the sac fungi)
Xenoturbellida (phylum of worm-like basal deuterostomes)
Hemichordata (phylum of marine deuterostomes)
Placozoa (phylum of multicellular invertebrates)
Cnidaria (phylum of marine animals)
Myxozoa (phylum of parasitic animals)
Acanthocephala (phylum of thorny-headed worms)
Amoebozoa (phylum of amoeboid protozoa)
Chlorophyta; division of green algae
Glaucophyta (phylum of freshwater microscopic algae)
Pinophyta; division comprising the conifers
gathering of excellent and capable people
Annelida (phylum of ringed worms)
Examples (48 in total)
Open the gate.
Shut the gate.
Lock the gate.