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もんぜんのこぞう
Meanings
Expression
Abbreviation
Proverb
1. you learn, without realising it, from what is around you;
(lit.)
a shop-boy near the temple gate (will recite sutras untaught)
Alt. forms
門
もん
前
ぜん
の
小
こ
僧
ぞう
もんぜんのこぞう
Composed of
もんぜん
before the gate; in front of the gate
こぞう
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy