Search Results "門前の小僧" – Japanese Vocabulary

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門前の小僧

you learn; without realising it; from what is around you; a young monk outside the gate; you learn; without realising it; from what is around you; a shop-boy near the temple gate

Suggestion

門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む

you learn; without realising it; from what is around you; a young monk outside the gate can read sutras he has never studied; you learn; without realising it; from what is around you; a shop-boy near the temple gate will recite sutras untaught

僧門

priesthood; buddhism

小僧

youngster; young buddhist priest; young shopboy; errand boy; apprentice; youngster; boy; kid; brat; young buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy; apprentice

小便小僧

manneken pis ; petit julien

門前

before a gate; not having called any tiles; one's hand being completely concealed; before the gate; in front of the gate; one's hand being completely concealed; not having called any tiles

Word Details

門前の小僧

「もんぜんのこぞう」

expression

you learn, without realising it, from what is around you, a young monk outside the gate (can read sutras he has never studied)

you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; a shop-boy near the temple gate (will recite sutras untaught)

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門前の小僧

Suggestion

門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む

僧門

小僧

小便小僧

門前

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