Search: "門前の小僧"

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

1. turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor

2. rejecting without consideration; denying without substantial investigation

3. being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)

1. youngster; boy

2. young Buddhist monk; young bonze

3. young shop-boy; errand boy

1. before the gate; in front of the gate

1. If turned away at the door; If rejected at the entrance

1. Wasn't turned away at the door.; Wasn't refused entry.

1. Wasn't turned away.; Wasn't refused entry.

1. Probably rejected.; Probably turned away.

1. Not turned away at the door.; Not refused entry.

1. Not turned away at the door.; Not refused entry.