門前成市

もんぜんせいし

having a constant stream of visitors, being thronged with callers

門前

メンゼン もんぜん

before a gate

前門

ぜんもん

front gate

市門

しもん

city gate

門前町

もんぜんまち もんぜんちょう もんぜまち

town originally built around a temple or shrine

門前清

メンゼンチン

not having called any tiles

前を隠す

まえをかくす

to cover one's private parts

門前雀羅を張る

もんぜんじゃくらをはる

to be (practically) deserted; to have no visitors; to set a sparrow net in front of the gate

門前払い

もんぜんばらい

turning another away at the gate or front door, refusing to receive a caller

門前薬局

もんぜんやっきょく

pharmacy right outside a doctor's office or hospital

門前雀羅

もんぜんじゃくら

(a house) looking deserted with few visitors

市を成す

いちをなす しをなす

to form a crowd, to have a crowd of people

門前の小僧

もんぜんのこぞう

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

前門の虎後門の狼

ぜんもんのとらこうもんのおおかみ

between the devil and the deep sea, out of the frying pan into the fire

後門の虎前門の狼

こうもんのとらぜんもんのおおかみ

between the devil and the deep sea, out of the frying pan into the fire

門戸を閉ざす

もんこをとざす

to exclude, to close the door to

門前清自摸和

メンゼンチンツモホー

winning off a self-drawn tile without having called any tiles

前を開く

まえをひらく

to show one's privates

前を失礼します

まえをしつれいします

excuse me (when passing in front of somebody)