"前門" meaning in Japanese

See 前門 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [d͡zẽ̞mːõ̞ɴ] Forms: 前門 [canonical] (ruby: 前(ぜん), 門(もん)), zenmon [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|ぜんもん}} 前(ぜん)門(もん) • (zenmon)
  1. a front gate Synonyms (front gate, not figurative): 正門 (seimon) (ruby: 正門(せいもん))
    Sense id: en-前門-ja-noun-zIc5RcyE Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms read with on'yomi, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 20 31 34 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 30 35 16 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 57 43 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 64 36 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with on'yomi: 45 55 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 48 52 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 57 43 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 62 38 Disambiguation of 'front gate, not figurative': 84 16
  2. (figuratively) the vagina, in contrast to 後門 (kōmon, “back gate”, figurative for anus) Tags: figuratively Synonyms (literal and figurative): 表門 (omotemon) (ruby: 表門(おもてもん))
    Sense id: en-前門-ja-noun-GZRbibif Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese terms read with on'yomi, Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 20 31 34 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 30 35 16 Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with on'yomi: 45 55 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'literal and figurative': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 前門に虎を防ぎ後門に狼を進む: "blocking a tiger at the front gate (zenmon ni tora o fusegi kōmon ni ōkami o susumu), [but] letting a wolf proceed at the back gate" → caught between the devil and the deep blue sea, 前門の虎、後門の狼: "tiger at the front gate (zenmon no tora, kōmon no ōkami), wolf at the back gate" → caught between the devil and the deep blue sea 
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          "後門",
          "こうもん"
        ]
      ],
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      "word": "後門"
    },
    {
      "roman": "uramon",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "裏門",
          "うらもん"
        ]
      ],
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "前門",
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          "前",
          "ぜん"
        ],
        [
          "門",
          "もん"
        ]
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "zenmon ni tora o fusegi kōmon ni ōkami o susumu",
      "word": "前門に虎を防ぎ後門に狼を進む: \"blocking a tiger at the front gate"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "[but] letting a wolf proceed at the back gate\" → caught between the devil and the deep blue sea"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "zenmon no tora, kōmon no ōkami",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
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        [
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        [
          "後門",
          "後門#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "back",
          "back"
        ],
        [
          "anus",
          "anus#English"
        ]
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡zẽ̞mːõ̞ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "前門"
}

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    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 前 read as ぜん",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 門 read as もん",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent",
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      "form": "前門",
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          "門",
          "もん"
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "zenmon ni tora o fusegi kōmon ni ōkami o susumu",
      "word": "前門に虎を防ぎ後門に狼を進む: \"blocking a tiger at the front gate"
    },
    {
      "word": "[but] letting a wolf proceed at the back gate\" → caught between the devil and the deep blue sea"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zenmon no tora, kōmon no ōkami",
      "word": "前門の虎、後門の狼: \"tiger at the front gate"
    },
    {
      "word": "wolf at the back gate\" → caught between the devil and the deep blue sea"
    }
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        "a front gate"
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          "front",
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        [
          "gate",
          "gate"
        ]
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    },
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        "the vagina, in contrast to 後門 (kōmon, “back gate”, figurative for anus)"
      ],
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          "vagina",
          "vagina"
        ],
        [
          "後門",
          "後門#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "back",
          "back"
        ],
        [
          "anus",
          "anus#English"
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        "(figuratively) the vagina, in contrast to 後門 (kōmon, “back gate”, figurative for anus)"
      ],
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        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[d͡zẽ̞mːõ̞ɴ]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "seimon",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "正門",
          "せいもん"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "front gate, not figurative",
      "word": "正門"
    },
    {
      "roman": "omotemon",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "表門",
          "おもてもん"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "literal and figurative",
      "word": "表門"
    }
  ],
  "word": "前門"
}

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