もんぜんばらい
門前払い
N5Common wordNoun
Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
turning someone away (at the front door)•refusing a visitor•shutting the door in someone's face•refusal of admission
Noun
rejecting without consideration•denying without substantial investigation
Noun
being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)