もんぜんばらい

門前払い

turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; shutting the door in someone's face; refusal of admission

N5Common wordNoun
Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
turning someone away (at the front door)refusing a visitorshutting the door in someone's facerefusal of admission
Noun
rejecting without considerationdenying without substantial investigation
Noun
being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)