門前払い

もんぜんばらいmonzenbarai

noun · suru verb · transitive

  1. turning someone away (at the front door)
  2. refusing a visitor
  3. shutting the door in someone's face
  4. refusal of admission
  5. rejecting without consideration
  6. denying without substantial investigation
  7. being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences