門前払い

もんぜんばらい

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

Common word Also written 門前払

Meanings

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive
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
being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)historical term