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

Meaning

nvsvt
turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; shutting the door in someone's face; refusal of admission
n
rejecting without consideration; denying without substantial investigation
n
being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)