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Meanings

bamboo screen
rattan blind

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
レン
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
すだれ
Nanori — Specialized readings used in names
みす

Common Words

暖簾
のうれん
のんれん
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #27357
1

(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house

2

reputation (of a store); good name; credit

3

Business

goodwill

ょれん
Polite
Noun
Honorific
Freq #38968
1

bamboo blind

簀垂れ
(簾)
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #40333
1

bamboo screen; rattan blind

2

すだれ only

bamboo mat (for rolling sushi)

のれんに腕押し
のれんにうでおし
Expression
Freq #65328
1

Idiomatic expression

not worth doing; waste of effort

葦簀
葦簾
葭簀
Noun
Usually kana
Freq #73075
1

reed screen

れん
Noun
Freq #73402
1

Rare term; Counter

bamboo screen; rattan blind

のれん分け
のれんわけ
~する Verb
Noun
Intransitive
Freq #109310
1

helping a long-term employee to establish a branch of the same shop

縄暖簾
わのれん
Noun
Freq #128362
1

rope curtain

2

bar; pub

ばれん
Noun
Freq #129876
1

long strips of decorative paper or leather attached to a matoi

簀戸
Noun
Freq #159761
1

bamboo door; door or screen made of fine bamboo strips, allowing air to pass through

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