門

barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house

Mahjong

having only tiles of one suit and not having called any tiles (meld); having only tiles of one suit and a concealed hand

fire lit at a gate for funerals, weddings and Obon

open door policy

corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture)

Mahjong

seat wind

having a constant stream of visitors; being thronged with callers

Abbreviation; Mahjong

one's hand being completely concealed; not having called any tiles

(a house) looking deserted with few visitors; sparrow net in front of the gate

open door policy

Mahjong

one's hand being completely concealed; not having called any tiles

Mahjong

winning off a self-drawn tile while completely concealed (meld); winning off a self-drawn tile without having called any tiles

Mahjong

tiles matching one's seat wind

pharmacy right outside a doctor's office or hospital

Idiomatic expression

to be (practically) deserted; to have no visitors; to set a sparrow net in front of the gate

Derogatory

ignorance of Jōdo Shinshū practitioners (who only chant the Namu Amida Butsu and have little knowledge of other parts of Buddhism)

Historical term

Chancellery (Tang dynasty China)

Rare term

bloodline; lineage; family; clan

clashing waves; tides in narrow sea straits

waves in narrow straits

song sung door-to-door

Rare term

departure mushroom

stepping outside to cool down; cooling down outside the gate

speciality; specialty; special subject of study; area of expertise; (one's) field; (one's) major

sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on; doing exclusively; sticking to