羅生門

Chinese

		to collect; to gather; to catch to collect; to gather; to catch; to shift; gauze	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	opening; door; gate opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; (taxonomy) phylum or division
trad. (羅生門)		羅	生	門
simp. (罗生门)		罗	生	门

Etymology

From Japanese 羅生門 (Rashōmon), name of the film Rashomon, based on Ryūnosuke Akutagawa's novel Rashōmon, which is a corrupted spelling of Rajōmon (羅城門).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luóshēngmén

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄕㄥ ㄇㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lo⁴ sang¹ mun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luóshēngmén
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˊ ㄕㄥ ㄇㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luóshengmén
    • Wade–Giles: lo²-shêng¹-mên²
    • Yale: lwó-shēng-mén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luoshengmen
    • Palladius: лошэнмэнь (lošɛnmɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ mən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lo⁴ sang¹ mun⁴
    • Yale: lòh sāng mùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lo⁴ sang¹ mun⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lo⁴ seng¹ mun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔː²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵ muːn²¹/

Noun

羅生門

1. doubtful case, controversy

Japanese

Kanji in this term
羅	生	門
ら Grade: S	しょう Grade: 1	もん Grade: 2
goon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾa̠ɕo̞ːmõ̞ɴ]
• IPA^(key): [ɾa̠se̞ːmõ̞ɴ]

Proper noun

羅(ら)生(しょう)門(もん) or 羅生門(らせいもん) • (Rashōmon or Raseimon) 

1. Alternative form of 羅城門 (“Rajōmon gate”)
2. Rashōmon, a Noh play by Kanze Nobumitsu
3. Rashomon, a 1950 film

Derived terms

• 羅生門葛(ラショウモンカズラ) (Rashōmon kazura)