入門

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See also: 入门

Chinese

to enter
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. (入門) 入 門
simp. (入门) 入 门

Pronunciation

Verb

入門

  1. (literally) to enter a door or gate
  2. (figuratively) to learn the fundamentals

Synonyms

  • (to learn the fundamentals): 上路 (shànglù)

Noun

入門

  1. introduction to a subject; elementary course; primer
    《C++入門》／《C++入门》  ―  “sēijiājiā rùmén”  ―  Introduction to C++
  2. (literary) entrance door or gate

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
入 門
にゅう
Grade: 1 		もん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

入(にゅう)門(もん) • (nyūmon) 

  1. entering a gate
  2. becoming a student or disciple
  3. primer, guide, introduction
  4. beginning study of something

Derived terms

Verb

入(にゅう)門(もん)する • (nyūmon suru) suru (stem 入(にゅう)門(もん)し (nyūmon shi), past 入(にゅう)門(もん)した (nyūmon shita))

  1. enter a gate
  2. become a student, pupil, disciple, or apprentice of a teacher
  3. begin studying a subject or begin learning a skill

Conjugation

Conjugation of "入門する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 入門し にゅうもんし nyūmon shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 入門し にゅうもんし nyūmon shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 入門する にゅうもんする nyūmon suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 入門する にゅうもんする nyūmon suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 入門すれ にゅうもんすれ nyūmon sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 入門せよ¹
入門しろ² 		にゅうもんせよ¹
にゅうもんしろ² 		nyūmon seyo¹
nyūmon shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 入門される にゅうもんされる nyūmon sareru
Causative 入門させる
入門さす 		にゅうもんさせる
にゅうもんさす 		nyūmon saseru
nyūmon sasu
Potential 入門できる にゅうもんできる nyūmon dekiru
Volitional 入門しよう にゅうもんしよう nyūmon shiyō
Negative 入門しない にゅうもんしない nyūmon shinai
Negative continuative 入門せず にゅうもんせず nyūmon sezu
Formal 入門します にゅうもんします nyūmon shimasu
Perfective 入門した にゅうもんした nyūmon shita
Conjunctive 入門して にゅうもんして nyūmon shite
Hypothetical conditional 入門すれば にゅうもんすれば nyūmon sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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