Japanese word

のれん

Pronunciation

Romajinoren

Meaning

  • nounshop curtain

Example

店ののれんを毎朝出します。mise no no re n o mai asa da shi ma su

We put out the shop curtain every morning.

Illustration for のれん (shop curtain)

More examples

お客さんはのれんをくぐって店に入ります。o kyaku sa n wa no re n o ku gu tte mise ni hai ri ma su

Customers enter the shop through the curtain.

Core concept

A suspended cloth panel divides or marks a space and often identifies the shop or place behind it.

Common phrases

  • のれんを掛けるno re n o ka ke ru

    hang up the shop curtain

  • のれんをくぐるno re n o ku gu ru

    pass through the shop curtain

  • のれんを下ろすno re n o o ro su

    take down the shop curtain

Definition in Japanese

店先などに垂らして、日よけや目隠し、空間の仕切りにする布の幕。mise saki na do ni ta ra shi te hi yo ke ya me kaku shi kū kan no shi ki ri ni su ru nuno no maku

Word origin

The Sino-Japanese term 暖簾 (noren) combines 暖 (dan, "warm") and 簾 (ren, "screen"); it originally referred to a screen that kept out drafts and later came to mean a shop curtain.

Usage tips

  • A のれん (noren) commonly bears a shop name or design, making a practical curtain serve as a visible sign for the business.

Other meanings

  • partition curtainnoun

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