Japanese

Idiom

門前雀羅を張る ‎(hiragana もんぜんじゃくらをはる, romaji monzen jakura o haru)

1. Desolated is a door when no guests come knocking. Lit. To hang a net on the door and use it to catch sparrows (as no guests ever come).

References

• The Kōjien (広辞苑) Dictionary of the Japanese Language, 5th edition, Iwanami Shoten Publishing, Tokyo.