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黒門

English translation: Black Gate

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Japanese term or phrase:黒門
English translation:Black Gate
Entered by: humbird

02:11 Jun 15, 2007
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
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Japanese term or phrase: 黒門
入り口の古木をあしらった黒門

This is talking about a Japanese inn. Is it a special name that they've given to their front gate or does it have an actual meaning?
casey
United States
Local time: 05:55
Black Gate
Explanation:
It simply means a gate that is painted black.
Tokyo University has a famous gate called Akamon (see below),

http://homepage2.nifty.com/1967oct16/a_map/akamon/

Many feudal castle has gate painted black, so a gate like Tokyo University (formerly belonged to Shogunate) Akamon is exception.
I guess the hotel in question has this gate for attraction.

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-06-15 04:04:25 GMT)
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Well I realized my answer was not addressing your question.
You said **or does it have an actual meaning?**, no probably not. I guess in your case it is just an addition to the Japanese style inn real or imagined authenticity. I don't know how long the inn is in business, but I don't believe there is any historical significance to the gate that is comparable to Todai's Akamon.
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humbird
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Thanks. I was looking for a native Japanese speaker to confirm that there was no "hidden" meaning.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Black Gate


Explanation:
It simply means a gate that is painted black.
Tokyo University has a famous gate called Akamon (see below),

http://homepage2.nifty.com/1967oct16/a_map/akamon/

Many feudal castle has gate painted black, so a gate like Tokyo University (formerly belonged to Shogunate) Akamon is exception.
I guess the hotel in question has this gate for attraction.

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Note added at 1 hr (2007-06-15 04:04:25 GMT)
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Well I realized my answer was not addressing your question.
You said **or does it have an actual meaning?**, no probably not. I guess in your case it is just an addition to the Japanese style inn real or imagined authenticity. I don't know how long the inn is in business, but I don't believe there is any historical significance to the gate that is comparable to Todai's Akamon.


humbird
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 59
Grading comment
Thanks. I was looking for a native Japanese speaker to confirm that there was no "hidden" meaning.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Minoru Kuwahara: conventionally i have never heard of Kuromon, but as it's written as such, i believe it's nothing other than Black Gate at first intuition. -
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