門戸を張る
もんこをはる
- to keep a fine house; to put up a front; to make the front of the house nice (and be pretentious about it) exp v5r
Kanji
門
モン
かど • と
gate; counter for cannons
戸
コ
と
door; counter for houses; door radical (no. 63)
張
チョウ
は.る • -は.り • -ば.り
counter for bows & stringed instruments; stretch; spread; put up (tent)