[ちゅうもん, chuumon] (n) (1) (See 寝殿造り, 対の屋, 釣り殿) gate in the middle of the corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture); (2) central gate (between the main gate and main hall of a temple); (3) central gate (separating the inner and outer gardens of a teahouse)