プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
のれん【▲暖×簾】
&fRoman1;〔店の垂れ布〕a (split) shop curtain (which is hung outside the entrance and has the shop's name on it)；〔室内の仕切り用の垂れ布〕a short (split) curtain hung at the entrance of a room
のれんを押し分けて中へ入る
push past a (shop) curtain and go in
&fRoman2;〔店の信用〕credit
のれんを築く
build up the good name of a store
それは店ののれんにかかわる［を汚す］
It will affect [injure] the reputation [credit/good name] of our store.
あの店は古いのれんを誇っている
It is a long-established store.
暖簾に腕押し
のれんに腕押しだ
It is like beating the air.
暖簾を下ろす
〔商売をやめる〕close down one's store；〔その日の店じまいをする〕shut up one's store
暖簾を分ける
主人は番頭にのれんを分けた
The storekeeper set his clerk up in business (, letting him use the same shop name).／The proprietor set his clerk up in business at a branch shop.