If it is broken easily with rattling sound, whether Sujigane-mon (the Iron Girder Gate) or Kinmon (a golden gate), or Nekonomon (a cat gate) which does not meow, the romon (aged gate) is hopeless.'
「がらがらぴっしゃり破られては、筋鉄門でも金門でも、にゃんとも言わぬ猫の門、これでは老門しようがない。」