のれん【▲暖×簾】
I〔店の垂れ布〕a (split) shop curtain (which is hung outside the entrance and has the shop's name on it)...
のれんにうでおし【暖簾に腕押し】
のれんに腕押しだIt is like beating the air.
のれんをおろす【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
のれんをわける【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)....
