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金科玉条^☆【きんかぎょくじょうkinkagyokujou】: noun:
golden rule (basic principle ensuring success in some activity) - four character idiom ➜ 黄金律; 社員shain はha 皆mina 社長shachou のno 言gen をwo金科玉条kinkagyokujouとしているtoshiteiru。 The employees treat everything the company president says as a golden rule.
群雄割拠^☆【ぐんゆうかっきょgun'yuukakkyo】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
rivalry of local warlords; a number of powerful (talented, influential) persons standing by themselves in a given field - four character idiom
権謀術数^☆【けんぼうじゅっすうkenboujussuu】: noun:
trickery; wiles; finesse; Machiavellism - four character idiom
言語道断^☆【ごんごどうだんgongodoudan】言語道斷^old・言語同断^irr. Inflection: adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable - four character idiom; それsore はha 出来ない相談dekinaisoudan だda なna。油物aburabutsu してるshiteru 時toki にni、火hi のno 傍hata からkara 離れるhanareru のno はha言語道断gongodoudanだda。 I'm afraid I can't do that. Leaving the cooker while frying is completely out of the question.
固定観念^☆【こていかんねんkoteikannen】: noun / ~の noun:
fixed idea; idee fixe; stereotype; prejudice - four character idiom
五分五分^☆【ごぶごぶgobugobu】５分５分: noun / ~の noun:
as likely as not; 50-50; even match; tie - four character idiom; 鯨kujira がga 今世紀konseiki のno 終わりowari にni 死に絶えるshinitaeru 可能性kanousei はha五分五分gobugobuであるdearu。 As likely as not, whales will be extinct by the end of this century.
後生大事^☆【ごしょうだいじgoshoudaiji】: noun:
with religious zeal; with utmost devotion; take great care of - four character idiom; 彼女kanojo はha それsore をwo後生大事goshoudaijiにni とっておいたtotteoita。 She held on to it for dear life.
公明正大^☆【こうめいせいだいkoumeiseidai】 Inflection: adjectival noun / noun:
fairness; just and upright; aboveboard - four character idiom; 裁判saiban はha公明正大koumeiseidaiであるdearu ことkoto がga 要求youkyuu されるsareru。 Judgment requires impartiality.
綱紀粛正^☆【こうきしゅくせいkoukishukusei】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
enforcement of official discipline; tightening of discipline; eliminating corruption among government officials - four character idiom
荒唐無稽^☆【こうとうむけいkoutoumukei】 Inflection: adjectival noun / noun:
absurdity; nonsense; preposterous - four character idiom; 荒唐無稽koutoumukeiとto 皆mina にni 言われたiwareta 彼のkareno ビジネスプランBIJINESUPURAN だda けどkedo、今ima となってtonatte はha 我々wareware のno 不明fumei をwo 恥じるhajiruしshiかka ないnai のno かka ねne。 Every one of us who ridiculed his business plan as a bunch of hokum should be embarrassed we did.
三位一体^☆【さんみいったいsanmiittai】: noun / ~の noun:
the Trinity - four character idiom
三角関係^☆【さんかくかんけいsankakukankei】: noun / ~の noun:
love triangle; eternal triangle - four character idiom
四苦八苦^☆【しくはっくshikuhakku】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
being in dire distress; being hard put to it - four character idiom
the four and eight kinds of suffering - Buddhism term ➜ 四苦・八苦; ホームページHOOMUPEEJI 作りzukuri にni四苦八苦shikuhakkuしてるshiteru ようだyouda けどkedo、手伝ってtetsudatte あげようageyou かka。 You look like you're having a lot of trouble setting up that web page. Want some help?
四分五裂^☆【しぶんごれつshibungoretsu・しぶごれつshibugoretsu】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
torn asunder; disrupted and disorganized - four character idiom
四六時中^☆【しろくじちゅうshirokujichuu】: adverbial noun / noun:
around the clock; day and night - because 4 x 6 = 24 - four character idiom; ３人のno 看護婦kangofu がga四六時中shirokujichuu瀕死のhinshino 大臣daijin のno 看護kango にni 当たったatatta。 Three nurses attended the dying minister night and day.
時々刻々^☆【じじこっこくjijikokkoku・じじこくこくjijikokukoku】時時刻刻: adverb:
hourly; from one minute to the next; from hour to hour; moment by moment; with each passing moment - four character idiom
自画自賛^☆【じがじさんjigajisan】自画自讚 Inflection: noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:
singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares - four character idiom; あいつaitsu のno ことkoto をwo 好きなsukina やつyatsu はha 誰もdaremo いないinai。なぜならnazenara あいつaitsu はha いつもitsumo 自分jibun のno ことkoto をwo自画自賛jigajisanばかりbakari しているshiteiru からkara だda。 Nobody likes him, because he is always blowing his own horn.
自給自足^☆【じきゅうじそくjikyuujisoku】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
self-sufficiency - four character idiom; 世捨て人yosutebito とto なりnari 仙人sennin のno ようyou にni 山中sanchuu をwo さまよいsamayoi自給自足jikyuujisokuでde 誰dare とto もmo 接触sesshoku せse ずzu 野垂れ死にnotarejini をwo しshi ないnai 方法houhou とto はha 絶対zettai あるaru。 There is definitely a way to quit the world and live like an hermit in the mountains, being self-sufficient and without contact with anybody while not dying like a dog.
自業自得^☆【じごうじとくjigoujitoku】 Inflection: expression / adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow - four character idiom; 嘘uso ばっかりbakkari ついてるtsuiteru からkara、皆mina にni 総すかんsousukan をwo 食うkuu んn だda。自業自得jigoujitokuだda よyo。 Everyone hates you because you are lying all the time. You get what you deserve.
自己嫌悪^☆【じこけんおjikoken'o】: noun / ~の noun:
self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing - four character idiom
自然淘汰^☆【しぜんとうたshizentouta】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
natural selection - four character idiom
自分勝手^☆【じぶんかってjibunkatte・じぶんがってjibungatte】自分かって【じぶんかってjibunkatte】 Inflection: noun / adjectival noun:
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases; one's own free will - four character idiom; 自分勝手jibungatteにni するsuru つもりtsumori はha ないnai。 I don't intend to be selfish.
自暴自棄^☆【じぼうじきjiboujiki】 Inflection: adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:
desperation; despair; self-abandonment - four character idiom; 司教shikyou はha、自暴自棄jiboujikiになったninatta 移民imin たちtachi をwo 哀れんでawarende 助けtasuke をwo 与えたataeta。 The bishop felt pity for the immigrants who were abandoned, and gave them help.
自由自在^☆【じゆうじざいjiyuujizai】 Inflection: adjectival noun:
free; unrestricted; (with) complete mastery; completely in control - four character idiom; 私のwatashino 秘書hisho はha 英語eigo がga自由自在jiyuujizaiだda。 My secretary has a good command of the English language.
七不思議^☆【ななふしぎnanafushigi】: noun:
seven wonders (of a particular area) - four character idiom ➜ 世界の七不思議; 件のkenno七不思議nanafushigiのno 話hanashi。調べてshirabete きてkite くれたkureta のno でしょうdeshou？ This is about the case of the "seven mysteries". Did you investigate it?

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