Results, #yoji
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- 四六時中☆【しろくじちゅう】
adverbial noun / noun:
- around the clock; day and night - because 4 x 6 = 24 - four character idiom
3人の看護婦が四六時中瀕死の大臣の看護に当たった。 Three nurses attended the dying minister night and day.
- 時々刻々☆【じじこっこく・じじこくこく】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】自画自讚 Inflection
noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:
- singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares - four character idiom
あいつのことを好きなやつは誰もいない。なぜならあいつはいつも自分のことを自画自賛ばかりしているからだ。 Nobody likes him, because he is always blowing his own horn.
- 自給自足☆【じきゅうじそく】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- self-sufficiency - four character idiom
世捨て人となり仙人のように山中をさまよい自給自足で誰とも接触せず野垂れ死にをしない方法とは絶対ある。 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】 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
嘘ばっかりついてるから、皆に総すかんを食うんだ。自業自得だよ。 Everyone hates you because you are lying all the time. You get what you deserve.
- 自分勝手☆【じぶんかって・じぶんがって】自分かって【じぶんかって】 Inflection
noun / adjectival noun:
- selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases; one's own free will - four character idiom
- 自暴自棄☆【じぼうじき】 Inflection
adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:
- desperation; despair; self-abandonment - four character idiom
司教は、自暴自棄になった移民たちを哀れんで助けを与えた。 The bishop felt pity for the immigrants who were abandoned, and gave them help.
- 自由自在☆【じゆうじざい】 Inflection
adjectival noun:
- free; unrestricted; (with) complete mastery; completely in control - four character idiom
私の秘書は英語が自由自在だ。 My secretary has a good command of the English language.
- 七不思議☆【ななふしぎ】
noun:
- seven wonders (of a particular area) - four character idiom ➜ 世界の七不思議
件の七不思議の話。調べてきてくれたのでしょう? This is about the case of the "seven mysteries". Did you investigate it?
- 弱肉強食☆【じゃくにくきょうしょく】
noun:
- survival of the fittest; the law of the jungle; the weak are meat the strong do eat [literal] - four character idiom
弱肉強食。 The weak are food for the strong.
- 十人十色☆【じゅうにんといろ】
noun:
- several men, several minds; everyone has his own ideas and tastes; everyone has his own interests and ideas; different strokes for different folks - colloquialism - four character idiom
十人十色。 Ask ten people, get ten answers.
- 縦横無尽☆【じゅうおうむじん】 Inflection
adjectival noun / noun:
- freely; right and left; as one pleases - four character idiom
- 上昇気流☆【じょうしょうきりゅう】
noun:
- ascending air current; updraft - four character idiom
- upward trend; rise in popularity, influence, etc.
- 情状酌量☆【じょうじょうしゃくりょう】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- taking the extenuating circumstances into consideration - four character idiom
男は情状酌量を求めたが、犯した罪に対して20年の懲役刑が言い渡された。 The man pleaded for mercy, but he was sentenced to twenty years in prison for his crime.
- 生殺与奪☆【せいさつよだつ】
noun:
- (having) life-and-death power (over) - four character idiom
あのボスに俺たちの生殺与奪の権を握られているとはね。悲しくなっちゃうよ。 I get depressed thinking that a guy like our boss can have ultimate power over us.
- 責任転嫁☆【せきにんてんか】
noun:
- shift the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); pass the buck - four character idiom
- 切磋琢磨☆【せっさたくま】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- cultivating one's character by studying hard; diligent application - four character idiom
- mutual encouragement (to improve) - four character idiom
君の実力なら楽勝だとは思うが、それに驕らず、まずはクラスのみんなと切磋琢磨していって欲しい。 With your ability it should be a doddle, but please don't be prideful of that but first apply yourself dilligently with everyone in your class.
- 千差万別☆【せんさばんべつ・せんさまんべつ】 Inflection
adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:
- an infinite variety of; multifarious; being extremely varied and wide-ranging - four character idiom
一口に英会話教材といっても、千差万別だ。 They all get lumped together as English texts. But in fact these books are extremely varied and wide-ranging.
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