Results, #idiom
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- 左顧右眄【さこうべん】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- looking right and left or all about; vacillation - four character idiom
- 祭政一致【さいせいいっち】
noun:
- unity of church and state; theocracy - four character idiom
- 炎熱地獄【えんねつじごく】
noun:
- flames of hell - four character idiom - Buddhism term
- 艶笑小話【えんしょうこばなし】
noun:
- amorous anecdote - four character idiom
- 気随気儘【きずいきまま】
noun:
- as one pleases - four character idiom
- 乞食根性【こじきこんじょう】
noun:
- mercenary spirit; greed; avarice; base nature - four character idiom
貧乏するとこじき根性がでる。 When a man becomes poor, the beggar in him will come out.
- 愛別離苦【あいべつりく】
noun:
- the pain of separation from loved ones - four character idiom - Buddhism term
- 内柔外剛【ないじゅうがいごう】
noun:
- tough on the outside but soft at heart - four character idiom
- 任意同行【にんいどうこう】
noun:
- going along voluntarily to be questioned by law officers - four character idiom
- 心的状態【しんてきじょうたい】
noun:
- one's mental state - four character idiom
- 祥月命日【しょうつきめいにち】
noun:
- anniversary of a person's death - four character idiom
- 栄耀栄華【えいようえいが・えようえいが】榮耀榮華old
noun:
- wealth, prosperity, and arrogant splendor (splendour); (living sumptuously) intoxicated by wealth and power; luxury - four character idiom
- 桜花爛漫【おうからんまん】
noun:
- riot of cherry blossoms - four character idiom
- 起承転結【きしょうてんけつ】
noun:
- introduction, development, turn and conclusion (quadripartite structure of certain Chinese poetry) - four character idiom
- story composition and development
- 理路整然【りろせいぜん】
noun:
- logical; cogent; well-reasoned - four character idiom
- 裏面工作【りめんこうさく】
noun:
- string-pulling; backstage manoeuvering (maneuvering) - four character idiom
彼らは裏面工作をしている。 They are maneuvering behind the scene.
- 表敬訪問【ひょうけいほうもん】
noun:
- courtesy call - four character idiom
- 贅沢三昧【ぜいたくざんまい】
noun:
- indulging in every possible luxury - four character idiom
- 花嫁御寮【はなよめごりょう】
noun:
- (respectful term for a) bride - four character idiom
- 花魁道中【おいらんどうちゅう】
noun:
- procession of courtesans - four character idiom
- 根気仕事【こんきしごと】
noun:
- laborious task - four character idiom
- 眼高手低【がんこうしゅてい】
noun:
- able to criticize but not to create (criticise) - four character idiom
- 品行方正【ひんこうほうせい】 Inflection
adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:
- irreproachable conduct; good conduct; high morals - four character idiom
勤勉と品行方正とが彼にその奨学金を受けさせた。 His diligence and good conduct earned him the scholarship.
- 越権行為【えっけんこうい】
noun:
- exceeding one's authority; abusing one's legal authority; ultra vires activities - four character idiom
それは越権行為だ。 You are abusing your authority.
- 外様大名【とざまだいみょう】
noun:
- non-Tokugawa daimyo - four character idiom