Results, #yoji
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- 単刀直入☆【たんとうちょくにゅう】短刀直入irr. Inflection
adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:
- straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct - four character idiom
- 朝令暮改☆【ちょうれいぼかい】
noun:
- an unsettled course of action; (orders or laws) being revised often with no guiding principles - four character idiom
うちの上司ときたら、朝令暮改なんだから、仕事がちっとも進まないよ。 When it comes to my supervisor, he's very inconsistent, so we never get any work done.
- 適材適所☆【てきざいてきしょ】
expression / noun:
- the right person in the right place - four character idiom
適材適所。あいつはコンピューターをいじくっていた方が生き生きしているよな。 He's definitely the right guy for the job. Let him fiddle with a computer and he perks right up.
- 天変地異☆【てんぺんちい】
noun:
- natural disaster; cataclysm - four character idiom
戦争は決して地震や津波のような天変地異ではない。何の音沙汰もなく突然やってくるものではない。 War is not a natural disaster like an earthquake or a tsunami. It does not come without warning.
- 東奔西走☆【とうほんせいそう】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- busying oneself about (something); being on the move; bestirring oneself; on the go; taking an active interest - four character idiom
今日は借金の工面で東奔西走した。 I was on the go all day today looking for a loan.
- 独り相撲【ひとりずもう】一人相撲☆
expression:
- fighting (tilting at) windmills; working oneself up even though there really isn't anything to fight at - four character idiom
- single-person mimicking a wrestling match
- 二律背反☆【にりつはいはん】
noun:
- antinomy; self-contradiction - four character idiom
- either-or situation; choice between mutually exclusive alternatives - colloquialism
- 日進月歩☆【にっしんげっぽ】
noun / ~の noun:
- steady progress; rapid advance - four character idiom
インターネットのテクノロジーは日進月歩、いや、秒進分歩で進歩している。 Day by day and month by month, Internet technology is growing. Actually, make that second by second and minute by minute.
- 半信半疑☆【はんしんはんぎ】
noun / ~の noun:
- half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous - four character idiom
ああ、オレも実際、こうして目の当たりにするまでは半信半疑だったが・・・。 Yes, truthfully, until it was right in front of me like this, I half-doubted it ...
- 反面教師☆【はんめんきょうし】
noun:
- bad example from which one can learn; good example of what not to do (esp. how not to behave); negative example - four character idiom
- 百人一首☆【ひゃくにんいっしゅ】
noun:
- 100 poems by 100 famous poets; (playing) cards of one hundred famous poems - four character idiom
- 不可抗力☆【ふかこうりょく】
noun / ~の noun:
- act of God; irresistible force; inevitability - four character idiom
- force majeure; vis major - Law term
- 不可思議☆【ふかしぎ】 Inflection
adjectival noun / noun:
- mystery; something inexplicable; wonder; miracle - four character idiom ➜ 不思議
- unfathomable (of a Buddha's abilities)
numeric:
- 10^64 (or 10^80)
- 傍若無人☆【ぼうじゃくぶじん】 Inflection
adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:
- arrogance; audacity; (behaving) outrageously as though there were no one around; insolence; defiance; overbearing - four character idiom
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