noun / adjectival noun:

• with no physical defects; in perfectly good health; sound in wind and limb - four character idiom

noun:

• fixed idea; idee fixe; obsession; fixation - obscure term - four character idiom ➜ 固定観念

noun:

• the fate of a nation; life-or-death (situation) for a nation; national crisis - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• eventful times for the nation; the nation being in turmoil; the storm clouds gathering in the land - four character idiom

noun:

• bitter cold and fierce heat - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• self-control and close application; self-denial and diligent devotion - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• exercising self-restraint and conforming to the rules of etiquette and formality - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• being arduous; working diligently enduring hardships; making a strenuous effort - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• being arduous; working diligently enduring hardships; making a strenuous effort - four character idiom

noun:

• smooth-talking and humorous; with jocose and comical airs - four character idiom

expression:

• Defeat is inevitable for one who goes second; Being slow to take action inevitably leads to defeat - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• (people) sing the praises (enjoy the blessings) of peace - four character idiom

noun:

• having something of the old-time samurai about one - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• obstinate; stubborn; hard-headed; pigheaded; incapable of making sound judgements because of a narrow, inflexible and obstinate mentality - four character idiom

noun:

• hardships and privations - four character idiom

noun:

• firm and solid; sturdy and indestructible; unshakable; adamantine - four character idiom

noun:

• firm and solid; sturdy and indestructible; unshakable; adamantine - four character idiom

noun:

• Deva king; fierce guardian god (at a temple gate) - four character idiom - Buddhism term

noun:

• the state (degree) of congestion; how bad traffic jams are - four character idiom

expression:

• complete reversal of values or ways of thinking (over time); What appeared wrong in the past now appears right; realizing and regretting the past errors of one's ways - four character idiom

noun:

• befuddled (bewildered, confused) state; stupor - four character idiom

noun / adverbial noun:

• utmost limits; to the finish; to the (bitter) end; to the hilt; down to the bedrock - four character idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• resourceful and quick-witted; showing a flash of brilliance; have a keen (sparkling) intellect - four character idiom

noun:

• being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery - four character idiom

noun:

• one's wife, children, and other relations; one's whole family - four character idiom