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一目瞭然【いちもくりょうぜんichimokuryouzen】 Inflection

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

  • apparent; obvious; very clear - four character idiom

結果kekkaはha一目瞭然ichimokuryouzenであったdeatta。 The result was clear at a glance.

一問一答【いちもんいっとうichimon'ittou】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • answering question by question - four character idiom
一夜乞食【いちやこじきichiyakojiki】

noun:

  • person turned into a beggar overnight - four character idiom ➜ 一夜大尽
一利一害【いちりいちがいichiriichigai】

noun:

  • advantages and disadvantages; gain some, lose some - four character idiom
一蓮托生【いちれんたくしょうichirentakushou】

noun:

  • sharing one's lot with another - four character idiom
一六勝負【いちろくしょうぶichirokushoubu】

noun:

  • gambling; speculation - four character idiom
一瀉千里【いっしゃせんりisshasenri】

noun:

  • one swift effort; rush through one's work; fast-talking, writing, etc. - four character idiom

党首toushuはha今後kongoのno方針houshinをwo一瀉千里isshasenriにni述べ立てたnobetateta。 The party leader rattled on at great length about future policies.

一顰一笑【いっぴんいっしょうippin'isshou】

noun:

  • (a) mood; (a) smile or a frown - four character idiom
因果関係【いんがかんけいingakankei】

noun / ~の noun:

  • consequence; causal relationship; nexus - four character idiom

確かにtashikani、脳nouとto意識ishikiのno関係kankeiはhaもともとmotomoto因果関係ingakankeiではないdehanaiのだnodaとto考えるkangaeru学者gakushaもmoいるiru。 Indeed, some writers do not think the relation of brain to consciousness is a causal relation in the first place.

因循姑息【いんじゅんこそくinjunkosoku】

noun:

  • dilly-dallying and temporizing (temporising) - four character idiom
引責辞任【いんせきじにんinsekijinin】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • taking responsibility upon oneself (and resigning) - four character idiom
嘘八百【うそはっぴゃくusohappyaku】ウソ八百【ウソはっぴゃくUSOhappyaku】うそ八百【うそはっぴゃくusohappyaku】

noun:

  • pack of lies; complete fabrication - idiom
瓜二つ【うりふたつurifutatsu】うり二つ

expression / noun:

  • (as alike as) two peas in a pod - idiom

あのano双子futagoはha瓜二つurifutatsuだda。 Those twins look like two peas in a pod.

栄枯盛衰【えいこせいすいeikoseisui】

noun:

  • ups and downs of life; vicissitudes of fortune - four character idiom

栄枯盛衰eikoseisuiはha世yoのno習いnarai。 A man's life has its ups and downs.

円転滑脱【えんてんかつだつentenkatsudatsu】 Inflection

adjectival noun:

  • suave; tactful; smooth - four character idiom
  • versatile; adaptable
遠吠え【とおぼえtooboe】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • (distant) howling
  • backbiting - idiom

昨夜sakuya犬inuのno遠吠えtooboeがga聞こえたkikoeta。 Last night, I heard dogs howling.

彼kareのno批判hihanはha犬inuのno遠吠えtooboeだda。 He can only criticize people behind their backs.

遠慮会釈【えんりょえしゃくenryoeshaku】

noun:

  • reserve and consideration (to others) - four character idiom
恩を仇で返す【おんをあだでかえすonwoadadekaesu】恩をあだで返す Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to return evil for good; to return a favour with spite (favor) - idiom
下手の横好き【へたのよこずきhetanoyokozuki】へたの横好き

expression / noun:

  • loving something but being very bad at it - idiom

私のwatashinoテニスTENISUはhaへたの横好きhetanoyokozukiだda。 I like playing tennis, though I'm not very good at it.

下駄を預ける【げたをあずけるgetawoazukeru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to leave everything to (someone) - idiom
化けの皮を剥ぐ【ばけのかわをはぐbakenokawawohagu】化けの皮をはぐ Inflection

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

  • to unmask (someone's true nature) - idiom
佳人薄命【かじんはくめいkajinhakumei】

expression:

  • beauties die young; beauty and luck seldom go together - four character idiom
夏炉冬扇【かろとうせんkarotousen】

noun:

  • summer fires and winter fans; useless things - four character idiom
家督相続【かとくそうぞくkatokusouzoku】

noun:

  • inheritance; succession to family headship - four character idiom
花より団子【はなよりだんごhanayoridango】

expression:

  • function over aesthetics; dumplings rather than flowers [literal] - idiom
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