Results, #idiom
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- 一目十行【いちもくじゅうぎょう】
noun:
- outstanding reading ability; one glance, ten lines [literal] - four character idiom
- 一擲千金【いってきせんきん】
expression:
- being lavish with one's money; spending a huge sum of money at once on a treat - four character idiom
- 岩戸景気【いわとけいき】
noun:
- the economic boom of 1958-1961 - four character idiom
戦後の日本はいくつかの力強い長期繁栄を経験し、その中には神武景気や岩戸景気がある。 The postwar has experienced several long periods of continuous strong prosperity, among which are the Jinmu Boom and the Iwato boom.
- 雲煙飛動【うんえんひどう】雲烟飛動
noun:
- flying clouds and drifting haze - four character idiom
- magnificent calligraphy; vivid penmanship
- 下学上達【かがくじょうたつ・かがくしょうたつobs.】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- beginning one's studies with something familiar and gradually increasing the depth of learning - four character idiom
- 恐恐謹言【きょうきょうきんげん】恐々謹言
expression:
- Very truly yours (a complimentary close used in a letter written in an old epistolary style) - four character idiom
- 採長補短【さいちょうほたん】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- compensating for one's shortcomings by incorporating others' strong points - four character idiom
- 死生不知【ししょうふち】
noun / ~の noun:
- daredevil; reckless; thinking nothing of one's death - four character idiom
- 十死一生【じっしいっしょう】
noun:
- narrow escape from the jaws of death - four character idiom
- there being barely a chance of escaping death
- 字引学問【じびきがくもん】
noun:
- superficial learning; book learning; merely knowing the meanings of a large number of individual words - four character idiom
- 杓子果報【しゃくしかほう】 Inflection
noun / adjectival noun:
- coming by ample servings of delicious food; being blessed with good fortune - four character idiom
- 蛇心仏口【じゃしんぶっこう】
noun:
- being cunning and spiteful, yet honey-tongued with feigned kindness - four character idiom
- 朱唇皓歯【しゅしんこうし】
expression:
- red lips and pearly white teeth (said of beautiful women) - four character idiom
Kanji
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