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昭和元禄【しょうわげんろくshouwagenroku】

noun:

  • the flourishing mid-Shōwa period (1960s and early 1970s) of peace, rapid economic growth, and life of ease - four character idiom
尋常茶飯【じんじょうさはんjinjousahan】 Inflection

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

  • everyday occurrence; commonplace of life; nothing out of the ordinary - four character idiom
前言往行【ぜんげんおうこうzengen'oukou】

noun:

  • words and deeds of the people of yore - four character idiom
千載不磨【せんざいふまsenzaifuma】

noun / ~の noun:

  • still remaining after a thousand years; immortal - four character idiom
千緒万端【せんしょばんたんsenshobantan】

noun:

  • all sorts of things; all manner of affairs - four character idiom
壮言大語【そうげんたいごsougentaigo】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • heroic words; big talk; boasting; bragging; grandiloquence; rodomontade - four character idiom ➜ 大言壮語
鉄心石腸【てっしんせきちょうtesshinsekichou】

noun:

  • will of iron - four character idiom
鉄石心腸【てっせきしんちょうtessekishinchou】

noun:

  • will of iron - four character idiom
鼻先分別【はなさきふんべつhanasakifunbetsu】

noun:

  • superficial (shortsighted) way of thinking; half-baked (foolish, ill-advised) idea - four character idiom ➜ 鼻先思案
白刃一閃【はくじんいっせんhakujin'issen】

noun / adverbial noun:

  • (with) a flash of a drawn sword; brandishing a sword - four character idiom
没風流漢【ぼつふうりゅうかんbotsufuuryuukan】

noun:

  • prosaic person; person of an unromantic turn of mind; philistine - four character idiom
雅俗混交【がぞくこんこうgazokukonkou】雅俗混淆

noun:

  • mixture of both culture and vulgarism; mixture of both literary and colloquial (language) - four character idiom
世事一切【せじいっさいsejiissai】

noun:

  • all the worldly matters - four character idiom
家事一切【かじいっさいkajiissai】

noun:

  • all the domestic (housekeeping) chores - four character idiom
張三李四【ちょうさんりしchousanrishi】

noun:

  • the common run of men; the average Joe; good-for-nothing (person) - four character idiom
床屋談義【とこやだんぎtokoyadangi】

noun:

  • barbershop talk - four character idiom
心身創痍【しんしんそういshinshinsoui】

noun:

  • being wounded in mind and body - four character idiom
熊公八公【くまこうはちこうkumakouhachikou】

noun:

素人療法【しろうとりょうほうshiroutoryouhou】

noun:

  • home remedy; medical treatment by a layperson - four character idiom
夏山冬里【なつやまふゆさとnatsuyamafuyusato】

noun:

  • pasturing cattle in summer and feeding them indoors during winter; rotated grazing - four character idiom ➜ 夏山冬里方式
水を向ける【みずをむけるmizuwomukeru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to take a stab at arousing someone's interest - idiom
  • (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them
  • to offer water before a grave
安牌【あんパイanPAI】安パイ

noun:

  • safe tile; tile that may be discarded without risking benefiting an opponent - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 安全牌
  • no-risk choice; easily handled person - abbreviation - idiom ➜ 安全牌
声を呑む【こえをのむkoewonomu】声を吞む・声をのむ・声を飲むirr. Inflection

expression / godan ~む verb:

  • to choke up; to be speechless - idiom
  • to hold one's tongue - idiom
尻尾を巻く【しっぽをまくshippowomaku】 Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

  • to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run) - idiom
学者貧乏【がくしゃびんぼうgakushabinbou】

expression:

  • good scholars are seldom rich - four character idiom
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