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必須条件☆【ひっすじょうけんhissujouken】

noun:

  • essential condition - four character idiom
踏み絵☆【ふみえfumie】踏絵

noun:

  • fumi-e; fumie; tablet bearing Christian images, on which Edo-period authorities forced suspected Christians to trample
  • allegiance test; loyalty test - idiom
利害関係☆【りがいかんけいrigaikankei】

noun:

  • interests; stake - four character idiom

ＥＣＥＣ諸国shokokuはhaこのkono会談kaidanにni非常にhijouni大きなookina利害関係rigaikankeiをwoもっていますmotteimasu。 The EC countries have a huge stake in the talks.

無党派層☆【むとうはそうmutouhasou】

noun:

  • unaffiliated voters; floating voters; swinging voters - four character idiom
意思疎通☆【いしそつうishisotsuu】意志疎通irr.

noun:

  • (coming to a) mutual understanding; understanding each other - four character idiom

意思疎通ishisotsuuがgaうまくいかないumakuikanai所tokoroでdeはha、活動katsudouもmoうまくいかないumakuikanai。 Where communications fail, so do activities.

一喜一憂☆【いっきいちゆうikkiichiyuu】

expression:

  • now rejoicing, now worrying; swinging from joy to sorrow; glad and sad by turns; alternating hope and fear; unable to put one's mind at ease - four character idiom
右往左往☆【うおうさおうuousaou】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

  • moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that - four character idiom
勧善懲悪☆【かんぜんちょうあくkanzenchouaku】

noun:

  • rewarding good and punishing evil; novel or drama with a rewarding-good-and-punishing-evil theme; moral purpose; morality play - four character idiom

このkonoドラマDORAMAはha単純なtanjunna勧善懲悪kanzenchouakuものmonoでde、今一つimahitotsu深みfukamiにni欠けてkakete物足りないmonotarinai。 This drama is missing something. All it is is a simple cautionary tale with no real depth.

感慨無量☆【かんがいむりょうkangaimuryou】 Inflection

noun / ~の noun / adjectival noun:

  • deep emotion; being filled with emotion - four character idiom
喜怒哀楽☆【きどあいらくkidoairaku】

noun:

  • human emotions (joy, anger, pathos, and humor) (humour) - four character idiom

喜怒哀楽kidoairakuをwo見せるmiseruなna。 Don't let your feelings show.

犬猿の仲☆【けんえんのなかken'ennonaka】

noun / ~の noun:

  • loggerheads; like cats and dogs; relationship of dogs and monkeys [literal] - idiom
呉越同舟☆【ごえつどうしゅうgoetsudoushuu】

noun:

ドジャースDOJAASUとtoジャイアンツJAIANTSUがga呉越同舟goetsudoushuuでdeやってきたyattekita。 The Dodgers and Giants, traditional rivals, arrived together.

新陳代謝☆【しんちんたいしゃshinchintaisha】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • renewal; replacement; regeneration; rejuvenation - four character idiom

noun:

  • metabolism
男尊女卑☆【だんそんじょひdansonjohi】

noun:

  • male domination of women; male chauvinism; subjection of women - four character idiom

男尊女卑dansonjohiのnoどこdokoがgaいけikeないnaiんnですdesuかka？ What's wrong about men ruling over women?

二枚舌☆【にまいじたnimaijita】

noun / ~の noun:

  • double-dealing; duplicity; equivocation; double- tongued [literal] - idiom

お前omaeはha二枚舌nimaijitaをwo使っているtsukatteiru。 You are lying to me.

半官半民☆【はんかんはんみんhankanhanmin】

noun / ~の noun:

  • semi-governmental; semi-official - four character idiom
美辞麗句☆【びじれいくbijireiku】

noun / ~の noun:

  • flowery words; rhetorical flourishes - four character idiom

そんなにsonnani美辞麗句bijireikuをwo並べられるnaraberareruとto、かえってkaette嘘usoにni聞こえるkikoeruよyoねne。 When someone speaks with such rhetorical flourish, it starts to sound like they're lying.

不偏不党☆【ふへんふとうfuhenfutou】

noun / ~の noun:

  • impartiality; neutrality; independence - four character idiom
優柔不断☆【ゆうじゅうふだんyuujuufudan】 Inflection

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

  • indecisiveness; shilly-shally; irresolution; vacillation; indecision - four character idiom

彼のkareno優柔不断yuujuufudanがga将来shouraiのno災いwazawaiのno種をまいたtanewomaita。 His indecision sowed the seeds of future trouble.

和洋折衷☆【わようせっちゅうwayousetchuu】

noun / ~の noun:

  • blending of Japanese and Western styles - four character idiom

彼kareはha和洋折衷wayousetchuuのno家ieにni住んでいるsundeiru。 He lives in a house built in a semi foreign style.

一進一退☆【いっしんいったいisshin'ittai】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

  • now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns - four character idiom
必要条件☆【ひつようじょうけんhitsuyoujouken】

noun:

  • necessary condition; requirement - four character idiom ➜ 十分条件

このkono仕事shigotoはhaわれわれwarewareのno必要条件hitsuyoujoukenをwo満たしていないmitashiteinai。 This work does not meet our requirements.

寄り合い所帯☆【よりあいじょたいyoriaijotai】寄合所帯

noun:

  • congeries of many households; scratch (combined) team; hodge podge of parties - four character idiom
大同団結☆【だいどうだんけつdaidoudanketsu】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • merger; (presenting a) united front - four character idiom
奇想天外☆【きそうてんがいkisoutengai】 Inflection

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

  • fantastic; bizarre; incredible; unbelievable - four character idiom

このkonoミステリーMISUTERIIのnoトリックTORIKKUはha、奇想天外kisoutengaiだda。 This mystery has a plot twist that's completely novel.

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