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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?

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.

合従連衡☆【がっしょうれんこうgasshourenkou】

noun:

  • alliance (of the Six Kingdoms against the Qin dynasty, and of individual Kingdoms with the Qin dynasty) - four character idiom ➜ 合従・連衡
  • (tactic of) making & breaking alliances (to benefit oneself as the occasion demands); resorting to alliances as a diplomatic expedient - four character idiom
本末転倒☆【ほんまつてんとうhonmatsutentou】本末顛倒 Inflection

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

  • failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards - four character idiom

あなたanataのno言っているitteiruことkotoはha本末転倒honmatsutentouだdaとto思わないomowanaiかいkai？ Don't you think you're putting the cart before the horse?

各種学校☆【かくしゅがっこうkakushugakkou】

noun:

  • vocational school - four character idiom
悪戦苦闘☆【あくせんくとうakusenkutou】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds - four character idiom

トムTOMUはhaもうmou３時間jikanものmono間kan、眠りにつこうnemurinitsukouとto悪戦苦闘akusenkutouしていますshiteimasu。 Poor Tom's been trying to get to sleep for three hours now.

以心伝心☆【いしんでんしんishindenshin】

noun / ~の noun:

  • telepathy; tacit understanding; thought transference; communion of mind with mind - four character idiom

noun:

  • non-verbal Zen Buddhist transmission to a disciple of the central tenets of Buddhism - four character idiom - Buddhism term

彼kareとはtohaツーと言えばカーTSUUtoiebaKAAのno仲nakaだdaよyo。以心伝心ishindenshinのno仲nakaとtoでもdemo言ってitteおこうokou。 He and I have a near-telepathic understanding of each other. No sooner does one of us say something than the other is already responding.

意気軒昂【いきけんこうikikenkou】意気軒高☆・意気軒昻old Inflection

adjectival noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

  • in high spirits; elated - four character idiom

「来年rainenこそkosoはha一部ichibu上場joujouだda」とto、社長shachouはha意気軒高ikikenkouだda。 You could see the elation in the president's face when he announced that our shares are going to be listed on the First Section of the TSE next year.

意気消沈☆【いきしょうちんikishouchin】意気銷沈 Inflection

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

  • depressed in spirits; dispirited; disheartened; rejection - four character idiom

君のkimino犬inuはha本当にhontouni意気消沈ikishouchinしているshiteiruのnoだろうdarou。 Your dog may be really depressed.

意気投合☆【いきとうごうikitougou】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding - four character idiom

ボブBOBUとはtohaすっかりsukkari意気投合ikitougouしたshita。 I found a kindred spirit in Bob.

一触即発☆【いっしょくそくはつisshokusokuhatsu】

noun / ~の noun:

  • critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation - four character idiom

先ほどsakihodoのno彼らのkareranoやり取りyaritoriにはnihaひやひやhiyahiyaしたshitaよyo。まさにmasani一触即発isshokusokuhatsuのno危機kikiだったdattaねne。 I was really nervous to see how they dealt with each other just now. I guess things were touch-and-go between them.

一心同体☆【いっしんどうたいisshindoutai】

noun:

  • being one in body and soul; of one flesh; two hearts beating as one - four character idiom
一心不乱☆【いっしんふらんisshinfuran】 Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

  • wholeheartedly; with heart and soul; intently; with undivided attention; with intense concentration; single-mindedly - four character idiom
一朝一夕☆【いっちょういっせきitchouisseki】

noun:

  • in a day; in a brief space of time - four character idiom

英語eigoというのはtoiunoha一朝一夕itchouissekiにniマスターMASUTAAできるdekiruものmonoではないdehanai。 English cannot be mastered overnight.

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