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独立独歩【どくりつどっぽdokuritsudoppo】

noun / ~の noun:

  • self-reliance; self-help - four character idiom
鳶が鷹を生む【とんびがたかをうむtonbigatakawoumu・とびがたかをうむtobigatakawoumu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~む verb:

  • to have a talented child despite being untalented oneself; a kite gives birth to a hawk [literal] - idiom
呑舟の魚【どんしゅうのうおdonshuunouo】吞舟の魚

expression / noun:

  • a fish large enough to swallow a whole boat
  • great man; notorious man - idiom
内政干渉【ないせいかんしょうnaiseikanshou】

noun:

  • interference in the domestic affairs of another country - four character idiom

そのsono国kuniはhaわが国wagakuniにni内政干渉naiseikanshouをwoしたshita。 That country intervened in the internal affairs of our nation.

内輪喧嘩【うちわげんかuchiwagenka】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • family quarrel; internal squabble; internal trouble - four character idiom ➜ 内輪もめ

彼らkareraはha内輪げんかuchiwagenkaをwo始めたhajimeta。 They began to quarrel among themselves.

南征北伐【なんせいほくばつnanseihokubatsu】

noun:

  • attacking in all directions - four character idiom
南船北馬【なんせんほくばnansenhokuba】

noun:

  • constant travelling; constant traveling; being on the move; restless wandering - four character idiom
難攻不落【なんこうふらくnankoufuraku】

noun / ~の noun:

  • impregnable - four character idiom
二の足を踏む【にのあしをふむninoashiwofumu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~む verb:

  • to hesitate; to think twice; to shy; to flinch - idiom
二股膏薬【ふたまたこうやくfutamatakouyaku・ふたまたごうやくfutamatagouyaku】

noun:

  • double-dealer; timeserver; moving back and forth between two sides in a conflict - four character idiom
二者選一【にしゃせんいつnishasen'itsu】

noun:

  • choosing between two things; two choices - four character idiom ➜ 二者択一
二足のわらじ【にそくのわらじnisokunowaraji】二足の草鞋・二束の草鞋irr.

expression:

  • many irons in the fire; engaged in two trades at the same time; wearing two hats - idiom
二度三度【にどさんどnidosando】

noun:

  • again and again - four character idiom
二六時中【にろくじちゅうnirokujichuu】

adverb / noun:

  • night and day; all the time - four character idiom
日常茶飯【にちじょうさはんnichijousahan】

noun:

  • everyday occurrence - four character idiom

こんなkonna出来事dekigotoはha日常茶飯nichijousahanであるdearu。 This is a daily occurrence.

日曜大工【にちようだいくnichiyoudaiku】

noun:

  • weekend carpenter; do-it-yourselfer - four character idiom

彼kareはha日曜大工nichiyoudaikuでde犬小屋inukoyaをwo作ったtsukutta。 As a do-it-yourselfer, he made a doghouse.

猫に小判【ねこにこばんnekonikoban】

expression:

  • pearls cast before swine; great waste - idiom
年百年中【ねんびゃくねんじゅうnenbyakunenjuu】

adverb:

  • throughout the year; all the year round; always - four character idiom
波瀾万丈【はらんばんじょうharanbanjou】波乱万丈 Inflection

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

  • stormy and full of drama; many drastic events in the course of events; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes - four character idiom

彼のkareno一生isshouはha波瀾万丈haranbanjouであったdeatta。 His life was full of ups and downs.

馬の耳に念仏【うまのみみにねんぶつumanomimininenbutsu】

expression:

  • preaching to the deaf; reading the nenbutsu into a horse's ear [literal] - idiom ➜ 念仏
馬耳東風【ばじとうふうbajitoufuu】

noun:

  • utter indifference; talking to the wall; praying to deaf ears - four character idiom

彼kareはha私のwatashino言うiuことkotoにはnihaまったくmattaku馬耳東風bajitoufuuだda。 He turns a deaf ear to me.

ばかやろうbakayarou《馬鹿野郎・馬鹿やろう・ばか野郎》バカやろうBAKAyarou《バカ野郎》バカヤローBAKAYAROO・バカヤロウBAKAYAROU

noun / interjection:

  • idiot - colloquialism - derogatory term - four character idiom

俺oreはha人事課jinjikaのno馬鹿野郎bakayarouにniあごagoでde指図sashizuされるsareruつもりtsumoriはhaないnai。 I will not be dictated to by some idiot in the personnel department.

廃藩置県【はいはんちけんhaihanchiken】

noun:

  • abolition of feudal domains and establishment of prefectures (1871) - four character idiom
博引旁証【はくいんぼうしょうhakuinboushou】博引傍証 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • citing copious references - four character idiom
博学多才【はくがくたさいhakugakutasai】

noun:

  • wide knowledge and versatile talents - four character idiom
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