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- 拱手傍観【きょうしゅぼうかん・こうしゅぼうかん】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- stand idly by and watch - four character idiom
- 唯唯諾諾【いいだくだく】唯々諾々 Inflection
~たる adjective / ~と adverb:
- quite willingly; readily; with acquiescence - four character idiom ➜ 唯々諾々として
- 意気揚々【いきようよう】意気揚揚 Inflection
~たる adjective / ~と adverb:
- triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits - four character idiom ➜ 揚々
- 一切合切【いっさいがっさい】一切合財
adverbial noun / temporal noun:
- any and every thing; altogether; lock, stock, and barrel; the whole shooting match; the whole kit and caboodle; without reserve - four character idiom
この見積もりは経費一切合切を含めたものでしょうね。これ以上はびた一文お金は出さないからね。 I hope this expense report contains all the relevant business expenses because I'm not paying a cent more after this.
- 岡目八目【おかめはちもく】傍目八目
noun:
- bystander's vantage point; outsider's better grasp of the situation - four character idiom
expression:
- onlookers see more of the game than the players do; people watching a game of go see 8 moves further ahead [literal]
彼女が彼に惚れてるのは岡目八目疑いのないところだよ。 As a disinterested third-party, I can declare that she secretly loves him.
- 画龍点睛【がりょうてんせい・がりゅうてんせいirr.】画竜点睛・画竜天睛irr.・臥龍点睛irr.
noun:
- finishing touch; completing (something) by executing the final, critical step - four character idiom
あの件に関しては、画竜点睛を欠いてしまった。 That plan still needed some finishing touches.
- 虎視眈々【こしたんたん】虎視眈眈 Inflection
~と adverb / ~たる adjective:
- (watching) vigilantly for an opportunity to prey upon; with an eagle eye - four character idiom
- 故事来歴【こじらいれき】古事来歴irr.
noun:
- origin and history; particulars - four character idiom
彼はやたらに故事来歴に詳しいけれど、それが人生の役に立っているのかはなはだ疑問だね。 He has a great storehouse of knowledge about historical details but I seriously doubt that's of any use in life.
- 主客転倒【しゅかくてんとう・しゅきゃくてんとう】主客顛倒 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- reversing the order of (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; the tables being turned; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; mistaking the means for the end - four character idiom
- 正々堂々【せいせいどうどう】正正堂堂 Inflection
~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:
- fair and square; open and aboveboard - four character idiom
勝っても負けても、正々堂々プレイしなさい。 Whether you win or lose, you must play fair.
- 浅学非才【せんがくひさい】浅学菲才
noun:
- one's lack of learning or ability; shallow learning and limited ability - four character idiom
浅学非才の私ではありますが、何とぞ皆様のお力を賜りたく、ここにお願い申し上げる次第です。 I may not have much to offer in the way of learning or ability, but I want to do whatever I can for us all and humbly ask for your favor.
- 千編一律【せんぺんいちりつ】千篇一律 Inflection
~の noun / adjectival noun / noun:
- monotonous; humdrum; stereotyped; banal; dull - four character idiom
- 是々非々【ぜぜひひ】是是非非
noun:
- free and unbiased; fair and just; ruling or judging what's right is right and what's wrong is wrong; calling spade a spade - four character idiom
今までは「なーなー」で付き合ってきたけれど、今後は是々非々の立場で付き合うよ。 Up to now we've been taking a casual relaxed attitude toward our relationship but I want to start looking at us more critically.
- 年年歳歳【ねんねんさいさい】年々歳々
adverb / noun:
- annually; every year; year in year out; from year to year - four character idiom
- 不審尋問【ふしんじんもん】不審訊問old Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- police questioning (of a suspicious person) - four character idiom
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