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薮蛇になる【やぶへびになるyabuhebininaru】薮蛇に成る Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to only make work for oneself; to stir up a hornet's nest; to put one's foot in one's mouth - idiom
油断大敵【ゆだんたいてきyudantaiteki】

expression:

  • Unpreparedness is one's greatest enemy; He that is too secure is not safe - four character idiom
唯一無二【ゆいいつむにyuiitsumuni・ゆいつむにyuitsumuni】 Inflection

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

  • one and only; unique - four character idiom
唯我独尊【ゆいがどくそんyuigadokuson】

noun:

  • self-conceit; self-centeredness; vainglory - four character idiom

本人honninはha唯我独尊yuigadokusonをwo決め込んでいるkimekondeiruようだyoudaけどもkedomo、周りmawariからkara見ればmireba単なるtannaruわがままwagamamaだdaよyoねne。 He's completely convinced of his own greatness but to the people around him he's just a selfish jerk.

優勝劣敗【ゆうしょうれっぱいyuushoureppai】

noun:

  • survival of the fittest - four character idiom
勇往邁進【ゆうおうまいしんyuuoumaishin】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • dash and go; pushing forward - four character idiom
幽霊会社【ゆうれいがいしゃyuureigaisha】

noun:

  • bogus company; paper company - four character idiom
幽霊人口【ゆうれいじんこうyuureijinkou】

noun:

  • ghost population - four character idiom
有為転変【ういてんぺんuitenpen】

noun / ~の noun:

  • mutability (of worldly affairs); fleeting shifts and changes (of human life) - four character idiom
有害無益【ゆうがいむえきyuugaimueki】

noun:

  • more harm than good; harmful and of no use - four character idiom

このkono本honはha君kimiにとってnitotte有害無益yuugaimuekiだろうdarou。 This book will do you more harm than good.

余韻嫋々【よいんじょうじょうyoinjoujou】余韻嫋嫋 Inflection

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

  • (sound) lingering in the air; trailing notes (of a bell, etc.) - archaism - four character idiom
余裕しゃくしゃく【よゆうしゃくしゃくyoyuushakushaku】余裕綽々・余裕綽綽 Inflection

adjectival noun / ~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

  • calm and composed; broadminded; having enough and to spare - four character idiom

明日ashita、大事なdaijinaプレゼンPUREZENがgaあるaruってtte言うiuのにnoni、余裕綽々yoyuushakushakuだdaねne。 You're pretty calm cool and collected for somebody who has a major presentation tomorrow.

用意周到【よういしゅうとうyouishuutou】 Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

  • very careful; thoroughly prepared - four character idiom

用意周到youishuutouにni見えてmieteどこかdokokaでde抜けてるnuketeruしshiなna。 It looks well prepared but you see there'll be a slip somewhere.

羊頭狗肉【ようとうくにくyoutoukuniku】

expression:

  • crying wine and selling vinegar; deceptive advertisement - four character idiom
欲求不満【よっきゅうふまんyokkyuufuman】

noun:

  • frustration - four character idiom

彼のkareno怒りikariはha欲求不満yokkyuufumanからkara生じたshoujita。 His anger was born of frustration.

落花狼藉【らっかろうぜきrakkarouzeki】

noun:

  • running amok (amuck); committing violence on; in utter disorder - four character idiom
理非曲直【りひきょくちょくrihikyokuchoku】

noun:

  • the rights and wrongs (of a case) - four character idiom
率先躬行【そっせんきゅうこうsossenkyuukou】

noun:

  • taking a lead in (doing); setting an example of (doing) - four character idiom
粒々辛苦【りゅうりゅうしんくryuuryuushinku】粒粒辛苦 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • toil and moil; working assiduously for; tireless hard work; painstaking labor (labour) - four character idiom
竜頭蛇尾【りゅうとうだびryuutoudabi】

noun:

  • a strong beginning and a weak ending; an anticlimax - four character idiom
両虎【りょうこryouko】

noun:

  • two equal rivals; two tigers [literal] - idiom
両手に花【りょうてにはなryoutenihana】

expression:

  • two blessings at once; flanked by two beautiful women - idiom
力こぶを入れる【ちからこぶをいれるchikarakobuwoireru】力瘤を入れる Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to put a lot of effort (into); to take a strong interest (in); to put great emphasis (on); to show zeal (for) - idiom
礼儀作法【れいぎさほうreigisahou】

noun:

  • etiquette; courtesy - four character idiom

私のwatashino母hahaはha、礼儀作法reigisahouにni厳しいkibishii。 My mother is strict with manners.

劣弱意識【れつじゃくいしきretsujakuishiki】

noun:

  • inferiority complex - four character idiom
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